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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 16,1991 Newest Eagle Eagles, he was playing high school hockey in the Kawar- by Brad Kelly Looking to shake their current slump, the Bowmanville Bowmanville Eagles have summoned Chris Eriksson for help. The 18-year-old from Port Hope has appeared in five games thus far, and although although he hasn't hit the sco- resheet, he has already proven his value. On Sunday night against the Uxbridge Bruins, for example, example, the Eagles found themselves down to 13 skaters skaters after injuries and ejections ejections decimated the lineup. .Eriksson, who prefers to play left wing, did an admirable admirable job for coach Mike Noonan Noonan as a fill-in on defence. "Right now they're telling me to be patient, and that I'll have to work myself into the lineup," said the grade 13 student at Port Hope High School. "We had a couple of guys hurt tonight, so I was able to get some ice time." "I have to prove myself, but there hasn't been the chance yet." Prior to landing with the <ey l tha league. Bob Davis, who is the Port Hope area scout for the Eagles, contacted Eriksson ana told him of the Eagles' desire to have him suit up for them. The Eagles were in need of a shake-up after going 9- 0-1 to start the season, and falling back to a 6-10-2 record in their past 18 outings. outings. They have fallen from first place to third behind league-leading Uxbridge and Lakefield. With only five games to his credit, Eriksson has recognized recognized the difference in the calibre of play from the high school ranks. "This is a lot faster and there are better quality players. Everybody here is a good calibre, but in high school some of the players aren't up to par." Eriksson hopes to finish out the year with the Eagles' and, depending on how school goes next year, would like to return for a full sea- : /'V ' ' ' ' . Chris Eriksson 401 Esso Wins Two by Robbie MacCheyne The 401 Esso atoms of the B.R.H.L. played an exhibition exhibition game and a league game this past week. The Oilers won noth games. The new year has been good to us, with six victories. On Tuesday, January 8, 1991, the atom team from the Village Village of Newcastle invited us to play. We defeated them by a score off 6-2. Ryan Winning and Josh Bonnetta scored the Oilers' two goals in the first period. Oiler winger Derek Ban- nerman scored his first goal of the season in the second period and he was excited. I wish everyone could have seen the look on his face as he knocked in the pass from Greg Patterson. Ryan Winning Winning and Wade Worsley also got second period goals. Jeff Carter got the Oiler's third •period score. The Oilers played strongly strongly but the Newcastle team never gave up. Ryan Winning Winning also haa three assists ■ to go with his two goals. Both Newcastle goals were .scored by Tommy Gillan assisted assisted each time. by Chris Druery. Guy Tousignant of the T-Mac atoms helped us out on defence. ; On Saturday, January 12,1991, the Oilers played a league game with the Family Family Trust atoms of the B.R.H.L. We won the game 3-1 against this tough team. The only goal of the first period period was scored by Family Trust winger Greg Hoy. Oil-' er forward Ryan Winning got us tow goals in the second second period. Oiler centre Jason Jason Frayne scored the only goal of the final period with an excellent wrist shot to the top corner from thirty feet away. Family Trust is a difficult team to score against. They do a good job of checking and skating. The Oiler defence defence played well as did goalie Brandon Renton. Oiler Oiler defenceman Scott Lambert Lambert worked hard and Brain Tamblyn also did well, playing playing the position for the first time. COACH'S CORNER: Mr. Carter keeps saying that the games will get tougher as every team will be trying their best to beat us. We must work hard at teamwork. teamwork. Two weeks ago I made a mistake with my hockey write-up. I should have said that Jason Frayne was the Oiler's MVP in the first game of the Whitby Tournament. St. Marys Toros l Are Rolling on - On January 5, 1991 the St. Mary's Cement. Midget's started a very busy but productive productive week. Playing five games in eight nights, the Toros came up big with four ; wins. » Game one saw the Toros defeat a weak Lindsay Team By a score of 12-3. Scoring for