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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-04-30, Page 1DIAN Wff R �✓✓SPAPERS C SAMA x�r FF �F APIK; AS4 OMS, S\\. RICH NE S No. 17—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS Cushman Leads Scoring Parade In Playoff Series Classy centre -man Mike Cush- man. led the Hensall-Zurich Combines scoring attack during the recent playoff series just completed. In 17 games played against Strathroy, Gravenhurst and Stouffville, Cushman scored 16 goals, while picking up 19 assists, for 35 points. Next in order on the scoring parade were the other two members of his line, Bob Livermore and Bruce Cooper, with 32 and 28 points, respectively. Complete scoring statistics of the team for the 16 -game play- off series is as follows: Player G A Total Mike Cushman ___ 16 19 35 Bob Livermore ___ 15 17 32 Bruce Cooper ____ 14 14 28 Bill Shaddick ____ 13 13 26 Craig Chapman __ 13 10 23 Earl Wagner ____ 6 16 22 Steve Kyle 4 5 9 Dale Turvey 2 6 8 Bill Chipchase 3 4 7 Bob Hoffman 2 4 6 Dennis Morrissey _ 3 3 6 Bill Murney 1 2 3 Russ Klopp 0 0 0 Bruce Horton 0 0 0 Totals 92 113 205 During the regular schedule Bruce Cooper was the winner of the scoring parade, with 93 points, made up of 49 goals and 44 assists. The fact that he missed one playoff game, and played the rest •of the series with a cast on his arm, prob- ably held him back from being on top of the heap. 0 MIKE CUSHMAN —35 Scoring Points ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964 $3.00 PER YEAR -- 7 CENTS PER COPY OHA TROPHY— "We've waited a long time for this," captain Bruce Horton told Don Buddo, when he presented the OHA Junior D trophy after the final game of the series last Friday night. Mr. Buddo made the presentation on be- half of the Ontario Hockey Association. BOB LIVERMORE —32 Scoring Points Hensall Kinsmen Mark Occasion of 10th Anniversary Nearly 100 Kinsmen from Stratford, Simcoe, Essex, Lon- don, Exeter and Clinton at- tended the 10th anniversary of Hensall Kinsmen Club, held at the Hensall Community Centre Thursday evening. Head table guests were Dr. D. J. McKelvie, of Essex, charter president of Hensall Club; John Goldie, To- ronto, national vice-president; John Kinney, Toronto, general secretary of Kinsmen .associa- tion; H. F, Taggart, London, governor of district one; Elthan Durant, deputy governor, zone D, Simcoe; Norman H. Jones, reeve of Hensall. Harold Knight, past president of the organization, gave the history of the Hensall Kinsmen Club over the past 10 years. He pointed out that $22,600 had been raised by the club during the past 10 years, and also that the Hensall Kinette Club had raised over $5,000. Many past members of the Hensall Club attended. Among those attending from out-of- town were John Thompson, Blenheim; Jack Markes, Exeter, and George Sawyer, Alymer, Paul Brothers and Shirley, of Kirkton, provided entertain- ment and Amber R e b e k a'h Lodge, Hensall, catered for the banquet. BRUCE COOPER Two Big Overtime Goals Delegates Picked For Convention Hensall Cancer Campaign Results Twelve members of Hensall Kinsmen Club canvassed the village Monday evening, and collected $275 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Robert Caldwell was chair- man of the project. 0 Crop Report Hay, pasture, winter wheat and barley are commencing growth as a result of warmer weather and frequent showers, Seedling forages are progress- ing well. Because •of wet weather seed- ing of spring grains has slowed. Approximately one-half of the crops have been planted to date. A number of farmers are buying hay and straw, however most have adequate supplies until grass, Huron Liberals at a meeting in Clinton Thursday evening named delegates to represent Huron ridings at the annual meeting of the Ontario Liberal Association, being held in To- ronto, Mry 15 and 16. Huron federal riding associa- tion president A. Y. McLean, Seaforth, and provincial riding president E. B. Menzies, Clin- ton, presided at the joint meet- ing. Delegates named are: Federal Association — John Laport, RR 2, Zurich; Cecil Blake, Dungannon; Mrs, Alex Addison, Clinton. Alternates— Harold Shore, Goderich; John Broadfoot, Brucefield, and Ivan Kalbfleisch, Zurich. Provincial Association—E, B. Menzies, Clinton; Howard Aik- en, Goderich; Mrs. Kennet h Bridges, Exeter. Alternates — Mrs. Elmer Cameron, RR 4, Sea - forth; George Deichert, Zurich; Larry 'Wheatley, RR 1, Dublin. Local Fans Happy With Victory ! Combines Win All -Ontario Junior Lose Only One Game In Fina6 Coming up with three big goals in overtime, the Hensall- Zurich Combines last Friday night won the all -Ontario Junior D championship, beating Stouff- ville 10-7, and sweeping the series four games to one. The game was played in the Hensall Arena before at least 1200 screaming fans. Immediately after the game, the OHA trophy, emblematic of the junior title, was presented to team captain Bruce Horton by Don Buddo, representing the Ontario Hockey Association. Later in the evening, the inem- bers of the team and their man- ager and coach, George Beer and Bob McKinley, were escort- ed through the village on the back of the fire truck, much to the delight of the hundreds of fans who retrained to watch the celebration. This is the first time in three years of trying that the Com-' bines have managed to win the all -Ontario title. Two years ago they were eliminated by Ux- bridge in the final round, and last year they were eliminated by Strathroy, in their own group. Coach Bob McKinley said: "We've waited a long time for this to happen, and finally we made the grade. This team is the greatest gang of fellows I have ever been associated with, and we are certainly proud of them." The Combines had to come from behind agel':X in this big game to earn their. victory. They were trailing 2-0 early in the first period, and then went ahead 6-3 by the