Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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cedent defenceman, and to John Peart, our diminuitive Captain, for his aggressiveness and desire. On the whole, I think that we learned a few things, and that we enjoyed ourselves, and in the long run, this is what counts. I am quite aware that you all tried your best and I could ask for nothing more. To those of you who will be promoted to higher ranks in the future, you will be missed; to those who will return for another season with the Boise (Idaho) Blades ' , there is always next year; to one and all, a most sincere thank you for all the hard work you gave, in prac- tice and in games, and for a multitude of pleasant memories (I ' ll try to forget the others). One thing is certain, you had Class. One final note: many thanks on everyone ' s behalf to Frank Merrill, who was surely the best horse trainer ever to don the blades and manage a hockey team! N.L. ft ' - LEADING SCORERS GP G A Pts. Pen. Pen. Mins Wilson II 16 11 9 20 2 5 Hebert II 16 7 12 19 Keates II 16 8 10 18 1 2 Lytle 16 11 6 17 Fournier 16 7 8 15 5 11 Stuart IV 16 6 9 15 1 3 Girfin 1 14 7 7 14 Gaskin 16 12 12 9 22 48

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The Third Hockey Team FRONT ROW: Stafford I, Giffin, Gaskin, Peart II, Lytle, Hebert II, Parks, Toles. CENTRE ROW: Mr. Landry, Burchmore, Wilson II, Stuart IV, Yustin II, Webb III, Fournier, Merrill. BACK ROW: Suchanek, Keates II. Charles Dickens (known to one and all as ' Chuck Baby ' ) said it best in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities : It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of in- credulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everythi ng before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way ... Such was the season of the mighty Thirds. We had our good times (U.C.C., 3-2, Lakefield, 5-4) and we had our bad (St. George ' s, 5-6; Crescent, 1-2). A .500 season (with 66 goals for, 65 against) is nothing to be ashamed of, yet one cannot but think back to those four games that we lost by one goal, usually due to our own errors. If we had only had a bit more depth ... we ' hung loose ' as they say, and defeat never rested heavily on our shoulders. Thank heavens for that! Our team was blessed with numerous ' characters ' who un- wittingly kept our spirits up, and to these individuals we are all thankful. Special thanks are due in par- ticular to Mark Gaskin, whose puck control in our own end was our salvation on many oc- casions; to Dan Hebert, Tom Lytle, Tom Giffin and Gus Parks, all veterans who helped greatly to add some balance to our young team; to rookies Mark Wilson, David Keates, Lyndon Fournier and Graham Stuart, whose scoring ability contributed to many of our victories; to David Suchanek, who overcame ' growing pains ' to become an ex-

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The Senior League FRONT ROW: Kishino, Benson II, Merrill, Jackson III, Richards I, Day, Jenkin, Milner, Wannamaker. CENTRE ROW: ' Dekovachich, Leggat, DeGroote II, Hebert I, Thompson III. Logan II, Falco II, Redmond, York, Parker. BACK ROW: Mr. O ' Leary, Bruce, Cambon, Marsh, Hodge II, Halliday, Johnson II, Hubner, Fisher, Robertson II. The Grade 13 vs. Masters Game 49