Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Firsts FRONT ROW: Crosbie, Harrigan, Stuart II, Taylor I, Webb I, Smith I, Kolle. CENTRE ROW: Slaltery II, Lomas, Hammill, Withey, Yustin I, Johnson I, Kacan, Beasley. BACK ROW: Klymas, Slattety I, Jamieson. Mr. Abbott. As I look back at the hockey season for this year, a couple of interesting thoughts come forth. To begin with, it really was a first for Appleby ' s 1st Hockey team, to do as well as they did. The usual trend was to just scrape the bottom of the League, and perhaps win the odd game with one of the Local High Schools. The year, we only lost to two of the six major I.S.A.A. com- petitors - Upper Canada and St. Andrew ' s. These particular games tended to be awfully close up until the last few minutes of the third period, when the op- posing team would pop in one or two quick goals. Out of the twelve I.S.A.A. games, our record was extremely impressive; and as a result, Appleby ended up as third out of seven teams in the League. To look at the team at the season ' s start, one would have said we had a small, youthful, talentless team. But as time went H o c k e y

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The following students (in alphabetical order) took part in the Cross-Country Running Programme during the 1975 season; Baiz I; Davies; Duncan I; Fournier; Hall-Brooks; Hou; Jackson II; Kingsley; Smith I; Taylor I; Thompson I; Van Tighem I; Walton and Williams. M.F.C. - C :-

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by, the team began to take shape and became very productive. Ironically, the youth on our team seemed to be the individuals who had the most talent. This was evident by the fact that the Hammill Line turned up the most number of goals, especially during the key situations. However, before I go any further, I must mention our old depen- dable, Peter Lomas. He was a rookie this year, only ending up with 60 points and becoming the Most Valuable Player. He always seemed to be the saving grace, especially in a close game, when he came through with that quick slap-shot or deceptive move. If he has 60 points in Grade 11, what are we to expect by Grade 13? Cam ' s Line as it was often referred to, was one line which could always relied on for good, hard, stiff checking. When the chips were down. Cam Stuart or Neil Jamieson could frequently spark the team and get it back on an even keel once again. This and their penalty killing ability helped us in many a game. The line of seasoned veterans could have only been made up of John Slattery and myself!?! Having been on the team for four years, we felt quite at ease out on the ice this year. Although our line was not exactly permanent, with the addition or substraction of the odd rookie, we finally star- ted to work well together - no funny stuff, mind you! (I speak on John ' s behalf as well). We cer- tainly have come a long way since we first started, four years ago on the first team, and for this, John and I can only thank Mr. Abbott. The defence, which was just about the most talented in the League, was one of our strong points. Dave Kacan, Dave Webb, Howie Klymas and Ron Withey are to be congratulated for their efforts and perseverence; as they faced many a three on two situation. The last but by no means the least are our two faith- ful goalies - Stephen Harrigan and Stu Smith. These gentlemen came out each day, had pucks fired at them left, right and cen- tre and still kept their heads up high. With their experience and training, I am sure that the first - : r