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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 14,1990 9 Bowmanville Midgets Drop Game to Uxbridge y y, Upon arriving home ■. from work one day last week, a note from the missus was left for me on n a scrap piece of paper. L The Toronto Star •• called was all it read. The Toronto Star? Hmmm...What could they possibly want to talk to me about, I wondered? Maybe it was one of the sports writers who a. cover the Leafs, I began -i to imagine.... "Hello, this is Brad -■ Kelly returning a call," I • 1 said into the phone. r ' "Yes Mr. Kelly, could y, you please hold the line," "j replied the voice from the . other end. K, After a pause, a husky voice came ringing through the dial. "Yeah is this Brad Kelly, Kelly, the guy from that weekly paper in...where the heck is that place again.?" "Bowmanville," I bellowed. bellowed. "Yea that's it. Anyway, Brian" "No it's Brad," I corrected corrected him. You learn in this business that guys who work at daily newspapers newspapers tend to forget the names of those who work at a weekly. After all, the pleasure is all ours. "Anyway, Brad. I'm in my first year of journalism journalism and I'm having a little little problem here. I cover the Leafs and they're a sorry lot right now. you know. You've probably read some of my stuff." Mistake number one rookie, I thought to myself. myself. Never give someone an opportunity to answer whether or not they read your articles. "No, sorry I haven't," I said slowly, imagining his eyes widening Then I added a sure-fire zinger. "I don't read your paper." At this time, it wouldn't have surprised me if the conversation had ended right there. "Well anyway Brian (O.K. we're even) watch- * ing the Leafs, this season has really got me down," he said depressingly. / "No doubt. I've heard some of the jokes going around about the beloved Maple Leafs. The ones about them not having as many points as a square, and having more floaters than Red Fisher has in his tackle box." "Well that's why I called. I heard about that Junior team you've got down there, and was wondering if you could set aside a ticket for me some night. I don't want to travel all the way down there, and not be able to get in. It would be a refreshing change to watch a winning hockey club." "Get in, are you kidding kidding me! The Eagles don't sell out for their home games. There are plenty of good seats every night. The only time people come out in droves is when they get into .the playoffs. And even then they only flock to the rink if it's the finals." Considering the period of silence from the other end, I figured he didn't believe me. "They must be a spoiled group down there I tell ya. The Gardens is filled to capacity for every Leaf game during the regular season. Ana look at what a sorry bunch they are." 'You tell those fans down there that they are awfully fortunate to have a winner in their own back yard, and they shouldn't take the team for granted. Tell them a lot of work goes into developing developing a winner, and with the winning tradition tradition that club has over the years, they deserve better support. After all they could have a team in town with the record of the Leafs. Remind the fans of that." Consider it done. Family Trust Faces Esso Oilers Checkers Dines on Dykstra's The table was set. Checkers Checkers Variety, on a two game losing streak, was to take on Dykstra's Deli, unbeaten yet this year. Coaches Hamel and Thrasher banged their heads together to try and come up with a lineup to defeat defeat the unbeaten Deli team. With one of their stars, centre Mike Ferj jured, and two of team members out of the lineup, some major line juggling juggling was in order, it was decided, decided, that Craig Schumacher Schumacher would be moved from his normal defence position to centre and in his place, Stephen Stephen Wraith would move back from his winger responsibilities responsibilities and try his hand at defence. Both moves proved to be a positive step as both boys really helped to make the coaches look like they knew what they were doing. The two forward lines of Travis Laughlin, Jagject Riar, Kevin Seiffert and Craig Schumacher, Brad Sutherland, Sutherland, David Moriarity y son, ïrv- jelled as if they had played the other together all year. The defence defence of Chris Hart, Jeff Thrasher. Philip Gushulak and Stephen Wraith did an excellent job in the corners and guarding the front of the net. When the Dykstra's