the Toros were Kris Matheson with 3 goals and 1 assist, Jason Rogers 1 goal, Jeremy Woodcock 2 goals 1 assist, Steve DeSmedt 2 goals 1 assist, Chris Brown 1 goal and 4 assists, Scott Pollard 1 goal, Ryan Stew- 'art 1 goal and 1 assist, Sea- irius McGuire 1 goal and 3 assists. Ryan Searway, Jeff Pickcll and Adam Stephenson Stephenson had 1 assist each. In game two, the Toros played a strong game but lost to à good Port Perry Team 4-1. The only goal scored was by Ryan Scar- way unassisted. In game three, the Toros rebounded from the loss with a double digit win against an undisciplined Whitby team 14-1. Goals and assists went to Seamus McGuire 4 goals, 4 assist; Ryan Sear way 5 goals, i assist: assist: Trevor Rogers 1 goal; Jeremy Woodcock 1 goal; Chris Brown 1 goal, 1 assist; Dave Real 1 goal; Ryan Stewart 1 gaol, 2 assists; Ron Luxton, ana Scott Pollard Pollard with 1 assist and Brian Campbell with 2 assists. In game four, Toros continued continued to play solid hockey with a 7-2 win over Peterborough. Peterborough. Goals and assists went to Jason Rogers 2 goals; Scott Pollard 2 goals; Ryan Sear way 2 goals, 1 assist; assist; Kris Matneson 1 goal; Going into game five, Toros Toros with five players short, came up with a big win and defeated their arch rivals, Cobourg, by n score of 7-2. Goals and assists went to Seamus McGuire 3 goals, 4 assists; Ryan Scarway 3 goals, 2 assists; Scott Pollard Pollard 1 goal. Assists went to Jason Rogers (2) and Ron Luxton (1). The St. Mary's Cement Toro Midgets' record to date is 19 wins, 9 losses and 0 ties. Fine team effort guys and continued good luck in the playoffs. "Hard Work and Good Sportsmanship is always rewarded." Shoppers Tykes Face Port Hope in 'A' Final Clarke Seniors Drop 59-42 Contest to Cobourg East ifEl Shoppers TVkes were active active over the Christmas Holidays. Holidays. On Dec. 27th they entered the Newcastle House League Tournament. In their first game of the day they faced Orono. Jonathan Jonathan Roes opened up the scoring for Shoppers in the first minute of play with an unassisted goal. Shoppers continued to apply the pressure pressure with Johnathan Ross scoring 3 more goals and Justin Ross adding a single. When the buzzer ended the first period they led Orono by a score of 5-0. With the strong defensive play of Zach Thoraval, Kris Horton, TV 8011 Crocker and Scott Schultz, Shoppers kept the play out of their end and continued to build their lead. Jonathan Ross added another goal for Shoppers in the second period. The offensive offensive lines continued to pressure and in the third period Michelle Stout scored her first goal of the year on a pass from Adam Bowen. With one minute left in the game, Jonathan Ross beat the Orono goalie and Shoppers walked away with an 8-0 win. Nathan Stout earned the shutout. In the second game of the day, Shoppers faced against the hometown Newcastle team. This game was a lot closer. Play was even throughout the first period with neither team being able to score. Nearing the end of the first period, Adam Bowen was given a holding penalty but Shoppers killed the penalty and with less than a minute left Jonathan Ross managed to get Shoppers Shoppers on the score board. Adam Bowen helped increase increase their lead to 2 goals when he scored unassisted in the second period. With less than a minute left in the second period, Newcastle's Newcastle's TVson Gimlet beat Nat- ham Stout to narrow Shoppers' Shoppers' lead to 1 goal. Early in the. third period Newcastle scored again to tie the game at two. Action was end-to- end but no one was able to score. Finally, at the 8 minute minute mark, Jonathan Ross netted two quick goals. The forward lines continue to skate hard and in the last minute of play Shoppers put the game out of reach with an unassisted goal by Win for Hockin In Little Britain by Bob Sheridan On Saturday morning in the opening game of the Little Little Britain Tournament we faced our friendly rivals, Newcastle Busters, and played to a 3-3 draw. Jim Jones scored the opening goal with . assists to Tony Jones and Phil Fox. Ron Hooper and Bob Stiles set up Jerry Dost for two fine goals. Jerry proved to be a real opportunist in this tournament tournament as he scored four goals in all. Ron, playing center, had a fine tournament. tournament. Robert 'Stiles, the third member of this trio, the veteran giant of this team, displayed