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sdclRPilemoiATrlt;Slt;Mt\nlt;ine1Prnrb1lt;vvtBottom row: Gordie Dudar, Sheldon Kruk, Kurt Kosh|*ski, Chad Cobbe, Kendall Booking. Middle row: Tony Yaworsky (coach), Greg^.V •«_ _. • , n? ^ I____Iw % % w ■ * ■ ■ w w « ^ - v —' — r .y^rr.'.nr rjT,Yaworsky, Russell MacDonald, Glen Ringrose, Erik Petersen, Billy Fraser, Bill Ringrose (manager). Top row: Brian Gilroy, RichardsFtlCOswald, Darryl Vipond, Allen Secord, Dale McQuarrie, Ken Bocking (trainer).ICrrfThe Dauphin minor bantam Kings are the new Manitoba minor bantam tier II rural city champions. The Kings went undefeated in the championship tourney in Portage over the weekend.Gilroy nets hatBrian Gilroy netted three goals in the 4-2 final wins over the hostTerriers.His first goal opened the scoring on a powerplay just past the halfway mark of the first period. Billy Fraser gave Dauphin a 2-0 lead with 1:04 left in the period, but John Fletcher beat Sheldon Kruk with 10 seconds left in the period to make the score 2-1. Fletcher scored the only goal of the middle frame to put the teams on an even footing heading into the final period.Gilroy’s powerplay goal early in the final stanza proved to be the winner. Richard Oswald passed up an empty netgoal to give Gilroy his hat-trick with 18 seconds left to play.Portage took six oftournament with a 7-1 thrashing of The Pas. Gilroy, Kurt Koshowski and Oswald all scored two goals. Greg Yaworsky netted a single. David Dorion scored for The Pas. T.J. Needham faced 49 shots in The Pas net, while Chad Cobbe made 12 saves in the Dauphin net.Dauphin nipped The Pas 3-2 in their next game, as Oswald scored twice and Yaworsky once. Jeff Spence scoredwhile-Kenny McKinnon stopped 37 shots for the hosts.c(1It's been 5 yearsJ1both markers for The Pas. Needham was bombarded with 44 shots, while Dauphin’s Cobbe stopped 17 shots.End on good notenine minors.“This was somewhat of a surprise,” said coach Tony Yaworski. “We were planning on next year as being the key year. We just peaked at the right time. The boyshad been coming on in the last three weeks.Prelude to finalKings open bigThe Kings started theThe Kings dumped Portage 5-1 in their next game as Oswald potted four goals, and Fraser added one. Sheldon Kruk lost his shutout with less than two minutes left when John Fletcher scored. Kruk faced 19 shots, while counterpart Kenny McKinnon stopped 42.The final round robin contest saw the Kings double the Terriers 6-3. Gordon Dudar and Oswald scored twice each to pace Dauphin. Dale McQuarrie and Yaworsky had singles. David Woodward. Kirby Bergen and Mike Kamski replied for Portage. Kruk turned aside 19 shots for the Kings,The last Dauphin minor bantam team to win the title was the 1977 edition. The minor bantam title, coupled wdth the midget major championship, marks the first time two Dauphin minor hockey rep teams have won championships in the same year since 1960.rfcIJItbtist!Bas ketbtournanrresched
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Dauphin Herald
Dauphin, Manitoba, CA
Wed, Apr 07, 1982
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