team managed to break through the front lines they were met by what seemed to be the unbeatable Shawn Honeyman. With his Gump Worsley style of goaltending, he stopped many a valiant effort effort by the Deli team. Final score of the hard- fought contest was Checkers Variety 3, Dykstra's Deli 2. The efforts of all the players were appreciated by the coaching staff and parents parents alike. Lange's Photo Faces Red Hot Goaltenders Tigers Travel to Newcastle Wednesday, Hollingsworth Novem- i ft.; P I On/ ber 7, the Family Trust Tigers travelled travelled down the road to the Newcastle Arena to play Woodview of the Oshawa NASC league. The Tigers went into this game with their normal goalie at home and' Kris Policy playing between between the pipes. The Tigers also added Andy Griffin and Craig Matheson to fill in for players who were to be absent, absent, but everyone showed up to give the coach a full bench. The Tigers came out flying in this game and never never let up until the final score read Tigers 17, Woodview 0. i The goal scorers for the Tigers were Robert Dorigo (3), David Hollingsworth (3), Andy Griffin (2), Greg Hoy (2), Clayton Kohn, Gavin OTlonnel, Craig Matheson. Ian Robinson had one goal each. Mike McCrory had five assists, Ian Pollard, Chris Koning and Chris Watson had one each. Kris Polley recorded recorded the shut-out with the help of his older brother's equipment. Congratulations, to Ian Robinson, for scoring /his first goal in hockey, On Saturday, November 10, Family Trust played Ontario Ontario Hydro in. a BRHL league game. "The Tigers wanted to win in this game and it showed from the first drop of the puck. In the middle part of the first period the Tigers lit up the scoreboard when Clayton Clayton Kohn passed up to Darren Darren Crawford who lifted the puck over the shoulder of the goalie in the net. The Hydro team then tied the game up with no time on the clock. The Hydro goal woke up the sleeping Tigers as Chris Watson grabbed the puck off a Hydro player, fed a pass over to Gavin O'Donnel who let a shot go that the Hydro goalie coulda't control ,allowing David Hollingsworth to punch the loose puck into the net. The Tigers then took a two-goal lead. Again, Chris Watson grabbed the loose puck ana passed to Gavin who made no mistake in scoring the goal. The Tigers then took a three goal lead on another nice passing play from Clayton Kohn to Darren Darren Crawford who then deked the goalie out before sliding the puck into the net. Less than a minute later the Tigers lit up the scoreboard again when Darren passed lip to Clayton who let a shot go that Robert Dorigo deflected deflected past the goalie and into the net. Late in the second period the Tigers notched another goal. Again, there was good passing demonstrated, with Clayton getting the goal with Darren and Terry Edwards Edwards assisting. Late in the third period, tne Tigers fell asleep and allowed the Hydro Hydro boys to score two goals. The Tigers then notched the last goal of the game when Robert passed to Clayton who broke behind the Hydro defence and picked the open corner of the net. The final score read Tigers 7, Hydro 3. Ryan McRoberts made many good saves in the Tigers'net. Tigers'net. The defense of Ian Pollard, Mike McCrory, Ian Robinson, Terry Edwards and Kris Polley kept the area in front of tne net open. The Hollingsworth Tigers are now playing as a team and this should only mean good things will happen this year. After two wins to start off our season, Lange's Photo peewees ran into hot goaltending goaltending in our next two starts. First it was Clayton Rendell in the Dykstra's net and then the tandem of Phillip Phillip Foster and Steve Sergeant Sergeant for Mr. Sub. Fortunately Fortunately our own goalie, Jeff Parry, was equal to the task and the result was back-to- back ties. On November 3, we were at home to Dykstra's and were able to strike first. In the first period, David Chambers found the mark with an assist by Jason Bu- bar. We • were able to hold the lead until early in the third period when Dykstra's scored on a power play to earn the tie. On November 10, we hosted Mr. Sub and the results results were similar. We jumped out into a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Nick Katsikis unassisted and Damien Jay from Jason Bubar. Mr. Sun came back to score in each of the next two periods resulting in tie number two. Coach Powell went back to his drawing board and was overheard discussing new strategy