Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE A5H1sc'Ri.i.v 4 at I f iisiieunh ' ASHBURYA WE Left to Right--Front Rowi lvloffott, Bourget, Sohlin, Renoud, Loy-.renie Second Rowi Thomos, Pilgrim, Bulpit, Redd Third Row: Price, Lee, Fleck. Bocl: Row: A, D. Brom, Esg, Doniels, Goodewe, Bornes o promising skill in Conodcfs winter gome They, in comhinotion with older honds who ore returning next yeor, should form the bosis for o powerful teom, which must be firmly determined to bring bock some of the glories of recent yeors to School hockey, lCharactersl By A. D. Brain R. C. BOURGET-Coptoini 2nd Yeori Centrei o constructive ond neot ploy- moker, who skotes fost ond effectively both on ottock ond defence hock- checlcs strongly ond hos o powerful ond occurote shot, As Coptoin, kept his teom well together both on the ice ond off, ond wos most helpful in moking orrongements. BARNES-Monogeri olthough new to his post, wos most efficient in the rnony detdils of orgonizotion which fell to his lot. l-lis services were greotly opprecioted by teom ond cooch olike. FIRST VI CHARACTERS By R. C. B. RENAUD-Left wing-Vice Coptoini 2nd yeor on teom: Ployed well oll seoson ond did some very useful bockchecking, Also scored some nice gools, LAWRENCE-Defence-2nd yeor on teom: Wos much improved from lost yeor. Wos 0 moinstoy on defence. Should leorn to poss the puck when rushing. LEE-Defence-2nd yeor on teom: l-los o very useful poke check ond covered foirly well in front of his Own net. Should leorn to skote foster,

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1301 THE ASHBURIAN MACNABB l-lst year: Middlei runs well from formation and tackles fairly, but should do both with more energy, and pay more attention to inter- ference. THOMAS I--2nd yeari Outside: an exceptionally fine pass receiver, but must realize that tackling and blocking are no less the duties of Outside Wing: has great possibilities. PRICE-lst year: Quarterback: showed considerable promise as a caller of plays and tackled finely. I SPIELMAN-lst year: Inside: strong and willing in both blocking and tackling but must learn to think under fire. DANIELS I-lst year: Outside: a keen tackler with a useful turn of speed: must develop his pass receiving. -,,,,,i HOCKEY: 1943. FIRST Vi COLOURS-R. C. Bourget R. B. Renaud R. G. R. Lawrence l-l. B. Moffatt. l-lE season of i943 opened with a useful squad of experienced players remaining from last year, and some promising recruits, and hopes were high for a successful series of fixtures. That the results were somewhat disappointing was no fault of coach or players. The loss of Moffatt early in the season was a cruel blow, and the absence of key men from some of the crucial games took its inevitable toll. As Captain, Bourget set a high standard of play and department and fired his team with much of his own enthusiasm. Once again the School was fortunate in enjoying the services of Mr. W. J. Touhey as Coach. l-lis instruction in the fundamentals and in the finer points of the game was beyond praise, and his insistence on sound condition and the most rigorous canons of sportsmanship inculcated lessons of even more import- ance. We hope that we may long be privileged to benefit from the experience of so genial, so keen and so efficient an instructor. Same enjoyable practice games were played in the earlier weeks of the season with local teams, those with the fast-skating Gladstone squad being of particular value. ln two private school games, we were unfortunate in meeting two exceptionally fine and well-balanced opponents, whose combination of speed and strength with well-executed concerted plays was too much for us. In neither game were we at full strength, and in the BCS. fixture particularly were definitely short-handed. Determination to rise to the occasion on the part of both the older and the less experienced members kept the score within reasonable bounds on both occasions, but scaring punch was lacking, and our defence caught too often on the wrong foot. A pleasing feature of the season was the keenness of the younger mem- bers of the squad, among them some of our English visitors, who have developed

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U21 THE ASHBURIAN PILGRIM-Centre-2nd year cn tcami ls a fast skater and a good stickhandler but should learn to go up the centre of the ice instead of the boards. Will be very useful next year. Tl-IDMAS I-Right Winge-2nd year on team: I-las an accurate shot but did not use it to its greatest advantage, Should not try to shoot from too far in the corner. Will be valuable next year. READ-Right Wing-lst year on team: ls a fairly fast skater and checks well. should be an asset to next year's team. BULPIT-Left Wing-Ist year on team: Started on defence but was moved to a forward position. Played well but should learn to keep on his feet. Will be useful next year. SABLIN-Goal-Ist year on team: Improved as the season progressed and should go a long way with more experience. Should learn to stay on his feet PRICE-Defence-lst year on team: Though small he played well and did a good job on the forward line in the B.C.S. games. Will be an asset next year. FLECK-Left Wing-I st year on team: Did not do badly but should learn to keep out of the way of his own teammates. Will be useful next year. DANIELS--Utility-lst year on team: Though only called upon for service in one game he played well and tried hard. GOODEVE-Spare Goal-I st year on team: Improved greatly as the season grew older and did some good work in the nets. Should learn to cover his corners better and to clear faster. Will be very useful next year. Vs. L. C. C., AWAY. LOST 8 - I The first team travelled to Montreal for its first important game on Feb. 27 and were defeated by a lopsided score. L.C.C. were held in their own end throughout most of the game but managed to visit Ashbury long enough to score eight times. The lone goal for Ashbury was scored by Read on a pass from Bourget, The team fought hard but were overcome by superior playing. Covey, Cuttle and Sainsbury were best for Lower Canada while Lawrence and Sablin played well for Ashbury. Goal: Sablin, Defence: Lawrence, Lee, Price, Centre1Bourget, Left Wing: Renaud, Right Wing: Read, subs: Pilgrim, Thomas I, Bulpit, Fleck. Vs. B. C. S., AWAY. LOST 5 - O Again we travelled to Montreal for our second important game. This time we only had nine players. Goodeve was forced to play goal, Sablin being sick and Price had to move up to the forward line. B.C.S. had more scoring chances than the score would indicate, however, Ashbury had their share also and missed them all. Toward the middle of the second period we began to tire, but we did not 'give up the fight. The team fought to the end hoping at least to be re- warded by one goal, but the Bishop's team checked furiously and gave us no chance to get in close. Shepherd and Pitfield played well for Bishops while Bourget, Lawrence and Cioodeve turned in good efforts for the losers. Goal: Goodeve, Defence: Lawrence, Lee, Centre: Bourget, Left Wing: Renaud, Right Wing: Price, subs: Pilgrim, Bulpit, Daniels I.