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

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THE BLAKE TOURNAMENT Renewing a two year old rivalry, the S.J.R. Senior “A’s” travelled to St. Paul, Minnesota this year to take part in an invitational tournament sponsored by St. Paul Academy. The trip began early on the morning of Friday, February 21, when boys, bags and equipment were piled on to a bus. We did not arrive in St. Paul until 5 p.m., leaving us three hours to eat and get ready for our first game. Our first game was a surprisingly easy 12-1 victory over Minnehaha. After the game S.J.R. players went to the homes of St. Paul players to get a good night’s sleep before our game against Blake on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Blake had defeated an S.J.R. team 6-0 two years ago, so the team was determined to revenge that loss. Once the game began however, we realized it would not be easy. A tight 2-0 game in our favour was broken up in the third period by four consecutive Blake goals, but we fought back to tie the score by the end of regulation time. In an eight minute sudden-death overtime period Blake came on strong, scoring after five minutes to shatter S.J.R.’s championship dreams. It was a hard game to lose. Saturday afternoon was free for S.J.R., and several boys took the opportunity to see the cities. That night we played our third game in twenty-four hours, skating to an easy 10-1 victory over Breck. Afterwards we watched Blake beat St. Paul 5-3 for the championship. After this game an All-Star team for the tournament was announced. S.J.R. placed four members on the team: goaltender Jim Rowand, centre Bob Macmillan, and wings Alex Dampier and Greg Lawrence. On Sunday, we watched an N.PI.L. game between Toronto and Minnesota in the Minneapolis St. Paul hockey arena, then left on the return trip. Although we were feeling despondent as a result of our loss to Blake, the team was in relatively high spirits on the return journey. We arrived back in Winnipeg at 2:30 a.m. (most team members made it to class on Monday). Although we lost, everyone enjoyed themselves both on and off the ice, and benefited from the “international” experience. The team would like to thank Mr. Bredin for his efforts as coach, and also all the parents and masters who managed to make it to St. Paul to cheer us on. 53

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Leonard, Mr. Schaffter, D. Nicolson, D. Spaith, L. Jacklin, S. Searle, B. MacMillan, G. Thomas, J. Rowed, P. Dower, Manager; M. Bookbinder, J. Rowand, G. Lawrence, T. Knight, J. Hutchings, P. McCreath, D. Lauder. IN ACTION: A. Dampier, Capt.;and Mr. MacMillan, Coach. The season 1968-69 was one of success and disappointment for the Senior A Hockey Club: success in the sense that they lost only one of the fifteen games and disappointment because there were no playoffs within our league for an unexplainable reason. As a result, the club was declared champions off of the ice. It is hoped that the necessary rules be placed on paper so as to avoid this unfortunate incident happening again next season. The team travelled to the U.S. twice during the season to play against American High School teams. In a knockout tournament held at St. Paul, Minn, in February, the club lost to Blake in a sudden death overtime period. However, despite the loss, Alex Dampier, Bob MacMillan, Greg Lawrence and Jim Rowand walked away with individual trophies. Exhibition games were played against members of Canada’s National Hockey Team, N.H.L. Old Timers and various juvenile clubs from Winnipeg. It is possible that the Sr. A. Team will be losing 11 members from its ranks due to graduation, etc. These boys will be greatly missed next season. The most important aspect of this season is the fact that the boys and coach did have fun on this spirited club. It is hoped that everyone has grasped an understanding of the fundamentals of the game. Coach MacMillan is very proud of this team. 52

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SENIOR B BACK ROW: Mr. Bredin, Kiddell, McMurray, Bredin, McGregor, Bell, Woodhead, Hutchings, Thornton, Noble, Gardiner, Styffe, Mr. Thomas. FRONT ROW: Bigelow, Barnes, Boult, Hammond, Stewart. The Senior “B” team this year is composed of boys who have played together for two years, plus boys that have joined the school since then. The league this year is made up of five teams and in the eight game season the team won five, tied two, and lost one. Unfortunately we lost out to Assiniboia in a best of three Final. The team lost several players due to injuries this year, but our numbers were swelled by the addition of players from the Bantan “A” team. Thanks are extended to Mr. Bredin who spent a great deal of time with the team trying to improve the basic skills and techniques. The Bantams did not play in the G.W.M.H.A. league, but still played over ten exhibition games. The team played well, but was hampered by injuries to some key players. The team members are too numerous to mention individually, but potentially this is a very good group, whose passing and positional play underwent a marked improvement during the season. Our thanks go to Mr. Bredin who ran the practices for the season, and who is thus responsible for the real coaching of the team. BANTAM B 4 : 14 . ' f§ WJg % ys ' A =“ i i yygi tSk BACK ROW: Mr. Glegg, Coach; Saunders, Kruegar, Kernahan, Dickson, Harris, Longstaffe, Clews, Riley, Balfour, Mathews, Whittaker, Gibbons, Myers, Forsythe, Rowand. FRONT ROW: Harrison, Lansky, Briggs, Daunt, Balfour, McGillivray, Beech, Capt.; McMorris. PLAYGROUND A In the Greater Winnipeg Minor Hockey League, we placed fifth in a league of six teams. Our play in exhibition games was considerably more promising as we won three out of six games. The losses in league competition were hard fought and the final record was not indicative of the effort contributed by our boys. The team nucleus, centred on fine goaltending, promises to supply an improved squad in future years. BACK ROW: Hutchison, Nicol, Goldring, Gordon, Reimer, Cruikshank, d’Agincourt, Bottomley, Anand, Burns. FRONT ROW: Wallace, Captain;Mr. Laidlaw, Coach. 54 MISSING: Quinton, Sutherland, Ross.