Finally, New Photos That Aren't Obituaries - Anne Stovell's Album2 - Hockey

 Another photo from Anne Venning's album -- The OCHS Saints Hockey Team in action. The coaches visible are Father Paul Woodcroft and Mr. Lehman. I think that the washed out face belongs to Dan O'Neill. From left to right on the bench are Wayne Stovell, unidentified and Jim Nemish.

1972 Oshawa Generals - Two OCHS Students on the Team

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Two students from OCHS were on the Oshawa Generals Team in 1972.  Goalie Rick St. Croix who is seated in the first row, second from right, went on to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL, and Larry Hopkins, 3rd from right in the second row, went on to play for the Winnipeg Jets.  Both Rick and Larry were a year ahead of me in high school, in my brother's class. Quite amazing since we were a small school.

Scans from 1971 Yearbook

The frontispiece picture of this blog comes from the 1971 OCHS yearbook.  I was a camera buff and was collecting old cameras at flea markets and auction sales. I actually made the picture with the chess set in the winter of 1971 when I was bored and decided to shoot some film.

When I started putting up these pics, I was in the Bahamas, and just had an external hard drive with my scanned negatives.  I didn't have access to most of my stuff and the yearbook.

Now that things have quieted down, I will start scanning pics that I missed from this yearbook. On a whim, I scanned the cover of the yearbook itself. In the sepia-toned black and white pic, you wouldn't know that the paper was gold-coloured.

The hockey pic above actually made it into the yearbook, even though it is out of focus and washed out. I think that it was because there was a dearth of sports and hockey pictures.  Even though it is blurry, I think that the player attempting a slapshot is Jim Nemish.

In the arena ~ 1970 ~ Hockey

Not sure what was going on here.  I think that this pic came from the dream team where a ragtag team from OCHS got together and won the championship.  I will have to ping Maureen Maloney for the story. This pic made it into the 1970 yearbook.

1974 Hockey Champs ~ The Miracle Team

OCHS Saints Hockey captured the LOSSA championship and then the COSSA title. They went to Windsor to represent OCHS at the All-Ontario Hockey Finals. Only 9 teams participated. Most of the players were newcomers with very little experience. Coaches O'Brien and Lehman were really impressed with rookie goalie Mike Montgomery. Jim Nemish was the outstanding veteran. The captain of the team was Danny O'Neill.

Faces that I recognize in the back row include Brendan Lehman, Marc Adams, Bert Hoefs, Bob Hickey, Jim Nemish, Rocco Ambra and Peter Gibbs. The middle row sandwiched between coaches Lehman and Pat O'Brien are Terry Hopkins and Danny O'Neill. Goaler is Mike Montgomery.

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