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22- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 25, 1997 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Short stands tall in tough loss for CTC Midgets On Saturday night at the Scugog Arena Doug Short stood extra tall in net and even stood on his head to make steps and saves that professional oalies can only dream of oing. Time and time Doug came up with the puck and sent the opposition skat- ing away, shaking their heads and wondering how they missed what they thought was a sure goal. Unfortunately, it was not enough, as the Canadi- an Tire Midgets bowed out of their second round of playoffs, losing to Prince Edward County 4-3 in the fifth game of their best of five series. Doug could not be fault- ed as Port played the biggest part of the game short handed, continuous- ly having to kill off penal- ties, twice being two men short on theice. Our first goal came at 6:46 of the first, when Brad Monsma fed it out in front to Ashley Van Shel- ven who waited until the goalie went down and then shot it over him. Ashley played his heart out in this game and unfortunately had to leave early after a collision in the third peri- od. We wish him a speedy recovery. P.E.C. got a quick goal early in the second to tie it and the next 11 minutes were end to end with both goalies making great saves. At the 4:00 mark, it was time to break it open as captain Mike Morden made the play that has be- come his trade mark. Mike picked the puck up at his blue line, carried it down the right hand boards, cut in front of the net and deked the goalie, and then stuffed it behind him. Nice goal Mike. Three minutes later it was tied on a give away in our end and one shot did the damage. With three seconds left in the second one of the weakest shots of the game trickled in giving P.E.l. aone goal lead. Port came out flying in the third, but penalties took their toll. We played most of the period short handed and at 8:48, P.E.I. caught ps standing around and put another nail in the coffin, going up 4-2. With a couple of time- outs and the goalie pulled, we eventually got one more on a flip shot from Ryan Moynes at the point, but we were still playing short-handed, killing off a penalty. 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And lets not forget our coaching staff, who de- serve most of the credit for bringing this team togeth- er and getting them as far as they did. It's hard to believe that four men can have such a dramatic effect on boys in their late teens, but we be- lieve that every member of the team will long remem- ber these coaches, and their dedication to the game. Steve Thompson, Ed Hobbs, Gary Smith and Eric Donnelly earned the respect of every boy on the team as well as parents. From the keg party to the inspiration of "Matilda," to winning our home tour- nament, it was a year to remember. Eaglettes lose, 3-2 The K.C.I. Novice Ea- glettes ringette squad ven- tured to Jordan, near St. Catharines for a weekend tournament and gave the fans as much excitement as could be. On Saturday afternoon Kitchener felt the wrath of the Eaglettes awesome of- fence. Amanda Curry and Jenna Davison both scored four times. Logan Garland, Jill Hunter and Caitlyn Hellihgman all had the hat tricks while Carley Churchill and Julie Tapper both scored sin- gles. Goals are only the end product of passes and helpers went to Lauren Guthrie with three and Kimberly Wilson and Caitlin Dunn both set up two. As expected the opposi- tion became progressively harder. Identical 5-5 ties with Jordan and Paris sent Port Perry to the final where Paris returned on Sunday well rested. The Paris goalie turned Aman- da away time and again but Jenna Davison finally solved him. With the score 2-1 Lyndsay Whyte made several spectacular saves to keep Port within strik- ing distance. Kelly Ur- quart scored a beautiful goal to even things up ear- lyin the final frame. With overtime looming both goalies again came up big. With just 53 sec- onds left Paris chipped one in to gain a 3-2 victory. It's too bad a loser has to be de- clared in games like this but such-is the game.