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l The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 20,1991 7 FLASHBACK -- 25 YEARS AGO -- In the Youth Bowling finals for Zone J, held at Oshawa Plaza Lanes on March 6, representatives from Liberty Bowl were successful in winning several events, among them the Junior Girls' title. They rolled a total total of 2430 and will compete for the Provincial Championships at Plantation bowl in Toronto on March 27. Members of the team are, Mary Jane Kilpatrick, Judy Sellers, Alice Chittick, Jill Donohue Donohue and Cindy Ayre. FLASHBACK - 10 YEARS AGO - The Cowan Pontiac-Buick Red Eagles scored a major upset Monday m^ht in Cobourg by beating the defending lampion Cobourg Cougars, 8-4. The '3di ' Ontario teams were tied at two games each following a Cougar Cougar win in Bowmanville on Sunday night. Bowmanville Bowmanville now moves on to the Ontario quarter-finals against the Ernestown Jets. SPORT-TALK TRIVIA - When George Foreman won the Heavyweight Title on January 22, 1973, who did he beat? YOUTH BALL HOCKEY - The beginning of the Bowmanville Youth Ball Hockey League is just around the corner, as league play will begin on May 7. Registration dates are as follows: March 23, 24, and April 6, 7, 20, 21, 27, 28. Registrations will be held at the Recreation Complex for all the dates from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, contact contact Paul Robinson 623-3884, Rick Brown 623- 7898, Ron Frampton 623-7911. TONBA REGISTRATION - The Town of Newcastle Newcastle Baseball Association will be holding their registration at the Bowmanville Mall on March 22- 23 and April 5-6. Registration on Friday nights will be from 6-9, while on Saturday it will be from 10-2. TONBA includes all age groups from 4-21 ranging from t-ball to junior. For more information, contact Roger Newman, at 623-9118. BFSC DEMO NIGHT -- The Bowmanville Figure Skating Club will be holding a Demonstration Night at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex on Wednesday, March 27, at 6:00 p.m. It will give the hard-working skaters of the club an opportunity to show the skills they have gained over the winter months. Everyone is welcome. SLAM DUNK CONTEST ~ The Durham College Sports Admin, program is hosting the third annual Collegiate Sports/Marlin Travel Slam Dunk Contest Contest for Durham Region high school basketball players. The event will be held at the Durham College College Athletic Complex on Tuesday, April 9 at 5:00 p.m. The grand prize is a trip for two to Chicago to see Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls play. Last year, over 1,000 spectators cheered on 20 competitors. competitors. MIDGET PROVINCIALS - The Ontario Hockey Federation Midget 'A' Provincial Championships, to be held at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex April 12-14, are drawing nearer. In Ontario, four teams still remain in the hunt for a spot in the tournament including Kingston (who beat out the Toros), Wexford, Hespler and Port Colborne. The Championships will bring together the winners of the OMHA, MTHL, NOHA and the host team, the Bowmanville Toros. REP. SOCCER -- The Bowmanville Rep Soccer team (under 12), will begin try-outs at Courtice Secondary Secondary School on Thursday, April 4, at 7:00 p.m. For more information contact George Pithie Sr. at 623-2813 or Neil Pot at 263-2813. TRIVIA ANSWER -- Joe Frazier on a TKO in the second round. y > 401 Esso Oilers Complete Season by Robbie MacCheyne The 401 Esso Oilers of the B.R.H.L. completed their regular season this past weekend with two very close games. We played against the J&J atoms and the Ontario Ontario Hydro Employees atoms. atoms. The last time we played these two teams we won by a goal both times. They were just as tough this time. On Saturday, March 16, we won against J&J by a score of 3-2. Oiler centre Ryan Winning opened the scoring in the first period. Oiler winger Jeff Carter stuffed the puck under the goalie for our second goal. In the second period, Oiler centre centre Jason Frayne got our third goal on a pass from defenceman defenceman Josh Bonnetta. . The J&J team then outplayed outplayed the Oilers for the rest of the game. J&J winger Mark Hodgins scored on a nice rush at the end of the period. Josh Bonnetta missed on a penalty shot when J&J goalie Ryan De- wulf made a good stop. In the third period, it was Brain Ball's