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ID I O * Family Au to trounces Minden in First gome of OMHA pIayoffs 3 Points for 'Power Skaters' The battie of the 'powers' wards were flymg-, detense- ended even when the National men were rushlng and goalie Power Skating Major Tykes Tanner Johnson was red-hot. tied the Power Workers 3-3 The 'power skaters' set the last Friday in Orono. tone early launchlng 5 shots By the end of the first peri- on net during the first two od, Bowmanivflle haci built a shifts and at 7:57, Nathan 2-0 lead and had llmlted Smith exploded around the Orono to a sleepy 3 shots on defense and scored on a siz- net:. zling shot. Rob Blaker fol- At 14:04 of the second, lowed suit, driving arounid the Kevin Griffin put Orono on defense and scoring at 5:14 the board after plcklng up a while Brett Cairns and Brett Carns rebound, Matthew Dobson drew Griffmn's first shot trlckled out assists. behlnd the goalie, then he Blaker notched his second banged.ln the loose puck. goal of the game at 9:10 of The goal pumped the 'power period two, sliding in a back- skaters' and at 1: 12 Rob band off a corner pass from Blaker scored, snapping in a Jevon Staples. With only 47 rebound off a shot by seconds left in the period, a Matthew Dobson to tie the hustlîng Tommy Meester gaine. scored on a back- hand in Orono jumped tato the lead front with Rob Blaker and at 14:53 of the third when Jevon Staples assisting. Alex Campney scored on a The 'power skaters'were on qulck shot wlth Brock top of their gaine in the third Dunham assisting. The and at 7:21 Rob Blaker potted power skaters' drew a penal- another hat-trick scorlng on a ty at 10: 13 and Bowmanvllle hard shot from the circle that responded quickly at 9:45 to found the corner, asslsted by tie the gaine at three. Final Nathan Silth. Bowmanville shots were Orono il, pulled lheir goalie durlng the Bowmanvflle 11. last minute and It pald off Though It was early with their only goal at 0:38. Saturday morning, Orono Final shots tallied at Orono was definl ntely up for a 51 wff 14, Bowmanville 7. over Blessings Travel -- for- * Let the games begin! Tune up your television sets folks--the 1998 Winter Olympie Games are ready to begin and 1, for one can't wait! .Look for the 'Opening Ceremonies' to be aired this Saturday--check with your local listings for times. Those of you who may need to contact me some time in the next two weeks--well, you'll know where to find me! Rose>' Bateman The Famnily Auto Bantam hockey team finishied their regular season play with a 5- 0 victory over Beaverton last Friday night. This win nudged Fenelon Falls out of first place and set the stage for the Orono bantams to face-off against Minden in round one of the Ontario Minor Hockey Associationi playoffs Sunday niglit. In Friday night's mnatchup versus Beaverti,bothi teams seemed somewhiat sluggishi in the opening period exchang-ing only five shots on goal four of which beloniged tlo Orono. Matt Reid made the fouLrth shot counit as Orono took a 1-O lead withi Jamie Parry and Tyler Robinson earning assists. Orono picked up the pace in the second period scoring three unanswered goals. Second period snipers were Atomn House League Parry, Greg Shetler and Tyler Robinson with a short-hand- ed goal. collecting assists were Greg Bester (2) , Tyler Robinson, Ryan Tresise, A.P. Lee Allin, Shetler and Bester. Craig McManus scored Orono's fifth goal on the power.play in the third fromi Matt Reid and Ryan Leddy,. Family Auto netmin- der Scott Poole celebrated his sixth shutout of the sea- son with the win. Family Auto simply too much for Minden There was a good crowd on hand to support the ban- tams as they faced off against Minden Sunday night in game one of their OMHA playoff series. Unfortunately, they were treated to an anti- climactic gaine wîth Orono jumping out to a 6-0 first period lead. Orono added two'more goals to their leadi in the second frame. In the third period the teams traded goals at two a-piece. Scoring for Orono this game were Tyler Robinson (2), Bob Witheridge (3), Ryan Leddy, Matt Reid, Craig McManus, Ryan Tresise and Andrew Beacock. Picking up assists were Shetler (2), Jeff Thompson (2), Tresise (3), Parry, McManus (2), Andrew Beacock (2), and Bob Witheridge. Gamne two of the series. goes Friday night in Miinden. Game three (if required) will be back in Orono Sunday at 6 p.m. Stay tuned folks, the competition is bound to get better as the playoffs progress. Chris Burritt and Rob Thompson were both out nursing injuries and hopeful- ly will be back in the ineup soon. Dufferi n TRT Sand & Gravel draw Aggregates ~Â.:lLL,. shut out evei v'miI Ui %.>uroni u . ipoi Orono's' TRT Sand and Grave] atomns met head on with Bowmnanville's Hutton Transport in an action-packed, low scoring exciting game on January 3lst. At 14:35 of the first period, Mike Puddicomnbe scored the first goal of the gyame on a nice pass from Joseph Staples. Colin Maitland and Mark Speirs played a fine defensive game for TRI while Reid McDonald and Joey Konopka worked hard up front. David Apt had many scor- ing opportunities in the second period but, with one minute remnaining it wva s Mike Puddicombe with his second goal of the gaine scoring from Justin Guillenlette and Joseph Staples. Despite grand efforts from TRT's defense Jon Fowler and Chiris Buttonshaw to clear the puck from Orono's zone and the tremiendous effort by Andy Bangay offensively-Hutton Transport mnanaged to even the score at 2. Action was heavy in front of Orono'snet in the dying moments of the gaine when netmninder Kevin Martin mnade an outstanding glove save enabling Orono to keep their share of the spoils and a 2-all tie. VaIl e n tin e's Day Dance Orono Amateur Athletic Association president Ray Bester announices that tickets to the upcoming 'Valentine's Day' Dance are going fast but, there are stili some tefi. Contact your' team manager or Ray to have your ticket reserved. Bowmanvi île The Dufferin Aggregate Minor Tykes took on Bowmnan- ville #2 shutting them out 4-0 back on January 26th. On the 29th the score was reversed as the Aggregyates went down to defeat 4-O to our neighibouring Newcastle tyke hockey club. Lastly, this past Saturday in a contest with Bowrnanville #I, Kyle Barr scored the only Oroino goal--Tyler Johiansen picked up the assist in a 4-1 loss. Matt Puddicomnbe played a strong game beiween the pipes for the 'Aggregates' chalking up another shutout 4-0 over Bowmianville #2 last Wednes- day nighit. This gai-e saw a strong defensive corp--Garrett Klompmiaker, Cary Konopka, Lucas Martin, Jordan Micdonnell, kDaniýel VanderWeer and Ryan Wood playing tough in fr-ont of' Orono's stalwart goal- tender. Orono gjoals wýere scored by Tyler Armstrong fr-om Shelby Macdonell and Lucas Martin, Tyler Johiansen fr-om Kyle Barr and Jordan Mcdonnell, Garrett Klomiprniaker- unassisted, and the fourth goal canie fromi Nancy Burt assisted by Derek Snow and Daniel VanderWeer. The Dufferin Aggregates Minor Tykes next gamne is Friday, February 61h at 5 p.m.