St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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7 ' bu qm ul A Hoc ta BACK ROW: Von Vegesak, David, McGuiness, Mr. Glegg, Gardner, Menzies, McMurray. FRONT ROW: Fraser, Boyd, Squire, Bredin, McDonald. Captain — Ross McKnight Assistant Captains - Doug McMurray and Brad Gardiner GAMES PLAYED AND RESULTS SJR vs. Westridge SJR vs. Wildwood SJR vs. Victoria SJR vs. Fort Garry SJR vs. Westridge SJR vs. Tuxedo SJR vs. Wildwood SJR vs. Victoria SJR vs. Fort Garry SJR vs. Tuxedo . . .0-12 .3-0 .1-4 .0-2 .0-5 .3-2 . 1-0 .1-3 . 0 - won by default Smoi Horn Aookoj At the beginning of the house games it was falsely thought by all, that Hamber was going to lose it’s crown of six straight hockey titles. The team was made up of one Senior team member and a number of bas¬ ketball and non-team” players. In the first game Young was over confident and lost 2-1 to a clumsy, inept Hamber team. John Kiddell scored the luckiest goal with a shot from just over the red line which went into the top left hand corner of Leatherdale’s net. Young then beat Richardson 3-1, and on Friday, Hamber and Richardson went to Bison Gardens hock¬ ey rink at the University of Manitoba. Here Hamber easily won 6 f to retain its title. BACK ROW: Colquahoun, Fulton, Klassen, Francis, Van Haren. FRONT ROW: Jackman, Gardner, Magnus. Horn Hodmf Junior house hockey got under way this year with Richardson and Hamber battling for a win. Hamber won 2-1 in sudden death overtime. Then Hamber took on a decidely superior Young House team who won 13-2. At Bison Gardens at the University of Manitoba, Young also trounced Richardson 10-0. Through Young did not by quite a convincing score as last year, the spirit of all three houses was high and all the games were a lot of fun.

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BACK ROW: Campbell, McEwen, Kiddell, Gray, McBeath, Williams, Sheen, Smith, Bowes. FRONT ROW: Mr. Bredin, Cousins, Kiddell, Flintoft, Honeyman, Little, Hammond, Myers. It was 7:00 AM, Friday, February 18, and a group of boys milled around impatiently in the front hall. The bus, which w as due at 7 o’clock failed to appear. Soon the boarders arose and settled into the daily routine. It was 8:30 when the bus finally arrived, to the relief of all those waiting. Overnight bags and hockey equip¬ ment were speedily loaded; the St. John’s-Ravenscourt hockey tour was on it’s way. The tour was part of a sudden-death, round-robin hockey tournament to take place at Blake School in Hop¬ kins, Minnesota. There were two Canadian teams: S.J.R. and Rainy River, and two American teams: Blake and Minnehaha. After an extremely tedious nine-hour bus trip, Hopkins, a suburb of Minneapolis, was reached. Wow! Look at that Corvette!” yelled Megaphone” who went car-crazy when he saw all the hot” machines in the city. It was 6:40 when the bus arrived at Blake School, giving the team twenty minutes to dress for the game against Minnehaha. Although exhausted from the bus trip, S.J.R. played a hard game, tying Minnehaha 1-1. John Kiddell scored the goal. The team was prepared for a warm indoor rink, and were surprised to find that the Blake rink was indoors, but unheated in fact, it was colder than the air outside. The team discovered that Blake School is a private school similar to S.J.R. except that it does not have boarding facilities. The school is much wealthier than S.J.R., having an indoor hockey rink as well as outdoor rinks, an indoor swimming pool, a large gymnasium, spacious fields, and other facilities. After the Minnehaha game, Blake provided the team with hamburgers while the billeting was organized. Blake also played a game that night; they defeated Rainy River. S.J.R. hockey players were billeted with Blake players for Friday and Saturday nights. On Saturday morning, everyone was free to do what he wanted. At 1:30 S.J.R. played Rainy River. Although S.J.R. played well, they were edged 1- 0 by Rainy River. Don Honeyman proved himself to be the greatest asset to the team by his efforts in goal. Afterwards, everybody watched Blake defeat Minnehaha 9-1, and wondered how well S.J.R. would do against Blake’s terrific team. The exciting game between Blake and S.J.R. was played. Although the team realized soon after the game started that they could not defeat Blake, they continued to play their best hockey. Spectators commented on the S.J.R. spirit. The final score was 6-0 for Blake, but even Blake admitted that S.J.R. was a tough, spirited team. Don Honeyman, goal keeper for S.J.R., was hailed as the most outstanding hockey player in the tournament, and was really the backbone of the team. Since the game was the last in the season for both Blake and S.J.R., everyone was in a celebrating mood. However, spirits were slightly dampened when Mr. Bredin, S.J.R. coach, announced that the bus was to leave Hopkins at the early hour of 8:00 o’clock on Sunday morning. Everyone managed to get up in time, and the long return journey began shortly after 8:00. The hockey tour weekend had turned out to be a successful and enjoyable experience for everyone.

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C8 flocktf BACK ROW: Mr. Searle, Knowlton, Gemmell, Thomas, Searle, Swartz, Dodds, Mr. Wellard. FRONT ROW: Spaith, Shandro, Castling, Campbell, Thrasher, Gardner, Donahue. I would sincerely like to thank Mr. Wellard, Mr. Searle, and Angus Campbell for faithfully coaching our hockey team this year. Although we have not been tremendously successful, we have shown vast improvement over last year. Our greatest moment came when we defeated previously undefeated Sturgeon Creek. Although we lost the majority of our games, it was by small margins. The team, while enjoying themselves, gave the league runners a run for their money. This year, we participated in a different league from previous years. It made a nice change from the familiar faces of the years before. With a few new men in the line up next year, we should have a championship team.