turn to score for J&J on a good rush around yours truly. We hung on to win the game with the help of goalie Brandon Renton. J&J defenceman Brad McMaster did a good job keeping Ryan in check. Wade Worsley played well on defence for the Oilers. On Sunday, March 17, we played the Hydro team to a 328 RITSON RD. N., OSHAWA 725-4744 if buy call 725-2831 u iioi i> m i: x m: i aii. DURHAM REGION'S WOOD SPECIALISTS IN Hardwood k softwood lumber dry kilns A drsssinf facilities including custom mads trim; hardwood k marins plywoods as well as a complete stock of building materials. IVJFT7M SPORTS JLLsl m Game Seven Jinx...Again by Brad Kelly The Bowmanville Eagles were a lot closer to winning game seven of their league final series against Uxbridge Uxbridge than they care to know about. Kelly Chalykoff, who scored the only goal of the game 13:02 into the first period period to give Uxbridge a 1-0 win, ana with it the league championship trophy, was almost a scratch from the Bruins'lineup. "That was his first of'91," said an elated Jim McDowell, McDowell, the coach of the Bruins. "He was a quarter of an inch away from not playing at all tonight." "We talked about him not giving us any offence before the game, and originally didn't have him in the lineup." lineup." "But what a time to score, eh?" What a time indeed. Chalykoff pounced on a loose puck during a scramble scramble in front of goaltender Chris Massey, and buried the puck into the open side of the net. Little did the sold-out arena of about 1500 fans realize realize that Chalykoffs goal was the only one they would "ght. see that ni{ It was t, as many seasons that the igh It was the second time in ny Eagles have fallen in game seven of the league final series. series. Last year, the Port Perry Mojacks stole game seven in overtime at the Recreation Complex. A year previous to that, the Eagles lost in game seven seven of the semi-finals to the Lakefield Chiefs after bolt ing out to a 3-1 series lead. To say the least, the Eagles' Eagles' dressing room following the game was like a hospital zone. Everything was very quiet. "I'm very disappointed that we had to loose that way," said coach Mike Noonan Noonan as the strain of the seven seven game series was clearly evident on his face. "I feel sorry for the veterans of the club that are leaving us." "We just couldn't buy a goal and they (Uxbridge) played real well." Another unsuspecting hero for the Bruins was goaltender Ian Witucki. He was the starter for the Bruins in game one of the series and surrendered nine goals in an overtime loss to the Eagles. V / ' ' ,y f , , ~\. n \OOU \ Some- XX v f 6 1 Glen Campbell, of the Bowmanville Eagles, is closely guarded by Darron Baston (#6) and Stuart Holter (#3) as he sets a screen if front of Uxbridge goaltender Ian .Witucki during second period action of game seven of the league final series in Uxbridge Uxbridge on Friday night. The Eagles lost a heart-breaker as Kelly Chalykoffs goal 12:02 into the first period lifted the Bruins to a 1-0 win and, with it, the league championship trophy. 5-5 tie. Hydro winger Andy Griffin scored on the first shift of the game. Oiler winger Greg Patterson got that one back on the next shift on a pass from Josh Bonnetta. Oiler centre Ryan Winning scored at the end of the period to put us ahead. The Hydro team turned it on in the second period by scoring scoring three goals in a row. Brett Clouthier, Scott McKay and Andy Griffin with his second did the scoring. scoring. At the end of the period, Oiler centre Jason Frayne scored on a rebound from Scott Lambert. In the third period, Ryan Winning tied it up on a clearing pass from Wade Worsley. With two minutes left in the game, Jason Frayne put us ahead with a goal on a good pass from Ryan. We couldn't hold on and with twenty-eight seconds seconds left, Hydro winger Brett Clouthier got the tie with a warp around goal. Oiler goalie Brandon Renton faced many shots as the Hydro Hydro forwards had too many chances in our end. Oiler defenceman defenceman Wade Worsley played well again. COACH'S " CORNER: Coach Carter says we have played well throughout the season. Our record is sixteen wins, three losses and one tie. Coach Frayne says we can forget about our record and concentrate on the playoffs. Stone's OT Winner Decides It Comeback Forced Final Game by Brad Kelly For the second year in a row, the Bowmanville Eagles forced a seventh and