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WEMY PMFREoSS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY la,19li.PAGE 19 GORDIE HOWE offered hockey in- struction at the Oshawa Civic Centre on Sunday as part of the "SN hockey cHic offered by Rogers National lacrosse league a-m" L OPGA PTS 2 11098 S 1 64 Wb.6 2, ESMM 4 4 M 77 0 FrldW, di. 16 uuph at Wb1tby (aituubou*,1g") fldw, lu. 16 Bu 0 lat Buutwud Baturday, Féb. 16 Oulph at Buffalo oe' 0o AS a 18 10 4 14 13 5 10 16 54 22 4 10 14 a 7 16 8 S14 B7 il 4 6 12 4 12 4 4 95 HAWKS I SOHKDULE Priday, Pub. 15 8 >.m Guulph at Whltby (ut Putaboeogh Tuuidq, Fé. 19 Sp8 Guolph eaibtbyCaW uerboegh fflday. Tub. 22 8 p.- Buffido at Whltby ( Cm ot bug) Saturduy, Té.28 8Sp.M Wltby at Gosipl Fr1gy ,K.rch 1 8 P.= WbfLy ai Brantford saturday. mrh 2 S p.M. Gudýph ai WMitby (aM Putoboeaug Baturday, Mardi 9 S pao. Whý ttyiBunfr Mridy, ad 2"p- WBuffa a btby(u aUir Triday, Mrch 25 8 PM. Buffalo et htby (etBmi f Bobzrduy. Mardi0 8p.-. Wbltby ai Buffalo Mouda", April 1 S pi. Brantford a i thy ai Bontlrd)n satunlay. April 6 - Cbamplaauhp Soe mui-finlsut fruford &uoday, Apail 7 - Cbmpioauhp final. ai Brantford Stad Hawks booster bus wMllb. trnmnuoting hm a . me anies utaithe Peterbmoouh (mancialCentre, depurtlng frosa Iroq"os Park Emon, Whitbyi ai 6 c.li Burx7Jobn= ofr inffboeatioama ruunvationet ai G-SO. Bnt(cd Wardorm Whttby SoM Hawks Guapploîwo Grog Van SUcbhIsDnt. GemnyHil-Godph *TrW C&yBnL JIn Veltinan-Bant. X Msrudth.Drant mip Reffk-Brnt Bob Humlq.Brunt. John FucoWhltby Jo. Hilb4"u.ph Chuck Martinm-Bant. RKMAIIIJN Cable TV for 100 players aged 10 and 11. Ex-NHL coach and 'Te NHL Tonight' commentator Gary Green conducted a coaching session. Peter Tomblih photo Seleets tops in Buffalo The Whitby major squirt select. team, sponsored by Cametoid Ltd., scored a major victory on the weekend when they captured the championship' trophy in the mini mite major (age 7) division of the- Scott Rzepocki Memorial hockey tournament in Buffalo, N.Y. TIhe major reason for their success was the stalwart work of the defensive corps, backed by the excellent goltonding of Bryan Sand. The result was four straight victories and only one goal against for the whole tournament. The flrst gaine was strictly a warm-up with an easy 8-0 win ýver Fredonia, N.Y. Goals were notched by Grog Johnston, Jeif Pichut, Ryan Farrow, Dane Dainard, with Bon Stanton and Andrew Greenan getting two each. The next day the tea= kated bard te, a 2-0 win over Wheatfleld, N.Y. on goals b Farrow and Greenan. Ian Witulk and Chris Elson played strong defensive gaines te preserve the shuteut. Later that day the teamn played a tough Branipton squad to a2-1 victory on goals by Farrow and a beautiful marker by Dainard. Onya lato goal by Bramipton spoiled the shutout string. The best game was the final, a rematch with Brampton which cimaxed in a 3-0 victory. Goals by Ryan Matthews, Greenan and Dainard provided the margin of victery, as this scrappy bunch from Whitby highlighted in this contest their vast imprvemnent since being fored in mid-December. Wlutbyresiden to com pete in Canada Game.s By Chris Bovie Hard work and a dream has opened a spot for Michelle Eber- hardt on the Ontario, ringetto team which will soon compote in the Canada Games ini Prince Edward Island. Eberhardt, 17, a Whitby rosi- dent who is a student a t Ajax High &chool, has seen ber share of the area and Canada. She bogan playing in Ajax but switched to Oshawa. "Fin glad I made the change. rve gone farther in* ringotte,» Eberhardt said. Aftor threo yoars in Oshawa sho now plays ini Pickering for the belle AA teai. Working hard in tryout camps, she learned ini Septombor that she was on the club. «They started with a large number of olyrs and cut the team down te abut 17. Whilo stili playing with Pickor- ing, she also compotes ini tourna- monts with the Ontario squad as the preparo to beave on Feb. 23 for the games. Earlier this yoar, the Ontario team compoted in Winnipeg and finished third. "Somo teams wero really com- peiie» Eberhardt said. "I think iborta was the strongoat but we can boat thom.» Eberhardt joins two othor girls who play on tho Pickering team, but feels team chemistry is high among aIl players. Thriving on pressure, Eber- hardt roceived a little more when told she would be playing defence. Converted from