Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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team should have no problem by the time next year rolls around. To conclude, I would just like to mention that the first Hockey Team has worked hard through a long season, and has come up with some very good results. They have been the best that I have seen since I came to Ap- pleby. Having been on the team for a while, I was able to notice a certain change in the team. This year, in particular, all players and the coach worked well together, both on and off the ice. This surely exemplifies the right attitude of a true team . One final note to say a word of thanks, and appreciation to our Managers, Paul Crosbie and Graham Kolle, and to our Coach, Mr. Abbott. He took us through one of our longest seasons ever; and to his and our delight it was also one of our best seasons ever. LEADING SCORERS Lomas Hammill Kacan C. Stuart 60 points 49 points 35 points 33 points v GP W L T 33 19 12 2 in

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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

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Seconds FRONT ROW: Merrill, Smith I, Large, Peart I, Rosseel, Wetmore, Durrant, Green II, Mr. Manbert. BACK ROW. Mckenzie II, Gaskin, Sutherland, Keates I, Bateman, Stuart IV, Moffat, Suchanek, Fournier, Lytle, I was somewhat skeptical as this year ' s hockey season began, not because I was only losing a few players to the Firsts and after last year ' s success, this was en- couraging, but I realized that the Northern Campus and sickness (which are bound to occur) might possibly negate a promising season. We had only a week ' s practice before our first game against T.C.S. which we won quite handily and it appeared, af- ter tying Lakefield and beating them soon after, that we were off to a good start. I thought that a good test of our strength would be U.C.C., our last game before the Christmas holidays. We were behind going into the third period, after a rather rough beginning. Nevertheless, we bore down and won the game 5-3. Af- ter Christmas, we continued on our winning way, by beating Hillfield 6 - 4; however, the roof was about to fall in! Our record to date was 4 to 1. Over the next 11 games, we only won two, tied 1 and lost the rest. We were hit severely by flu, the Northern Campus, improved play by our opponents and generally a lack of scoring power on our part (we were outscored 64 - 53 on the season). At one point, in a game against Ridley, we had a grand total of seven players - hardly enough to play the game. I don ' t like the idea of sharing goal tenders, as it never gives a team a feeling of unity, but un- fortuantely there was nothing we could do. To both Stuart Smith and Steve Harrigan