a lot of grit and style as they checked us to a standstill. Bob Sheridan scored the opener on a perfect perfect pass from David Green. Bob then sent Bob Deblois in on the right side and Deblois Deblois fired a perfect shot to the upper far comer. Deblois and Ed Schryer then got the puck to Bob Sheridan in'the slot and Bob fired a bullet that Dave Skan never saw as he was screened by Doug Cole. In our second game of the day, we defeated Oakwood 4-1. David Green scored unassisted unassisted to open the scoring. Ed Schryer than swooped in and picked the comer on a pass from Bob Deblois. Maurice Maurice Leveille put Oakwood on the board but Siegi Rohr got that one back as he forced the goalie to move and cleverly put the puck in the spot he left. Bob Helljam and Deblois picked up assists assists on the Rohr goal. Warren Warren Townsley cleared the. puck to Ed Schryer. Ed then found David Green in the slot and Dave fired the best shot of the tournament, a quick blast that hit the cross Bar and bounced into the twine. On Sunday morning we were defeated 4-3 by Wood- ville. Ron Clemens found Rohr to the right of the net. Siegi slid a pass to Rick Ra- demacher who fired a hot shot to the corner with a defenceman defenceman draped all over him. Rick then got the puck back to George Sainsouiy twice. George fired vicious blasts from the blueline that paralyzed the awestruck goaltender. Rohr and Deblois Deblois were on the spot to tuck in the rebounds. We needed only a tie in this game to make the finals but we frittered it away in the dieing moments as Wood- ville came back with goals by Dunlop, Patterson, To- milson ana Goodhand. Good- hand beat Art Hester with a perfect shot off the post with only eight seconds left in the contest. At this critical juncture, we needed a win from Busters Busters to put us in the final and the boys from Newcastle rose to the occasion. Early in the second period, they enjoyed enjoyed a 2-2 tie based on the solid goaltcnding of Dave Skan and goals by Tony Jones and Jerry Dost. Newcastle Newcastle then dominated the game with solid checking. They put Oakwood out and us into the final. We con- ntulate a great team effort y Busters. In the final game against Woodvillo, our defence corps of Grant FI in toff, George Sainsbury, Hugh German and Bob Ilellam dominated the game with tenacious checking and crisp passing. Art Hester played a fine game in our goal. Rick Rn- uomacher opened the scoring scoring for us on n pass from Siegi Rohr, Rick scored his second, jamming another perfect pass from David Green under a helpless Barry Barry Snoddon. Charlie Tomil- £ perfe Eddii son then got one back for Woodville before Bob Sheridan Sheridan popped the clincher on a erfect passing play with die Schryer. A1 Dunlop then scored the final goal of the tournament as we hung on for a 3-2 win that gave us the championship. In a warm-up for this tournament, we were defeated defeated Friday night by a young Newcastle Flyers club, 9-4. Craig McLeod and Mark Slemon had two goals each for the victors. Wayne Foote and Larry Creighton had one each but it was the old man of the team, Larry Pearce, who led the attack with three. Our team replied with two goals by David Green and singles by Bob Hellam and George Sainsbury. Sainsbury. Cam Wilson was spectacular spectacular in the Flyers' net. Watch our next game against Ontario Motor Sales at 8:00 p.m. at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Arena. Jonathan Ross and seconds later Tyson Crocker scored on a pass from Adam Bowen to give Shoppers a 6-2 win. The win entitled Shoppers to to the "A" Division Championship. Championship. With Chris Burritt away with the flu and Brett McKee and Kevin Dion on holidays, Shoppers was down to two lines when they faced a fully dressed Port Hope team in the final game. Jonathan Ross opened the scoring for Shoppers assisted assisted by Justin Ross and Kris Horton. But Port Hope netted two quick goals to take the lead. Ty 8on Crocker Crocker scored in the second period period to tie the game, but Port Hope scored again before the period ended. to regain the lead. Play was close during the third period and neither team could score. With 7 minutes remaining, Jonathan Ross scored on a pass from his brother Justin to tie the game again. A minute later Port Hope regained regained the lead. As the clock ticked off the last seconds, seconds, Shoppers