for our upcoming upcoming game against Holy Cross of the Oshawa CYO league that evening. Holy Cross proved to be formidable opponents and the end-to-end action was a real crowd pleaser. Our forwards forwards were much more aggressive aggressive at fore-checking and our defence cleared the puck well. Defenceman Steve Bonneau Bonneau was flying and scored in each of the first two periods periods with Tim Bydal earning an assist on the second goal. Holy Cross scored in the third period but Jeff Parry was stingy the rest of the game and preserved a 2-1 win. . Team efforts win games, and with that in mind we hope to continue our success throughout the season. On Saturday, November 3, the Hollingsworth Family Trust Tigers faced off against 401 Esso in an Atom BRHL league game. The 401 Esso team scored the first goal of the game as the Tigers Tigers were caught short- handed. Later in the first period, 401 Esso scored to go up by two goals. The Tigers then cut the lead in the half when Clayton Kohn scored on a set-up from Greg Hoy. 401 Esso then scored again, this goal was scored as the Tigers were two men short, one with a penalty and the other with equipment problems. problems. Later in the second period, period, the Esso team scored to give them a three-goal lead and what looked like an easy win. But the Tigers didn't roll over and quit. The second Tiger goal was obtained obtained by good passing as Mike McCrory passed up to Chris Watson, who then skated down the ice, making a pass out to David Hollings- woreth in front of the net. David picked the upper corner corner of the net. Less than a minute later, the Tigers lit up the scoreboard again as David and Gavin O'Donnel were left unprotected in front of the 401 Esso net. They moved the puck back and forth until David slipped it under a tired goalie. goalie. The last three minutes of the game found both coaches going for the win. The 401 Esso team scored on a screened shot that the Ti-. gers Goalie, Ryan McRoberts, McRoberts, had no chance on. The Tigers then rounded out the when Ian Pollard passed over to Chris Watson who passed the puck to Clayton Kohn who broke behind behind the 401 Esso defence and then deked out to goalie before sliding the puck into an open net. The final score read 401 Esso 5, Family Trust 4. In this game, the tigers tigers showed that with a good team effort, they can be competitive. Earlier on Saturday, the Tigers played a game at Newcastle Arena against Holy Family of the CYO. The Holy Family team was ready for this game, as they scored two goals early in the first period. The Tigers then lit up the scoreboard when Clayton set up Chris Watson who made no mistake getting getting the puck into the net. The CYO team then notched three more goals to skate to an easy 5-1 victory. Holy Family gave the Tigers Tigers a lesson in the art of passing. Kris Polley is starting starting to use his size in the corners corners and this should mean only good things for the Tigers. Tigers. The Tigers may not always always win but they will never quit. B.R.H.L. Standings as of November 3 - scoring when lan Jro Dutchman Atoms Remain Unbeaten A forward from the Bowmanville Midgets celebrates a goal against Uxbridge during a game on Sunday afternoon at the Darlington Sports Centre. Bowmanville lost the game 5-3, but still maintain a respectable record with eight wins and only two defeats. Their next game will be this Saturday at the Darlington Sports Centre Centre against Whitby. Game time is 7:00 p.m. Special mention should go to two exceptional players, Travis Laughlin, who scored three goals and Philip Gushalak who had two assists. Thank you to all the parents parents who nave done a great job cheering on and assisting assisting thé boys in their efforts. The Flying Dutchman's Atom "CC" Toros remained unbeaten in league play with wins over Port Perry, and Manvers. On Thursday, Nov. 1, they played Port Perry to an easy 6-0 win. Greg Koender- man recorded the shut-out. Goal scorers were Mike Leipsig from Jason Lange, Chris Baumhauer from Steve Ewles and Richard Aasen, Nicky Zdravkovski from Mike Leipsig, Niki De- freitas from Steve Ewles, Brent Stockman from Steve Ewles and Jason Lange and the final goal was scored by Chris Baumhauer assisted by Craig Sabine and Chris McKenzie. Then, on Saturday, November November 3, the goaltending duo of John Marco Cannito Close Contest For Esso Oilers by Robbie MacCheyne On Saturday, November 3, the 401 Esso Oilers of