deciding game in the league final series by posting a win in game six. Assuring fans of another another nail-niter, the Eagles' Eagles' Gareth Stone sent the series to a seventh seventh game with his goal 12:02 into the second overtime period to lift the Ea- ! gles to a 9- Stone § victory over the Uxbridge Bruins last Wednesday night at the Recreation Complex, Ironically, it was the third time in ns many home games that the Eagles Eagles needed double overtime overtime before gaining the victor) :t ye nnl, the Eagles posted a win in game six at Port Perry to force a seventh game which they lost in overtime. Stone one-timed a perfect perfect centering pass from behind the net by Glen Campbell, and bent Bruins' goalie Brian Ilnrnden from just inside the slot. "I saw Glen hustle into the corner and they (Uxbridge) (Uxbridge) keyed on him by sending two or three guys on him which left me in the open in the slot," recalled recalled Stone from outside a jubilant Engles' dressing dressing room. "Ho found mo perfectly and I couldn't miss," Kelly Armstrong found >rv. In last year's league fi- his scoring touch in this game, finishing with three goals. Shane Armstrong Armstrong scored twice while Gil Bonneau, Dean Baumhauer, Brad Robinson Robinson and Stone had one apiece. Shane Armstrong also chipped in with four assists. assists. Both Ryan Coburn and Greg Pierce had a pair of goals for the Bruins. Jason Jason Underwood, Keith Piette, Paul Sinclair and Ted Dacey had singles. The Eagles entered the third period trailing 6-4, but Shane Aim- strong scored twice in the first 40 seconds to tie the game. Coburn put Uxbridge back in front with his shot over a sprawling Chris Massey with 15:53 left to play. Kelly Armstrong scored his second of the night to tie the score three minutes later with a quick wrist shot from the slot. In the first overtime, Dacey spotted Uxbridge the lend with his slapshot from the top of the circle. Kelly Armstrong pulled the Engles even with only 53 seconds remaining remaining to send the game into the second overtime. Stone's goal represented represented the first lend the Engles Engles had the entire night. The Bruins hold two goal lends on three different occasions: 3-1 at the end of the first period; 4-2 live minutes into the second; and 6-4 at the end of two periods. It was a long game for the Eagles, who reduced their line-up to just six lbnvnvds midway through the second period. The extra extra work took its toll, but paid off with the win. "I thought about getting getting tired, but once you get on the ice, the adrenalin adrenalin starts pumping and you don't want to be the scapegoat," said Stone who was one of the six forwards that received the extra ice time. "I am going to go with the guys who I think are going to win the game for me," commented coach Mike Noonan on his decision decision to go with six skaters. skaters. Prior to the game, Noonan reverted to a motivational motivational tactic that he hoped would inspire his players. "We (he and assistant conch Paul Reed) put a set of golf clubs and some baseball equipment in the middle of the dressing dressing room. We told them if they didn't win that's what they would be looking looking at." "An early summer." The game almost didn't see overtime ns Stone rang a slapshot off of the inside of the post with two minutes remaining remaining in regulation time. Not to be outdone, the Bruins' Low also hit the post with only 10 seconds left in the game. THE SCOOP - The six forwards Noonan used wore Campbell centering Nick Dennis and Stone, while Shane Armstrong was between Robinson and Jeff Rohr...Uxbridge outshot the Engles 49- 46,..Arnold Etcher, on loan from the Oshawa Generals, did a masterful job, ns always, ns time- Koopor. Brian Harnden then took over the number one job and had played every game of the series until Friday night. Ironically, it was Witucki who shutout the Ajax Axemen Axemen 6-0 in game seven of their opening round series. The Eagles weren't without without their chances on the night, especially in the closing closing minutes of the game as they pressed for the equalizer. equalizer. Noonan summoned Massey Massey to the bench for an extra attacker with 30 seconds to go in the game and the puck deep in the Bruins' zone. Uxbridge's Uxbridge's Greg Cook controlled controlled a loose puck and sent a shot at the open net from just outside the Eagles' blueline