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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-11-02, Page 40ort Editor Gerard Creces 519-524-2164 gsssports@bowesnet.com Deadline: Fridays at 2:00 p.m. mer Maple Leaf stars elp tornado relief fund team will play in on Friday, Nov. 4 al -Star Toronto Maple Leafs alumni will at .the newly constructed Central unity Complex in Clinton Friday, money for the Goderich and Area f Fund, ayers from the 1970s and 80s off against the Eastllnk Selma a r collection that will include the bers of the police and fire services, leaders and past and present the Clinton Radars Sr. A hockey arity game to raise funds for local orts after the devastating tornado eaf greats like Rick Vaive, Bill Leeman, Mark Osborne. Dave Lou Franceshetti and Dave ill play in the game while Mike • ach the alumni team and Jack Beet as referee for the game. t will help celebrate the grand the Central Huron Community proceeds will to the Goderich and Relief Fund. The fundraising corn - king to raise $3.3 million which t to $10 million in total with match - m the provincial government. member the electrifying Rick Valve, f captain who played for several NHL from 1979-92 and is best as the first 50 goal scorer in lbronto • chise history. fifth overall by the Vancouver • , Valve played in the WHA before +, along with Bill Derlago, to the for Dave 'Tiger' Williams and Jerry s in Toronto that that Valve and teamed up to with Pat Hickey to 4 c scoring line. me the first Leaf to score over 50 with 54 and he added two more 50 ns in 1983 and 84. He also served f the Leafs from 1982 -86. He was icago in 1987 and played for the Buffalo Sabres in a career that asons. ve's linemates in the 1980s was er Gary Leeman who also had a n with the Leafs. A member of the d Line' with the Leafs, he teamed Clark and Russ Courtnail to help r e within aame of reaching the . Leeman alsola ed with the P Y Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues. Dave McLlwain of Seaforth is returning to his roots in Huron County and the former Leaf is best known for playing for a record four teams in one season. He suited up for Toronto, New York Islanders, Winnipeg Jets and Buffalo Sabres. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1986, McLlwain bounced around the league for many years, playing his final game on March 29, 1997. He finished his NHL career with loo goals and 107 assists in 501 games. Mark Osborne played in Toronto for nearly six years, playing with Leeman and Ed Olczyk on a productive line. He was traded to Winnipeg but returned to the Leafs in 1992 and helped the team reach the conference finals in two successive seasons, 1993 and 94, just falling short of reaching the Stanley Cup finals. Dave Hutchison of London played with sev- eral NHL teams in Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago and New Jersey over a 681 game career. He racked up 1,735 penalty minutes to go along with 131 points but was known for his hard-nosed defensive play. McLlwain and Osobrne both played in Young Canada Week in Goderich in their peewee years. McLlwain, of course, played with Seaforth and led the team to a championship in 1979 while Osborne played in Goderich with Toronto Shopseys in 1974. Game time at the Central Huron Community Complex on Friday, Nov. 4 is 7 p.m. Vancouver Canucks and 34- Wednesday, November 2, 2011 • Goderich Signal -Star photos bDays Sykes Ringette winners The Goderlch .U19 and U14 teams reached the championship in the Goderich Ringette Tournament here on the weekend and collected medals despite losses in the final. Jessica Hummel and Sarah glen display their medals. Goderich teams -reach championship finals Goderich teams reached the champi- onship final in two of the four divisions teams competed in at the Goderich. Ringette Association annual tourna- ment here on the weekend. A total of 22 teams competed in five divisions of play over three days at the Goderich Memorial Arena and the Maitland Recreation Centre. Two Goderich teams, the U19 Belies and the U14 squad reached the tournament final in their division, with both taking second place finishes.. The U19 Belles lost a close game to Seaforth in the tournament final Sunday morning, despite. a 6-4 victory over Seaforth earlier in the tournament. They also defeated Tara 3-1 to earn a berth in the final. The Goderich U14 team lost its opening round game to Exeter 6-4 but rebounded with two straight wins, 9-2 over London and 12-4 over Seaforth, to earn a berth in the championship game against Exeter. Exeter won the final game Sunday to win the division. In the Novice U10 Division, Goderich lost its opening round game to Missis- sauga 7-0 but rebounded to down London 6-2. In the semi final, Goderich lot to Mitchell 11-4. In the U12 Division, Goderich blanked Mitchell 4-0 in its opening game but dropped a 6-5 decision to -Seaforth in Game 2. Goderich ham- mered London 1.2=5 in its third game but failed to qualify for the division final. The tournament, which raised funds for the Goderich Disaster Relief Fund, featured five more teams this year in a 41 -game, round-robin format. "The team each brought a gift basket that was raffled off for the tornado relief fund and proceeds from the fling -a -ring will go towards that as well,' tournament chairman Glen Ferguson said. "The tournament was awesome, Just great and there were no glitches. The support from teams for our town was amazing and many people simply gave donations."