contre for the Canada Games sho is onjing the new rospnsibility. It'alot of travelling for Eber- hardt whose AA tearnnîs the only one in Durham Région. Unlike hockey, teams are sproad a lot farther apart. "There7s a lot'of travelling but it's worth it. I don't mind.» The Canada Games begin Feb. 17 and end March 2. Evonts are badminton, biathlon, curling, foncing, hockey, judo, rhythic pymnnastics, squash, synchron- ized swimming, rtstic gymnas- tics, boring, cross country skiing figure skating, racquetball, speed skating, table tennis and woight- lifting. Eberhardt is the only Whitby athlete compoting at the games. Gemini, advances to Ontarlo competition The Gemini midget-aggil volleyball club has won thee ro- vincial Challenge Cup and will advance to the provincial cham- pionships., Sponsored b y the Whitby Optimist Club, theo girls A squad showod thoir dotermnination by coming back from first-gamo bosses in both tho semi-final and final mnatches in the cup, held at Dunbarton High School in Pick- ering. Gemidni took on the Glasham pke s fro Ottawa in somi- fina qay and took control late in the màtch wInning 6-15, 15-11, 15-11. In the final against the Strat- ford Tiggers, Gemini dropped the oponing gamo 8 -15 but stormed back te win the gold by scores of The team aàdvances te the pro- vincials in March in hoppes of moving on te a Canadian title. Whitbyplayers Saley Pool and Nicole Bleau were strong in match play The midgot B team, comprised of youn er erls, aged 12 and 13, finishedeighth overaîl. Tee Elusions first Whitby Ice Elusions finished first in the adult compotition of Whitby's lOth precision skating invitational held recently at Iro- quois Park. Novices lead in playof series Whitby minoir novice AA hockyteam is off te, a good start in the ork-Simcoe playoffs agrainst Markham. Steel Hawks' 'home' opener ini Peterborough WhtySteel Hawks of the Natoa Lacrosso League will play their "homo» opener on Fni- day, Feb. 15, 8 pm., at Peter- borough Memorial Coentre. Steel Hawks are currently second in the beague with three wins and a boss. For booster bus information, oeil Barry Johnson at 655-8901. 4~~~ ~.t ~ The teain, sponsored by Clintar Groundsakeeping, had opened the best-of-seven series in Markham on Feb. 6. Whitby won the flrst game 4-1 in overtime after Michael Konieczny, assisted by Lue .Archambault, tied the score at one apiece with 41 seconds remaining in regulation turne. Overtime consisted of a full ton-minute period in which the golcorors for Whitby were Sean M Rury with two (assists te Kybe Wailes, David Morasse, Mike Morrison) and Bobby McBride with one. (assisted by Konieczny). In gaine two in Brooklin Feb. 8, Whitby came out flying. They scored four times in the first period and one in~ tho second to, record their second win by a 5-0 mar-gin. The point-getters in this gaine were MacRury, one goal, two assists; Wailes, one goal and assiet; Konieczny, one goal; and single assists te Joremy Fisher and Bradley Slater. The third gaine on Feb. 10 in Markhazn, had Whitby recording a, 1-0 win in a very close, aggressive game. Paul Valaitis, Whitby goaltender, got his second shutout of the series. The only goal was scored by Ian Haywood, with assists to Jay Harrison and Jeffrazer. Whitby could wind up the series on F'riday, Feb. 15 in Brooklin, as they lead Markham three games te none in the best-of-seven.. The Whitby team, coached by Cathy Dalton finished ahead of Port Carling Vintage Blues and Brampton Guardian Angels in the adult category (75 per cent of the teain members muet be age 25 or older). Whitby Ice Angels finished third overaîl in the novice (up to age 15) category. Ice Angels, coached by Jody Lyne Jones, were second in their f iit. Bramp'ton Angelettes won the noviceSdivision, -Laval, Que. was scnd. Bramton Ice Angels won the juniorÎ(any age, maximum 20 skaters) division. Kitchener- Waterloo Quuens on Ice was second and CPA Delson, Que. was third. Whitby'has no junior teain. There was no compettion in the senior category. WMibyIce Fyîe, *defending n cio al1 ina- pion in the division,'p t on a domonstration during the invita- tional. A total of 48 teains took part in the invitational. 'The Eastern Ontario sectionals will be held on Feb. 23 at Iro- quois Park arona. The national finals will be held in Montreal in March. -J ~ Leeessrnis fcmcg cr~ 1 e