Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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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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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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FRONT ROW: Cockell, Ricketts, T. Follows, Myers, P. Follows, Freeman, Dejaray. SECOND ROW: Kolulak, Henriques, Moffat, Hickling, Fife, Headley, Cobham, Mann. BACK ROW: Mr. Manbert, Morgan, McNair, Stark, McKenzie, Sustronk, Peer. Second Hockey Well, what can we say, but thank you for one of the most memorable and exciting seasons we have ever had. The team was a real team, lead by our illustrious coach, Mr. Manbert (alias Tikhonov). The players on the team were tremendous the way they hustled and worked through- out the season. It was due to the effort by the players, and the dedi- cation of our coach that we creat- ed such a strong bond between us. Even the away games like the one at U.C.C. where we unfortunately lost, was fun! After dinner we were all ready to play again and thoroughly trounce T.C.S. That alone says a great deal for the squad. By the end of the year the team had compiled quite a record finish- ing 2nd in ISAA with an impres- sive record of 16 wins, 6 losses, and 1 tie despite our smaller size in comparison with the other schools. Wherever we went schools thought we ' d be a push over because of our size but when the horn sound- ed at the end of the game, there was no question who was better - we were! - with the exception of 3 out of 6 games lost. The team was rarely Chippy and rarely did we hear a critical word spoken be- tween players. Perhaps the most exciting game of our season, and what truly molded our team was the game against Ridley College School. Just two games earlier we had lost a heartstopper to their style of thug- hockey. They were a Big physi- cally hard hitting team but we knew we could beat them. Before the game the players were fired up to the point where some may have exploded had the game not started. We completely demolished Ridley, we had them running around in circles and at one point we were beating them 10-4 - what a killing! But we finished the game 10-6. Never before have we seen Coach Manbert so happy as well as the team. The change room was bub- bli ng over as John Myers led an offensive against the whole Ridley squad armed with cream covered cupcakes however with the help of the team we were able to subdue him from his excitement until dinner time. One of the strongest points to our team play was our tremen- dously dangerous , in fact lethal forwards. The red line was known to all as Commie Connection, because of their Russian style of play. They mercilessly slaughtered many a goal tender. Pete Follows, the teams leading scorer was always dangerous and a highly skilled player, with an uncanny ability to create mind-boggling plays. Chuck McNair, who was the strong shooter of the line was al- ways a threat in front of the net