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

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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.

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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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PLAYGROUND B Under the guidance of Mr. Cowie and Mr. Jackson, the “B’s” got off to a roaring start this season. Four wins out of the first five games put them near the top of the league but in the remaining five games this engine began to sputter: five games—five losses. The sour ending can be attributed to their inept second defense—inept because there was none. Allan Beech and Doug Clark averaged 60 minutes per game as our only defense. Had it not been for their Herculean feats back there, poor Kurt Barkman, the goalie would have looked like a chunk of cheddar cheese after the games. However, the team played many strong games, but there were many strong teams in the league. A very eager bunch they are and are anxiously awaiting the first face-off next year. It will be a good one! BACK ROW: Mr. Cowie, Bennett, Miller, Clews, Matthews, Kiddell, Gillis, Hjartarson, Mr. Jackson. FRONT ROW: Beech, Capt.; Jacob, Rosenblat, Barkman, Christie, Clark, Haworth. PLAYGROUND C BACK ROW: Barrit, Prall, Christie, Fast, Reimer, Edwards, Dyke, Mr. Kiddell, Coach. CENTRE ROW: Guest, Bredin, Ramsay D., Capt.; Ramsay B., Corner, Wood, Layng. FRONT ROW: Freedy, Rosenblat. The Playground “C” Team, put up a creditable performance, coming second in their league and forcing the league leaders, Tuxedo, to a one all tie in the last league game. David Ramsey played a sound game in goal with some very good defensive play to support him by Brian Ramsay, Captain; Mark Bredin, and Graeme Barrit. Andrew Corner was outstanding at center, ably backed by Peter Wood and Arthur Fast on the wing. Cary Rosenblat showed a good turn of speed, but must keep his head up next year, he with Blaine Freedy, Eric Prall, Jim Reimer, Rhos Dyke, Donald Guest and Stephen Brandy provided the necessary depth for the team to be vigorously successful. With a shorter Christmas holiday and less Christmas pudding the team might have had an even better chance of becoming City champions. They are a power to reckon with! pint-sized though some of them maybe! RAVENS BACK ROW: Mr. Beare, Woodhead, Breer, Nanton, Morriss, Gillespie, Speers, Mikolajewski, Macdonald, Wallace, Mr. Bevis. MIDDLE ROW: Scarth, Gellman, Harding, Roulston, Beaumont, Fraser, Erans, Andruchuck. FRONT ROW: Bevis, Shaddy, McKeag, Hay, Krueger, Phillips, Ainley. This year the Ravens Hockey team was re-introduced into o u t s i d e - school competition. Although the team ended top of the league with an 8 win 2 loss record, they did not win the playoff at the end of the season. However, they are to be warmly congratulated on such a fine first-year performance, especially in spirit and sportsmanship. Our thanks to Richard Woodhead who was our faithful referee in those frightfully early Saturday morning hours. And our special thanks to all those parents who gave up their Saturday morning lie-ins to have their boys at school at 7:30 a.m.!