| Team Members
Front left to right - Tim Martin, Paul Norris, David
Maine, Darryl Bossence, Dan Crowe, Jamie Gilbert, Todd
Kemsley Middle left to right - Kevin Jackson, Jason
McGowan, Christian Vesnaver, Wade Harrogate, Ross Babcock,
Kevin Sabourin, John Dinning (coach) Back left to right -
Mike McKellar (assistant coach), Al McGowan (trainer),
Julian Belanger, Dave Craievich, Jeremy Want, Rob Cudmore,
Tim Bossence (Manager/Assistant coach)
The year began for the Bantams with the announcement
that the team was selected by the OMHA to represent Canada
in Sweden during the Christmas holidays. This turned out
to be the icing on the cake of a fantastic year for this
team of 14 and 15 year old players. During the season they
entered 3 Major Bantam Tournaments and won all of them.
During their 2 weeks in Sweden , they played 9 games, 6 in
a tournament and 3 exhibition games. They won 6 of 9,
outscoring the opposition 63-21, but more importantly, by
all reports, the players, team officials, and parents
represented Canada very well and were true ambassadors for
their country and their sport.
Back home, they entered the OMHA playdowns meeting
Stratford in the quarter-finals and winning the 6-point
series, 6 points to 2. In the semi-finals, they swept
Brampton in 3 games and then beat Newmarket in an 8-point
final, 8 points to 4 for the OMHA Championship. They then
went to Elliot Lake to compete in the All Ontario
Challenge Tournament, featuring championship teams from
the Northern Ontario Hockey League, Eastern Ontario Hockey
League, OMHA, and the Metro Toronto Hockey League. The
bantams, after falling behind 3-0, defeated Goulding Park
Rangers of the MTHL 5-4 in the final game to become All
Ontario Champions.
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