A peek from the Town Crier files – January 23, 1976 – The first International Hockey game in Mildmay was played on New Year’s Day between a Midget hockey team from Kusnacht, Switzerland and the Mildmay Midgets. The Swiss team was playing a series of six games in Canada, two of them in Forest (their home base for this tour), one in Parkhill, one in Mitchell, one in Ripley and one game in Mildmay. Over 600 fans turned out for the event, which ended in a 10-8 victory for the Swiss team (that included an empty net goal). A treat for hockey fans who attended the game was when Karl Bertschinger played this Alpine Horn.
A peek from the Town Crier files – January 23, 1976