tied it up again as Jonathan Ross completed his hat trick on a pass fro Tyson Crocker and sent the game into sudden death. After only a minute of play in overtime. Port Hope scored on a breakaway to win the "A" Final 5-4. All Shoppers' players gave a great effort and the coaches were extremly proud of their play. The team consisted of Nathan Stout, Zach Thoraval, Kris Horton, Jonathan Ross, Aaron Aaron Cook, Justin Ross, Tyson Tyson Crocker, Scott Schultz, Adam Bowen, Michelle Stout and Bryan Stokes. Back in house league play on January 5, Shoppers defeated Skylight Donuts by a 5-1 score. Jonathan Ross and Tyson Crocker scored for Shoppers early in the first period. Skylight netted a single goal by Justin Osborne. The game was held close by the fine goal tending and Tyler Teefy of Skylight and Brett McKee of Jonathan ! the scoring i for Shoppers with 3 more goals to secure the win. Congratulations Shoppers! Shoppers! , '.q.-tfeno :f(j. * > i " ' i ' : - C **. '■ , - - ISb- - i • .. uj 1 1 . ■ i The Clarke High School senior boys' basketball team faced a tough squad from Cobourg East and came up on the short end of a 59-42 score during a Kawartha 'A' game played January 10. Members of the team include: front row, (1-r), Todd Gray, Kevin Louws, Shawn Sawyer, Brandon Coyle. Back row, (1- r), Treffor Davies, Mark Trumball, Trevor Lomax, Dustin Reid, Todd Jones, George Matsusaki (coach). ! ! of Shoppers. Ross completed by Brad Kelly The Clarke High School Raiders junior boys' basketball basketball team were good enough to beat the juniors from Cobourg Cobourg East. But they weren't good enough to beat Cobourg's senior team. With five juniors called up to play on a senior team decimated by injuries, the Raiders were handed a 59- 42 loss in a Kawartha 'A' game played last Thursday. The loss dropped the Raiders' record on the season season to 4-4. With their two best players (Treffor Davies with a bad knee and Dustin Reid with a foot injury) unable to play, senior coach George Matsusaki was forced to summon up five juniors for the game. Showing their inexperience, inexperience, the Raiders got behind early and couldn't recover recover against a much superior superior team from Cobourg East.. To the Raiders' credit, they never once gave up, and even outscored their op- * : t-i 15 I-.:-:. " ponents 14-12 in the final quarter. "The season hasn't been too bad, but our two top players are out with, injuries," injuries," explained coach Matsusaki. Matsusaki. "Both of them (Davies (Davies and Reid) will be out for the next three weeks, so we'll try and hang in there until the beginning of February February when we get them back." "When we do get everybody everybody back, we have a very good chance of winning Kawartha, and that's what we're gearing for." Thursdays game was a classic example of what happens happens when a team is forced to go with inexperienced players. Cobourg were able to score most of their points in the first half on easy lay ups. The Raiders were having having trouble making the quick transition from offence to defence that is needed at the.senior level. Cobourg built a 23-10 lead' at the half, and in creased it to 47-28 by the end of the third quarter. Todd Jones was the offensive offensive leader for Clarke with 11 points, while Trevor Lomax Lomax chinned in with nine. The lack of senior teams -- only five of the eight schools in the Kawartha league have teams -- coupled coupled with the injury bug has hurt the team this season. "Dustin is probably the best player in the area. Fd stack him up against anybody anybody in tne Kawartha league" praised Matsusaki.I "It's also hard for the team to keep sharp with all the breaks we have in the schedule. Our lineup hasn't been consistent. There's been a different one out there for every game." The Raiders will be off until February 5 when they host Cobourg West. Newcastle Atoms Unbeaten After Victory Over Bewdley The Newcastle Atom hockey team remains undefeated undefeated after a 7-1 win in Bewdley. Newcastle dominated the play from the opening minute minute and passing was the key to this victory, with the guys displaying excellent team work. Donald Baker, making only his second start of the season in goal, turned in a solid performance, holding Bewdley off the scoresheet until five minutes were left in the game. 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