George’s showing the way in Caledon Senior Hockey League playoffs

March 27, 2015 · 0 Comments

George’s Arena Sports moved to the top of the Caledon Senior Hockey League’s playoff round-robin last Monday, while Yale Industrial Trucks once again provided an upset.
George’s has a 2-0 playoff record thanks to a 2-1 decision over Bolton Chiropractic Centre at Don Sheardown Arena. Yale, despite missing a couple of key players, held Rutherford Global Logistics, the regular-season champions, to a 2-2 draw. Yale, which finished last in the regular season, now sports an undefeated 1-0-1 record. In the other game, Fines Ford Lincoln downed Jiffy Lube Oilers 7-3.
George’s 2, Bolton Chiropractic 1
Bret Smith led George’s with a goal and he set up Jim Rogers’ winning goal. Greg MacIssac had one assist.
Rick Agar scored for the Chiropractors with Howard Wight and Gary Stewart as the set-up men.
Yale 2, Rutherford 2
Thanks to another strong defensive game anchored by goaltender Todd Edey, Yale stayed in contention for the playoff title.
Tony Calabro and Randy Freitag handled the scoring with assists going to John Castellucci, with two, and Garth Young and Steve Tarasco with one each.
James Heenan had a goal and an assist for Rutherford. Bob McHardy scored the other goal while Bill Frolick had an assist.
Fines Ford 7, Jiffy Lube 3
Dan Labine scored twice for Fines with Jack Gibson contributing a goal and two assists.
John Pallotta and Rod Sinclair grabbed a goal and an assist each. Ian Kerr and Chris Spilar had the other goals. Bill Davis and Santo Gazzolla both had two assists with a single going to Mike Gasparini.
Joe Palumbo potted a goal and an assist for Jiffy Lube while Mike McNamara and Bill Doherty also scored. Luch Pinarello and Brian Fetterly notched assists.
March 9
The playoffs started the week before with an upset.
Yale had their struggles during the regular season. But they shook them off with a sharp defensive effort the first night of the playoffs against second-place Bolton Chiropractic.
The Yalies smothered Bolton Chiropractic by a 3-1 margin. In the other games, Rutherford blanked Fines Ford 4-0 and George’s dropped Jiffy Lube 4-1.
Yale 3, Bolton Chiropractic 1
Nick Taccogna, Jim Dunbar and Tarasco scored for Yale with Freitag getting an assist.
Stewart scored Bolton Chiropractic’s goal.
Rutherford 4, Fines Ford 0
Heenan led the way for Rutherford with a goal and an assist.
Jim Horan, Bernie Tisdale and Murray Hurst also scored. Assists went to Dominic Spignasi and Gary Hoxey. Goaltender Santino Paglia earned the shutout.
George’s 4, Jiffy Lube 1
Rogers had his stick sparkling for George’s with a goal and two assists.
Joe Lamkin clicked for a goal and an assist. Greg Farrow and Ron Sampson scored the other goals. Bill Moyer had an assist.
Rich Petrie notched the Jiffy Lube goal.
March 2
Rutherford and Jiffy Lube closed out the regular season with a scoring duel that saw 18 pucks get by the goaltenders.
When the dust settled, Rutherford, which clinched first place a week earlier, earned a 10-8 decision over the Oilers. In the other games, Bolton Chiropractic edged Yale 5-4 and Fines Ford downed George’s 4-1 to pull into a third-place tie with the Oilers.
Rutherford 10, Jiffy Lube 8
Heenan was dancing for Rutherford with five points on three goals and two assists.
Regular-season scoring champ Horan matched Heenan in points with a goal and four helpers. Spignasi scored once and assisted on three more while Peter Coghill had a two goals and one assist. Tisdale chipped in two goals and team rep Hoxey added a goal and two assists. Bob Smith had two assists while Romas Krilavicius and Frolick had one each.
Jim Moyer led Jiffy Lube with three goals and one assist. Pinarello and Robert Masutti had one goal and three assists each. Marty Madensky and Tony Dinis each scored once and assisted once. McNamara scored the other goal while team rep Petrie and Doherty both notched two assists. Bill Jenner had one helper.
Bolton Chiropractic 5, Yale 4
Team sponsor Mike Shore stepped forward with two goals and three assists while linemate John Crossley scored twice to spark the Chiropractors.
Jeff Boyles had a goal and two assists. Bruno Fracassi chipped in two assists with singles going to David Shoalts, John Van Wagner, Wight and Larry Pevato.
Calabro had two goals and an assist for Yale with Taccogna dancing for three assists. Brian Samuel came back from knee surgery to pot a goal along with Frank Cirone. Bill MacKenzie had two assists while Dan Tasson and Tarasco had one each.
Fines Ford 4, George’s 1
Gibson’s two goals and two assists led Fines while Sinclair scored a goal and had two assists.
John Pitsadiotis scored the other goal. Dominic Ierullo chipped in two assists and Pallotta had one.
Dave Smith scored for George’s on assists from Rogers and Sampson.