Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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n 2nd Team Hockey FRONT ROW: Joseph, Jamieson, Green I, Merritt, Hublit, Droge, Lyall, Lytle II. BACK ROW: Cutler, Brown, Johnson, Labrie, Rosseel I, Machan, Swire, Peart I, Mr. Manbert. Both senior teams have experienced a decided weakness this year with a maximum of thirty two positions. It is really a shame that with such a beautiful arena, so few actually know how to skate properly. This year ' s Second Team did not lack in con- fidence nor effort but unfortunately for many people, the inability to skate negated all the effort put forth. In addition to the above prob- lem, we had boys all the way from Grades 9 to 13, and I feel that this grade gap caused an association problem. To be honest we were terribly weak on defence, mostly because of skating inability. A defenceman must be able to carry and pass the puck without looking at it - this we were unable to do and, regularly,

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Our young but zealous team poured their hearts into the game, and we almost came away victorious. An- other high point in the season was the BCS tour. Bishop ' s College School from Lennoxville, P. Q. , came down and stayed at the school. There were two games scheduled for them, the first against the Grove who beat us very soundly in league play. However, BCS lost by only one goal in a 2-1 contest. We were to have our work cut out for us. The team, however, rose to the occasion as they put on a good show before a big crowd. The contest ended in a 1-1 tie. Our goal was scored on the prettiest play of the year. Pin-point passing involving all five players was topped off when our Captain D. K. (Moon) Mullen scored from the slot. There were moments during other games when we played very well, but unfortunately they were just moments. All in all, the season may have shown upon paper as a disaster; but never say die, and remember those young, inexperienced players all have a year ' s seasoning and next winter they will all be veterans - so maybe next year. Finally a word must be said about our coach, Mr. Abbott, who, believing in us always, stuck with us through thick and thin. He would always be there when he was needed and not enough can be said to thank him for all he has done. St. Georges 6-3 for St. Andrew ' s 0-4 against Lakefield 4-11 against Ridley 3-4 against St. Andrew ' s 2-10 against Old Boys 5-7 against Ridley 2-12 against UCC 2-7 against Trinity 1-8 against Trinity 1-2 against BCS 1-1 tie UCC 2-11 against Blakelock 2-0 against Blakelock 7-0 against Milton 4-1 against

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guaranteed with every passing game, we neatly gave the opposition not one but many opportunities to score which they did. All six defencemen, John Rosseel, Tim Labrie, Jim Swire, Mike Brown, Gerry Droge, and Gary Machan tried hard, but they made too many mis- takes too often - and a mistake made here frequently results in a goal. Our Green line showed flashes of ability at times. Chris Merritt cer- tainly improved as the season wore on and especially his shooting from the right wing position. John Lytle tried his best but was caught out of position more often than not. Dennis Hublit, our captain and centre and only Grade 13 member worked hard but his lack of skating over the years took its toll. Our best line was the Red line; two boys from Grade 9, Graham Johnson and Neil Jamieson, and a Grade 11 boy, Buzz Green. Neil and Graham worked very hard and well together and proved themselves the scoring leaders of the team. 1 knew from the start of the year that this group would have to provide 90% of the scoring, which they did. These three worked very well together and are to be commended. I personally feel that Buzz was the most improved player on the team. Our Yellow line had a rough year. Just as they were starting to ' gel ' Jim Wetmore broke his leg in a freak accident at practice. Our centre. Bruce Peart, must learn to play the game and not take ' runs ' at his op- ponents, as he usually ended up in the penalty bo.x, something that we could ill afford. Perry Joseph also improved as the season went on and displayed flashes of greatness -consis- tency is his problem. This might sound like a scathing re- port, however, it is a justified criti- que with no malice intended. Never- theless, I would like to thank aU of you for an interesting and at times rewarding season. I am sure we have all learned something - after all, the object of any game is still to play for its enjoyment. A vote of thanks must go to Fraser Cutler who was our con- scientious manager.