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High School League At the beginning of this year ' s hockey season, many of the play- ers feh that it would be a year of rebuilding. Many had graduated and there were holes to fill at defense, forward and goalie. Since there were no new hopefuls in camp, it was obvious that Mr. Abbott had a lot of work to do; for with only eight veterans on the team, the numerous rookies had a lot of learning to do. But, work Mr. Abbott did and he had us ready for our season opener against Blakelock, last year ' s champions. We lost a tough decision 3-2, and for our first game that wasn ' t bad. The defense was a little shaky and the forwards still needed time to learn each other ' s movements. On the whole though, it looked promising. The Halton League gave our rookies some much needed experi- ence and after two opening losses -
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First Hockey -ivw Our poor performance in the I.S.A.A. was the result of a couple of factors which plagued the team all season long. These factors were inconsistency and lack of mental preparation. In fact, the whole league was characterized by inconsistency and during any game just about any- thing could happen. This was de- monstrated in an excellent game played on a Friday night in Buffalo. Nichols, a school which has gained a great deal of respect in the league, tied us 4-4. We jumped out to an early lead but soon lost it. Nichols went up 3-2 at the end of the second period. At this point Coach Abbott decided it was time to straighten us out once again. We came out for the third period like it was a championship game. Everybody put forth a super effort and it paid off as we went up 4-3. With only 43 seconds re- maining, a Nichols defenceman took the puck and carried it right past the whole team and scored. It was definitely our best perform- ance of the season as Nichols went on to beat U.C.C. who beat us 7- 0, and S.A.C. who beat us 8-1. On another occasion, Ridley was paying us a visit on a Wednesday afternoon. We were ahead 4-1 at one point but Ridley fought back to tie it up. We finally scored and eventually won the game 5-4. FRONT ROW: Beckett, Green, Keates, Stuart, Lewis. SECOND ROW: Moran, Bunting, MacDonald, Day, Wright, Shafran, Coxon, Merrill BACK ROW: Mr. Larsen, Ryan, Bates, McBride, Locke, Washington, Mr. Abbott. However, on the return trip to Ridley two weeks later we got bombed 6-1 - they outhustled us and outplayed us completely. Although we did not have a super season, a great deal can be learned from our mistakes. We had a very young team and since we are only losing three players, the future looks bright. I must thank Mr. Abbott myself and on behalf of the team for put- ting up with us and trying to help us when anybody else would have felt like throwing in the towel. He showed great strength of character and knew how to deal with us in- dividually. Thank you for your time and effort in a somewhat frustrating Neil Shafran
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we settled down and remained un- beaten in five games. We finished third in the overall standings, which incidentally is better than last year. We ended up playing Lord Elgin in the playoffs, whom we had beaten both times during the season. They were known for their chippiness and having experi- enced it three days before when we beat them 6-2, we were prepared for a busy afternoon. But, they came out with an attitude of hust- ling and staying out of the penalty box and they ended our hopes of playing Oakville Trafalgar High School in the semi-finals with a 2-0 victory. It was a season of ups and downs, for when we seemed to have it all together on a certain day, we looked very strong. But, the bad days came at the wrong times and our season proved short- er than we felt it should have been. Mark Bunting led our team in the scoring department with Graham Stuart, Don Green and Dave Keates following up. Neil Shafran deserves mention for his strong and steady play at the blue line as well as his big lead in the defense point total. Special mention should also go to our coach, who has probably gone through one of his most frustrating seasons as a hockey coach. All season long he put up with our mistakes, always coming up with different drills which would correct the things we did wrong in the games. We ' d love to buy him a present, to show our appreciation, but it seems the only thing he wants is a goalie: can anyone help him out there? Glenn Wright fl p K Mill ' ' ' tr
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