blueline that rang off the outside of the post. As the Eagles stormed back, a slashing penalty was called against an Uxbridge forward with 10 seconds left and the face-off just inside the Bruins zone. The puck was pushed out of the zone off the draw, and cleared the length of the ice. , It was a homer series throughout, as all seven games were won on home ice. But even home ice advantage advantage in the seventh game didn't make it. any easier to relax for McDowell. "I was worried from the moment , the puck was dropped to start the game, Eagle Scoring Statistics League and Playoff Name Glen Campbell Shane Armstrong Nick Dennis Jeff Rohr Brad Robinson Rob Real Gareth Stone Dean Baumhauer Steve McCrae Kelly Armstrong Jeff Flin toff Scott Penton Drew Allenby Greg Goode Kevin 1 Mitchell Trevor Newell Neil Taylor Gil Bonneau Mark Tripp Chris Eriksson Others 0 0 11 20 16 Newcastle Settles For a 5-5 Draw by Robert E. Stiles The Newcastle Oldtimers hosted Macintosh Chrysler on Sunday, March 17 and came put with a 5-5 draw. Newcastle had A1 Hall in goal while M. Kerstens was in goal for Chrysler. The first period saw a goaltender dual with Hall for Newcastle and Chrysler's Kerstens stoning the shooters shooters for a scoreless first period. period. ■ Chrysler got on the score- board first with E. Dusek beating Hall at 4:06 assisted by J. Campbell. Sandy MacDonald MacDonald evened things up at 10:18 with an unassisted goal. Newcastle went ahead 2- 1 when Fred Young accidently accidently stickhandlea the puck into his own net past a startled M. Kerstens, with Bob Stiles getting credit for the goal, assisted by Jerry Dost and Ron Hooper. R. Cunningham scored for Macintosh Macintosh at 19:29 unassisted to end the second period at 2-2. The third period saw Newcastle go ahead 3-2 when Sandy MacDonald scored his 2nd of the game unassisted at the 52 second mark. George Sainsbury scored at 5:38 assisted by Tony Jones and Jim Hutchison Hutchison for a 4-2 lead. Jerry Dost sent Ron Hooper away on a breakaway from outside outside Macintosh blueline and Ron went high on Kerstens and the puck glanced off his shoulder into the net for a 5- 2 Newcastle lead at 10:44. With Newcastle laying back on their three goal lead, Macintosh went to work and J. Williams scored at 15:10 assisted by J. Campbell to narrow the margin to 5-3. J. Moon scored at 18:42 assist ed by E. Dusek to cut the lead to 5-4. E. Dusek scored his second of the game to tie the game at 5-5 unassisted with 42 seconds left in the game. Newcastle will be playing in the Hockin Oldtimers Tournament on Saturday, March 23, with the first game against M.C.L. at 10 a.m. Newcastle's next. game will be Sunday morning March 24, at 11:30 a.m. against the Rice Lake Oilers. Oilers. Carter's Takes 2-1 Win Over Liberty Mutual On Thursday, March 14, Carter's Bakery took on Liberty Liberty Mutual and came away with a 2-1 victory. The first period was scoreless. Robbie Weir making making great saves and strong defensive plays from Matt McGlynn, Jeffery Hrdlick and Adam Barraball. Scoring for Carter's was Adam Barraball coming out of his own zone for the first goal of the game, liberty came back and put one by goaltender Robbie Weir making the score 1-1. Adam Barraball came on strong and put one in Liberty's net making the game score 2-1 for Carter's. Carter's Bakery has played strong and hard in their last nine games. Winning Winning seven, Wing one and loosing one. Carters is npw in third place. Congratulations to all the team and all the best in the playoffs. Keep up the great work guys! T.Û.N.BA Baseball Registration Bowmanville Mall Fri. March 22-6 to 9 p.m. Sat.. March 23 -10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Fri.. April 5 - 6 to 9 p.m. Sat., April 6-10 a.m.