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my 32 -- Scugog Citizen - Tuesday, Novemb 29, 1994 Whitby had In last week's play, Po® Perry IGA Junior A ringette team came away with a split. In Tuesday's match, Port travelled to Whitby to challenge what looks like their toughest competition in the league this year. Although the IGA squad had won a previous league game against Whitby, a pre-séason match up had an opposite outcome. This game was in a sense going to be the rubber. Both Whitby and Port Perry teams play with a similar strategy - skate hard; skate fast and move the ring down the ice - quick! Fans saw exactly that! The pace of this game was unbelievably quick - end to end action and unrelenting checking. This exciting action persisted throughout the first period with the only real break in the action being a Port penalty taken in the last minute of the period. Whitby wasn't long capitalizing on this opportunity and managed to get the game's first goal only 19 seconds before the end of the first frame. The quality of play and the pace of the game continued as the second period got underway. It wasn't until after Whitby had netted their second goal did Port Perry finally get on the scoreboard. Lisa 'Bonser beat Whitby's. goalie after taking a pass from Janine Hammond on a play started by Brooke Shanley. The IGA squad had numerous scoring chances during the game but our sharp shooters just couldn't find the mark. Rings hit cross-bars and goal posts and even landed on top of the net, "Does this story seem vaguely familiar? A new York team complains that its contract with Madison Square Garden makes it difficult to turn a profit. At the same time, three of the NHL's best players walk out on their teams demanding improved contracts. Concerned that others might follow suit and drive up costs, the league president declares he'll suspend any player who refuses to sign a fair contract. Might have been yesterday, but the year was 1931. The team in trouble was the New York Americans and the holdout players were Frank Boucher, Hooley Smith and Babe Seibert. That's not the only time in its storied history the NHL has seemed a blue line short of a full rink. insurmountable obstacles are nothing new to a league that's lasted about 80 years. : While today's players loathe a salary cap, theirs wouldn't be the first. In 1932 the league instituted a $70,000 salary cap. Uh...that's per team. And in 1934, when the economy hadn't improved, the cap was reduced to $62,500 and the most any player was allowed to make was 7 grand. In an effort to stay within the cap, several teams had to trade high-priced talent. Even the Canadiens perennial scoring leader, Howie Morenz, was dealt to Chicago because of money. There's a history of mistrust, too. The Stanley Cup final of 1918 featured Montreal against Toronto in a two-game series with the receipts to be shared by the league's three teams. Significantly, the third team, Ottawa, stipulated in the agreement it be allowed to verify all the receipts. On the ice there have been times when some felt rujnation was imminent. Remember the recent furor over the dreaded neutral zone trap? Well, back in the 30's, Art Ross was accused of having the Bruins play so defensively they bored the fans. He offered $1,000 to anyone who could prove it but didn't have to pay, having neglected to ion what he required as proof. While there Is often a longing for better, simpler times, there really haven't been many. In the 70s, when Vancouver and Buffalo were granted franchises for a mere $6 million, the Canucks' top ticket price was $6.50. Meanwhile, across the continent in New York, four players, Including Jean Ratelle and Brad Park, refused to report to camp until they got money comparable to the new entries' draft picks, Dale Tallon and Gil Perreault. By the middle of the decade, there were 38 teams in North America, between the WHA and NHL, and the competition for players forced the Kansas City Scouts to pay their first draft pick, Wilf Paiement, half a million dollars. The Scouts were as distraught as the Americans were over their lease in the 30s and the Rangers are over their payroll today. The point is just about the time you think all is lost and the NHL is sliding downhill faster than Todd Brooker, history tells us it's bounced back from the brink before and most assuredly will again. - . YAMAHA The Power ToSitisty. Hwy South of Bl RISD LEE = Xv) 57. Three mile stock but no more were going to go behind the Whitby backstop. Whitby locked this one up within the last 3 minutes of the game by scoring their 3rd and 4th goals while Port was serving time for multiple misdemeanors. Sunday's match up pitted us against the Central Region All- Star team in an exhibition game. 1t should be noted that the All- Stars weren't playing at full strength. One reason was that some of the girls were out of town at tournaments. The other reason is that 6 of the All-Stars are members of our own IGA Junior team. In order to balance the numbers, Port gave up Lisa Bonser and. Natasha Burgess to the opposition during the first period and Janine Hammond and Bonni-Jo Norton for the second. This necessitated some re-alignment of the Port squad with Dianne Vanderlight and Dana Hooker moving back and taking on defensive duties. It took the IGA girls a little while to get into this game. Although they were certainly up for it, they were perhaps a little intimidated playing against the