end of the second, only to see their lead completely disappear in the third. They came with a big rally in the overtime, and banged in three unanswered goals, Two quick goals early in the first by Glen Hooper sent the Stouffvile six into an early 2-0 lead. At 12:30 Dennis Morris- sey found the range for the locals and made the score 2-1, but two minutes later Barry McLean scored for the Clippers to give them a 3-1 lead. With less than three minutes left in the period Bob Livermore scored his first of three goals, to bring the Combines right back into the race. Two of the Stouffville goals were scored on breakaways. The second period was all Combines, as they scored four unanswered goals. At the 2:42 mark Mike Cushman picked up the puck in his own end and carried right t h r o u g h the Stouffville defence, to beat Glen Jackson cleanly. Three minutes later Cushman scored again, with Livermore and Bruce Cooper assisting. With three minutes left to play, Cooper scored a real beauty when he pulled the goalie out of position after picking up a pass from Cushman and Livermore. A minute later Livermore scored again when he shot the puck out from behind the net and it deflected in the net off a Stouff- ville player. The Combines held a wide edge in play all through the second period. At the 5:39 mark in the third period, Livermore scored his third goal of the game, when he skated out from behind the Stouffville net and let go with a wicked back -hand shot that completely fooled Jackson. At this point in the game the Stouffville crew caught fire and rapped in four quick goals, in less than four minutes, to tie the score. Brown, Kelson, Hooper and Mustard scored in that order for the Clippers. On the fourth Stouffville goal, Dennis Amacher was in- jured when one of the players crashed him into the net. After a few minutes rest in the dress- ing room, Amacher came back on the ice, and played a sen- sational game for the rest of the night. For the last 10 min- utes in regulation time, neither team was able to score, even though the Combines kept heavy pressure on the visitors' goal throughout. It was a different story in the overtime, as the Combines came on with the desire to win the championship on their home ice. At 2:05 Bruce Coop- er stepped out on the ice, grab- bed the puck near the players' bench, slipped by two Stouff- ville defencemen, and then pulled the goalie out of position to flip the winning goal into the empty net. The goal was by far the prettiest of the en- tire series, and the crowd went wild with delight. Forty sec- onds later Cooper picked up a pass from Cushman and Liver- more, and fooled the Stouff- ville goalie again. Then with only four minutes left to play in the overtime, Craig Chap- man scored from Bill Shaddick and Earl Wagner, to completely salt away the victory and the championship. A total of 13 penalties were handed out by referees Jerry Olinski and Ed Malcheski, of Kitchener, with seven going to the visitors and six to the locals. LOOSE ENDS: Bruce Cooper, with three big goals, especially his two overtime counters, would have to be given the hon- our of being the first all-star of the game. His linemates, Bob Livermore and Mike Cush- man, also deserve special men- tion, due to their five goals and five assists. The line scored all but two of the ten goals. De- fensively, Bill Murney deserves special mention for his steady blueline work throughout the game. He also picked up two assists. In goal, Dennis Amacher made a number of sensational saves, and diel a fine job of holding back a determined crew of Stouffville Clippers. eri Winning all -Ontario titles is nothing new for several mem- bers of the Combines, while for most of them it was the thrill of a lifetime. Dennis Amacher, Earl Wagner and Russ Klopp have been on all -Ontario cham- pionship teams in Zurich, in bantam, midget and juvenile competition, while Bill Shad - dick and Wagner helped the Strathroy Rockets win their all - Ontario title last year. But, as Shaddick puts it, "there is still nothing like winning a championship for your :own hometown." Bill Murney is at least $20 poorer through winning the championship, but he said, "it was worth $100 to win an a11 - Ontario title. It is something I have always wanted to do." Murney was to have been work- ing at his new job in Hamilton on Friday night, but chose to miss work and play hockey. "Sure I'll lose about $20. but this was far more fun." he added. Manager George Beer had his fingers almost bitten off by the end of the game. "I don't think I could have stood it for an- other 10 minutes," Beer con- fessed. "But somehow I had a feeling the boys would cone through for us." A jubilant coach, Bob McKin- ley, could hardly speak by the time the game was over. "I thought it would never end," he piped up. The coach lost his hat when the players started swarming around him to hoop it up after the game, Two members of the team finished the series with casts on their arms. Both Bruce Cooper and Earl Wagner suf- fered broken arms earlier in the playoffs, but were deter- mined to finish it out and win the title. The east didn't seem to bother Cooper, as he ti a:ne up with three of the biggest goals of his career in the game, ALL -ONTARIO CHAMPIONS — Hensall-Zurich Combines won the all - Ontario Junior "D" championship last Friday night, when they defeated Stouffville in the fifth game of the best -of -seven final series, to take the series four games to one, Shown here is the entire team, along with their manager and coach. Front row, left to right: Bruce Cooper, Bruce Horton, Bob Liver- more; middle row, left to right: manager George Beer, Russel Klopp, Bill Murney, Dennis Amaeher, Steve Kyle, Dale Turvey, Hick Stade, spare goalie, Bob McKinley, coach; back row, left to right: Dennis Morrissey, Bob Hoffman, Bill Chipchase, Earl Wagner. Mike Cushman, Bill Shaddick, Craig Chapman.