-2 p.m. Contact Roger Newman at 623-9118 (or information vs SPORT THOUGHTS by Brad Kelly and I didn't relax until I heard the final buzzer. And that's the truth." Massey was the busier of the two goaltenders as he faced 36 shots. The Eagles managed to fire 28 shots Wi- tucki's way. For Noonan,- it brought to a close his first season behind behind the bench. Though visibly visibly disappointed with the . loss, he couldn't help but praise his players for their effort in the game. "They are just a super bunch of guys. There isn't one that I wouldn't invite over to the house for a brown pop." THE SCOOP - It was the last game in an Eagles' uniform for over-agers Glen Campbell and Kelly Armstrong. Armstrong. Five players, including including Massey, Kevin Mitchell, Rob Real, Gareth Stone and Steve McCrae, were in their last season with the club. However, two of those players are eligible to return to the club next season as the team's over- agers...Uxbridge had three power play opportunities while the Eagles had two...It was the only game of the season in which the Eagles were involved in a shutout...It's shutout...It's interesting to note that not one fighting major was assessed during the entire entire series. Now that the season has come to a close for the Bowmanville Eagles, there is one item that must be addressed over the summer months. And the time to begin consideration for it should be immediately. Somebody, anybody, should begin lobbying to change the playoff format in the Central Ontario League. Abolish the seven game format, and adopt a best-of-nine series for the playoffs. If not for the whole league, then the rule should apply just for the opponents of the Eagles. With the nevv format, the seventh game of a series will no longer be the deciding one. And it won't be labelled as tne 'kiss of death' for the Eagles organization. Friday night's 1-0 loss to Uxbridge was just one of a long line of seventh game losses the Eagles have suffered recently. Despite all the practice they have had in dropping those games, it doesn't become become any easier accepting them. In the end, it was a case of their hearts taking them as far as they could. And, ultimately, the talent talent that Uxbridge had at their disposal won out over the big hearts of the Eagle players. It's hard to be critical of a team that showed the character the players did during the course of the playoffs. They didn't rest on their laurels after ousting ousting the Port Perry Mojacks. And just stretching the Bruins to the seventh game wasn't satisfying enough for them. What did become apparent over the playoffs was the lack of depth that coach Mike Noonan had at his disposal. Some of the players who made huge contributions contributions throughout the season, went virtually unnoticed unnoticed when the playoffs rolled around. What it left Noonan with was only six forwards to work with that could contribute offensively. It was apparent during the season that the Eagles Eagles were a team that lacked some depth. There was too big of a gap between their top six forwards and their bottom six. The imbalance cost them in the end. And the steps that were taken during the course of the season to try and minimize the problem were a huge bust. A nigh school player from Port Hope was signed, and, after playing in a couple of games, was never seen again. A university student was also signed in hopes of helping the dub. But classes in London prevented him from making any contribution. Why they were even signed in the first place re-, mains a mystery. It was obvious before the two players even played their first games that theyweren't theyweren't the answer the Eagles were looking for. Surely out there somewhere, there were some players who could have helped this club. For one reason or another, nobody found them. , . Changes within the organization are pending, and a lot will happen between now and next Sep- ; tember when training camp opens. The only sure thing to happen "will be the depar-, ture of over-age players Glen Campbell and Kelly Armstrong, as they concluded their careers with- the organization.. Especially missed will be Campbell. In fact, his 1 offensive touch and the class he carried off the ice will be irreplaceable. Those in the know are going to have to make 1 some replacements though, if this organization is to run smoothly next year. First Win for Hutton by Ron Aylsworth It's been a long time coming, coming, but the Hutton Transport Transport Atoms finished the regular regular season in grand style on Sunday dishing out a 5-4 loss to J&J Sharpening. A strong performance by netminder Jake Dairs inspired inspired the whole team and drew the best from all players. Jaimey Morrison, in his best show of the year, netted two, Brad Johnson another two, and Ben Jonks on a nice breakaway potted one. Richard Salomon chalked- up two assists, Brad Aylsworth Aylsworth got one, and Bryan Fowler with a beautiful pass to the front of the net figured figured in for one assist as well. 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