best in the Region.f « The All-Stars struck early in the game with Lisa Bonser getting the first two goals of the game with less than 5 minutes off the clock. Cara Vander Slagt got Port's scoring machine started after taking a pass from Jennifer Elliot and then putting a nice move on the goalie. Shona Moase tiedethe score after picking up a beautiful back hand pass from Janine Hammond as she was leading defenders behind the net. Less than two minutes later, Shona's pass taken from Brooke and fed up to Laura Hooker put Port in front for the first time in the game. The lead however was short lived - the All-Stars came back only moments later to knot the score once again. This see- saw battle continued throughout the remainder of the period. Both Shona and Laura scored their second goals of the game, Shona's being set up by Jill Topham's pass while Jennifer earned the assist on Laura's. Lisa scored her third goal of the first half playing for the All- Stars and helped end the period in a 5-5 tie. During the break the girls switched sweaters, Lisa and Port Juniors number in this one Natasha now back with their home squad and Bonni-Jo and Janine wearing the All-Star colours. Dianne moved back up to forward and Dana switched to the defensive position. With play underway Lisa quickly put Port into the lead. Jennifer Elliot picked up her third assist on this one. It wasn't long however before Bonni-Jo, (now with the opposition) drove in from the blue line and put one behind Port's all-star goalie, Katie Senyk. (We're quietly wondering why Katie's only letting Port Perry girls on the All-Star team score). Scoring in this game ended with Cara picking up her second goal and Shona earning her fourth point of the game. Even though the scoring had ended, the attack by the All-Stars didn't. The strong defense unit anchored by Jana Senyk kept the opponents at bay. The final 7-6 victory for Port Perry should be an uplifting, confidence builder as the girls and coaches prepare for the team's first tournament of the year in St. Catherines. Petites down Oshawa 9-2 Sunday Nov. 27th the Shepstone Haulage Petites played their 7th game of the season against Oshawa in the Port Arena. I have to admit that writing the 'play by play' of this game was more of a challenge due to Oshawa girls wearing white with red trim shirts very similar to Port's shirts. The Port girls wore their second set of shirts giving each an unfamiliar number and Coach Barry Virtue decided to switch some girls and posjtions around. Right from the start Port seemed to take charge of the game with Janna, Shannon and Kelly with near misses on the Oshawa ne t. Port got the first penalty of the game but during that time Alaina B. scored on a nice pass from Nieole and Alaina D. It seemed to go over the blue line in slow motion but in is in. Oshawa got the next penalty. Heather hit the post on a good effort. An excellent back hand flip by Janna went in assisted by Clearance Centre | WE ARE NOW OPEN ; FIREPLACE SCREENS NELL'S PLACE (705) 357-3124 Hwy. 12, RR3, Sunderiand PY Ye YE YET ET ET 4 Heather and it was 2-0 for Port. Sarah shortly after had a near miss. Heather stored a great goal from an awkward side angle - this goal assisted by Rhea. 3-0 for Port. Another near miss by Kelly who was playing up for the first time. Oshawa scored on a long pass up the middle and it was 3- 1 for Port with 6:37 left in the first. A near miss by Oshawa but our goalie Jill was sharp ~ Oshawa showing their eagerness to tie it up. Near misses by both Rhea and Sarah. First period ended, Port 3 - Oshawa 1. Second period action started off with a goal from a great effort by Shannon assisted by Kelly. Another near miss by Oshawa. Goalie Jill was not tested as much this game but saves were exceptional. Port was always able to come right back with another goal as was the case with Stacey making it 5-2 for Port. Followed by a goal by Alaina B. assisted by Lisa and another goal by Sarah who C-PLUS ORANGE 6 for $1.00 FINESSE SHAMPOO '$2.25 $80.00 SHAMPOO 7S5¢ Order. was great going apbund the net and quick in fpént to score - assist-here god to Janna. Near miss by Heather on a good effort by Janna to keep the ring in the Oshawa end. Janna was playing one of her best games yet with a goal and 2 assists to her credit along with other outstanding plays. Rhea scored assisted by Janna to make it 8-2 for Port. A good save by Jill on what seemed few but good shots by Oshawa on our net. Kristin had a near miss that just went wide of the net. Another two near misses by Katherine, Katherine passed to Alaina B. who scored again to put Port ahead 9-2, final score. Good passing and solid team work is what's paying-off for this team making this 6 wins in a row. Every girl on the team is involved and putting obvious effort into each game. Keep up the great work. Next game is Sat. Nov. 3rd at 4:00pm - Port Arena. See you there. Durham Police report An afternoon break-in November 25 at a Caesarea home resulted in the loss of a CD player and a quantity of CDs, according to Durham Police. A ladder was used to reach a second storey deck and entrance into the house was gained from there. A 19084 van reported missing from the driveway was later recovered by Police near the dock in Caesarea. **A break-in overnight November 25 at the Cango Gas Bar Kiosk south of Port Perry resulted in the loss of a micro wave oven, cigarettes, candy, and a propane tank for a bar-b-q, according to police. a