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WEDNESDAY, AY, APRIL• 10, 1996
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Member's of the winning "DD" Bantam championship teamgot, their
victory ride down Lucknow's main streetwhen they _. F returned to t , e
village Saturday -tight. Sortie ole 'the. players on top 'of the thicleare'
Sean Lou : heed Craig Moffat, Dale Courtney, Greg Courtney, Daryl
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Aitchison, Jordan ,Andrew, Rob .M cGve, Chris Wainwright; Denis
Lubbers and: Ean Moffat. (Pat Livingston -. _hoto
by Pat Livingston
After being down two `-games in their bid with
Langton for the. alt Ontario 'DD" championship, the
Lucknow Bantams persevered and came back three
,games to. " bring home victory. and honor to the Sepoy
village.
It was an ecstatic team and group of fans who
rolled into . town Saturday'riight with the coveted
"DD", trophy. Following tradition, the team. was
toured up and down main street on the fire truck..
Horns were honking, the' fire truck -whistle blowing
and fans yelling congratulations to this team that dis-
la:. ed'discipline and .dedication to eacha' other.'.
throughout the hockey season. .
The coaching staff was . still flying high On'Sunday
when interviewed. "This is the best bunch of kids you
could want in one group," said assistant coach Mike
Courtney:
` he: care for each other and like each other," said
coach Dave Mackinnon, whose nerves had finally.
settled down. It is reported ;Mackinnon was :having
trouble sleeping during the Langton series.
" "There's no animosity amongst this group," added.
DougAitchison, trainer.
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Mackinnon s s
.his team dominated the' whole
series, .and credits Mb Langton goalie Shatin Niatejcek
for stretching the seirxes`the full five games, `Lucknow.
outshot the opposition to, 11, 32 to 17;33 to 20, 25
to 11, and 3,8 to 14. "We bad a better defensive team,"
added the coach.
When',.theseries resumed in Lucknow last
Thursday °night,• the local squad had one win under
their belts compared - Lan "ton's two.
A�F acked arena , of local fans cheered the MetLife
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team on as ;the' score was tied at two all with 4:57 left.
in the third. Earl,. Moffat's.t? ass was centered by. Craig
Moffat to Dennis ' Lubbers who pocketed , the puck*,
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,xi ..,,e allowing Lucknow to take a to 2 lead..
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Mate cek was pulled from the net and with 1.4 'sec-
onds left;, on the clock C. Moatut. the game out of
reach. for Langton.p
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Gaa;ls�. were l�;M
,• .Cr,offat ,(2),"E..Moffat n
Lul bers, with assists, credited to E. Moffat, and
Lubbers With two, C. Moffat and'dreg Courtney..
The final , game was in Langton on Saturday after-,
noon. Fan support was tremendous It's estimated that
at least 60 per. cent of the people in the arena' were
there for Lucknovrr
The game was scoreless until midway through the
second .., period when Dale Courtney, playing up from
the Bantam 13 team,' dented ,the twine: and sent the
This wfollowedLan g ton scoring
crazy.'"fhxs as by g
two goals on power plays at thebeginning of the third
period. Seven' Minutes later Craig Moffat tied the
gameupand followed quickly with another to ease-
the tension slightly. Lucknow was .now ahead 3 to 2,
at the four minute mark of the third, With two min-
utes left, Langton applied the pressureand tied the
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game again.
were now facing' a IU minute sudden
The teams
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death overtime. It could go' either way.During the
"stood
minute break ''" Aitchison team o . said- the -
five > �►
..around, and regrouped."
,"They were up all the time," said. MacKin non.
And kpb s positive ositive attitude when he was
• - pounded into the boards . added a doseof tonic,
as
the
c� the bench and said d C o e on
t �'�to
guys,
injured player skated
we're oin to get. them!"
One can onlimagine the thoughts
and feelin
s
going through the players" minds,the parents and the
fans'
minds. You had to be there.
breakaway akawa for Lucknovv, Jonathan.
On the fourthe y ,
MacKinnon .•,.,.. beat
the L
he.Langt o.en
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.
Strate
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n
on
the'goalie, 'Made' aquick fake t the.top corner, and
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they let loose a shot thatskimmed-the ice by six. inch-
es and passed overthe goal
line on the goalie's right •
i e. It was victory for Lucknow as, the team and fans .
su.
went wild!
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the final game were from Lobb
Assists. inga..
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t:oi�irttiey]yy E. �/offat, Mcee andChris "iia g w
'Vee A. in .
playing upfrar,� the l�oe teu . .gib
was a once ina lifetime o rtunit for these
"It ..'.l�po Y..
kids x said MacKinnon.
.recordof
Bantams ended ..their season with a
40 wins,two ties,
and threelosses.s.
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The last.all Ontario banner to be brought' home
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Lucknow was by the Pee Wees in 1988.