By Doug Townsend
VARNEY - Although there was a nip of fall in the air you would never have known it by the hot action this past Saturday night at Full Throttle Motor Speedway. V8 Thunder Stocks provided their share of the excitement as the two heavyweights in this class #17 Tristan Gill from Waterloo and #01 Brandon McConnell from Tara would square off on the high banks.
Owen Sound Attack General Manager Dale DeGray has traded 2014 1st Round Pick, Victor Mete to the London Knights in exchange for three 2nd Round draft choices (2017, 2018, 2019), two 3rd Round draft choices (2015,2016) and a conditional 6th Round draft choice in 2017. The conditional 6th Round draft choice in 2017 will become a 3rd round draft choice in 2017 should Victor Mete be selected in the first two rounds of the NHL Draft.
By Doug Townsend
VARNEY - Open Wheel Modifieds returned to the bull ring this past Friday night with their thundering excitement. Feature one saw short-track legend "The Ironman" #36 Gary Elliot from Waterdown bring the field to the green flag. From the drop of the green Elliots' car was hooking up as he tried to build some distance on the field as he knew #8 Gary McLean from Conn had to work his way through the field.
By Tracey Richardson
Attack rookies and a handful of veterans got their first taste of 2014-15 Ontario Hockey League action this weekend in two pre-season games that revealed there's still a lot of work to be done.
"I think we've got a good group here, I really do," said head coach Greg Ireland after Sunday's 5-2 home loss to the Barrie Colts. "I just think, more than anything, we have a lot more work to do. . . The great thing of it is, it's September, and we've got a long time to work on it all, so it doesn't discourage me, that's for sure."
Mark McPhatter of Owen Sound won in the trout category with a lake trout weighing 18.56 lbs. Jayson Dixon, also of Owen Sound, was the overall champion with a Salmon weighing 24.11 lbs. Dixon won a package of prizes, including a 17-foot boat and trailer, worth more than $30,000.
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