the B.R.H.L. just barely won a league game against the Family Trust Atoms. The Oilers won 5-4 and arc still undefeated this season. After the first period, we were ahead 2-0 with two goals from Ryan Winning. At the end of the second period, period, we were winning 4-1. Family Trust, coached, by Mr. Les McCrory, played their best hockey in tne last period. Winger David Hollingsworth Hollingsworth came up with two goals to get them back. in the game. Both were scored on good passing plays around the Oiler net. On the last shift of the f ame, Oiler centre, Jason rayne, scored his second goal of the game to put us two goals ahead. The Family Trust team did not quit and with 21 seconds left, centre Clayton Kohn scored his second second goal. With four seconds to go, Ryan Winning took a penalty to stop a shot from being taken on our net. His tackle prevented a goal but in the dressing room we joked about him playing football on the ice. Both goalies, Oiler Brandon Renton Renton and Ryan McRoberts, of Family Trust, had good games. COACH'S CORNER: Mr. Carter says it was a good game, a job well done. However, However, we did have some horse shoe luck. We must remember remember each and every game will get tougher, and so will we. The boys and coaches would like to thank Mrs. Knuth of 401 Esso for the team flag we will be displaying displaying during our games. and Ureg Koenderman shut out Manvers en route to a 4- 0 victory. They got a lot of help from the tough defence pairings of Mike Leipsig, Richard Aasen, Niki Defrei- tas and Erik Griffin. Scorers were Jason. Lange, one goal and one assist; Brent Stock- man, 2 goals; Niki Defreitas, 2 assists; Mike Maynard, 1 goal; and single assists went to Chris McKenzie, Chris Baumhauer and Richard Aasen. Aasen. The previous week, the boys played back to back games against LNHL major Canadiens, and both games ended in a tie. In the first game, goals by Mike Leipsig and Niki Defreitas assisted by Jason Lange and Brent Stockman in the final minute minute and a half provided the tie. In the second game, the flying Toros held the lead most of the game, only to find themselves down a goal in the final minute despite excellent goaltending by Trevor Wright of the B.R.H.L. Way to go, Trevor! Canadiens took a 3-2 lead with 30 seconds left. But Brent Stockman scored on a rebound assisted by Niki Defreitas Defreitas and Jason Lange with 15 seconds left. The other goal-scorer was Chris McKenzie. The next game was Sunday, Sunday, Nov. 4, against Ome- mee. Keep up the good work! Team Tyke Division A&R Floor Covering Durham TV & Ant. McGregor IDA Rotary Club Shoppers Drug Mart Skylight Donuts VIP Hairstyling Novice Division All Canadian Carter Bakery Liberty Mutual National Trust Sports Shop Young Drivers Atom Division Carnation Flower Family Trust 401 Esso Hutton Transp. J&J Sharpening Ontario Hydro TMac Peewee Division Big E Roofing Checkers Variety Cutting Post Dykstra's Deli Lange's Photo Lab McRobbie Photo Mr. Submarine Bantam Division Beaver Lumber Bow. Sand & Gravel Kool Enterprises McGregor's Nichols Motors Midget Division IGA Deluxe Taxi Remax Wins Losses Ties Points 3 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0. 2 0 4 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 1 6 6 0 4 2 6 3 5 5 7 3 8 0 1 7 0 4 2 5 6 5 2 0 6 4 6 0 0 4 0 6 BRHL Season is Underway ^ The BRHL Select pro- that a community effort is gram also got underway in put forth to instruct the chil- October, with practices held dren. This year, we have a in each division. There was ver y high enrollment com The hockey season is now in full swing for the boys and girls of the Bowmanville Recreational Hockey League. House League games began on October 13, with each team having at least two practices prior to their first game. We've seen some exciting hockey already, already, with lots more to come. Several team sponsors have been out to the arena to cheer on their team and we look forward to seeing them often as the season progresses. Your team appreciates appreciates your interest and support. In October, Goalie Clinics were held for all divisions, where an. hour of on-ice instruction instruction was provided for both new and experienced goaltenders and their coaches. coaches. Such clinics help goalies learn and improve the special special hockey skills required in their position; coaches learn how they can better help their goalies during regular practices. Good luck to all oaltenders this season. a lot of hard work and determination determination evident on the ice during these practices and every player who came out is to be congratulated. The coaches now have their teams put together and will soon be ready for their first game. We wish them a fun- filled, successful season. On Saturday mornings, from nine a.m. until noon, at Darlington Arena, the Squirts take to the ice under the direction of Kinsmen member Mark Borutskie. Mark has provided some information information about this popular program. "The Kinsmen Club of Bowmanville has been managing the Squirt Program for approximately 20 years in tne Town of Newcastle. The program is geared to the young beginner. beginner. Skating is our primary concern; however, as their skating ability improves, more emphasis is placed on the instruction of hockey skills. We encourage parent participation on tne ice- so - hl i? h posed of about 60 five-year- olds, 40 four-year-olds and even a few three, six and seven-year-olds. Judging by the excellent quality of hockey hockey in the Town of Newcastle, we feel the program has proven to be a great start for the young hockey players in our community." The BRHL fall dance, held on October 20 at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex, was a great success; success; the dance floor was full all evening long. As the saying saying goes, "A good time was had by all." Many thanks, Pat Lange and her Hockey Parents committee for then- organization and hard work. Another dance will be held in February - details to follow follow later. The season is\ off to a great start; we're looking forward to an exciting season season for all our boys and girls. Come out and cheer them on. -- BRHL Executive Harrison Fuel Peewee Toros Play Oakwood Tournament On November 3 and 4 the Harrison Fuels Peewee Toros Toros participated in the Oak- wood Tournament and after a shaky start emerged as 'C champions. In the first game, the Toros Toros came up against a strong team- from Sunderland which scored six goals in the first period and coasted to a 10-1 victory. An unassisted goal by Jason Jeffreys late in the third period prevented prevented the shut-out. Gravenhurst was the opposition opposition for the next game and again the Toros trailed after the first period, this time 2-0, The Toros rallied to tie the score after two periods periods on unassisted goals by Dwayne Desjardins and rob Jeffers. In tne third period the Toros, despite some good chances were unable to score while Gravenhurst made the most of their chances scoring throe times to win the game 5-2. With their backs against the wall the boys were determined determined not to go home disappointed. disappointed. Little Britain was the opposition for this game. Toros struck first when Shawn Broome made no mistake after receiving a pass from Dwayne Desjardins, Desjardins, Little Britain got on the scoreboard late in the period to tie the game. That was the only goal Little Britain Britain would score ns the Toro defencemen, Steve Hamilton, Hamilton, Derek Lange, Steve Brinkman, and Matt Brake with Derek Hall provided the offence for the Toros when he sot a record of sorts scoring three goals in a span of 35 seconds. SJiawn Broome and Tony Butzor added goals, with assists going going to Rob Joffors, Jason Jeffreys, Jeffreys, Derek Lange and Dwayne Desjardins to give the Toros a 6-1 victory. In the final game, the Toros Toros started slowly and found themselves trailing St. James from Peterborough by a score of 2-0 after the first period. Only some excellent saves by Mike Rowland kept the Toros in the game, The Toros woke up in the second period, outscoring St. James 4-1 to take the lead after two periods The Toros controlled controlled the third period both defensively and on offence, adding three more goals for a well-earned 7-3 victory. Tony Butzor was the sniper in this game, scoring four goals, Single goals wont to Stove Hamilton, Dwayne Desjardins, Jason Jollroys and Rob Jeffers. Assists wont to Stove Brinkman, Brent Strand, Mark McCarthy, Jason Joflorys, Dwayne Desjardins and Eric Zuvic. Christmas Toy and Food Drive Your Inmrimcc Broker UndcMleiid.t SPONSORED BY YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT INSURANCE BROKERS Your generous support will help all families in our community enjoy this Christmas season. Please drop off non perishable food and/or an unwrapped toy to one of the following participating offices. 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