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I 10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, January 22,1992 Lt'.x By Brad Kelly The Town Deserves A Triple 'A' Team Last week's news of Bowmanville joining 20 other other centres in Central Ontario to form a 'AAA' hockey hockey zone came as no surprise. Talks of forming the new Central zone have been ongoing since September. September. What came as a surprise, was that the 21 centres could reach an agreement to form such an association. association. Centres, who for years have battled each other through regular season play and took turns eliminating eliminating one another in playoffs, can be amiable. "For awhile I didn't," answered Bowmanville's OMHA representative, Terry Lynch, when asked if he thought an agreement between all of the centres would be reached. "Once Terry Ferguson and Kelly Doyle got involved, I knew they had the drive and I could see it starting to happen." The two catalysts behind the formation, Ferguson Ferguson and Doyle, are both from Lindsay. Nothing has been confirmed, but it is a good bet that the 'AAA' midget team will be based there, where an affiliation affiliation with the Central Ontario Lindsay Jr. B's is likely. In addition to Bowmanville, the other centres include include Stouffville, Cobourg, Woodville, Little Britain, Britain, Lindsay, Ops, Omemee, Fenelon Falls, Hali- burton, Uxbridge, Port Perry, Sunderland, Cannington, Oakwood, Newcastle, Orono, Manvers, Bobcaygeon and Minden. Nine teams, ranging in age from novice through midget, will wear the OHL Sudbury Wolves' colours of blue, white and silver. The teams will adopt the Wolves' nickname. None of this is carved in stone, yet. It's all pending pending approval by the OMHA. Some of the centres involved in the formation of the Central zone were actively seeking affiliation with established 'AAA' centres. Because the OMHA wants a 'AAA' centre to have a population of no more than 150,000, centers seeking an affiliation were denied. The biggest question that remains to be answered answered by the organizers of the new zone is the question of where the various teams will be located. With Lindsay almost a lock for the midgets, that leaves eight other teams looking for a home. The deciding factor in who gets what team, and how many teams they get, is the availability of ice time. Bowmanville, with its new Recreation Complex, deserves one of those teams. "The key is the availability of ice time," said Lynch, adding that available ice time will dictate whether Bowmanville, Newcastle or Orono is granted granted a team. "The schedules will likely be made in August, so we'll need ice confirmed by July." Lynch has applied for one of the nine teams to be located in Bowmanville. Which team that is, he is reluctant to disclose at this time. Cost and travel are a couple of the downfalls of the new 'AAA' affiliation. The Eastern Ontario 'AAA' loop, which the Central Ontario teams will enter, is comprised of Oshawa, Quinte, Richmond Hill/Vaughn, York/Simcoe, Markham, Pickering/ Ajax, Whitby, Peterborough and Kingston. "It will allow the boys who want to go to a higher level, to go," said Lynch of the benefits for players in the Town of Newcastle. The trickle effect will be felt through the Toro system, as some of the better players move on. The overall talent of each team will weaken. It has to. And the BRHL will quite likely be affected. Some of their better players may choose to try out for the Toros. And we ran out of room to discuss the bidding war for ice time. 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Coaches and Managers Applications must be received by jariJ.3[.i /92 For more information please call Ian Wailes 668-09 SI Optimist Hawks Capture "B" Championship Newcastle Gruffies Split Two Games in Last Week n X T «I 'Ci Wm fj§i - i f The Optimist Hawks of the BRHL came home with the 'B' championship after entering the Tom Mills Memorial Memorial tournament in Scarborough on January Il-l2. Team members include, front row, (l-r), Matt Gross, Garrett McNight, Trevor Cowan, Robert Roth', Colin Or gan, Jamie Bryant, Kyle Maynard. Back row, (l-r), Adam Bowen, Brett McKee, Criag Sykes, Steven Hatfield, Hatfield, Zach Thoraval, Robbie Campbell, Mark Lemieux, Jamie Rowe. On January ll and 12, the BRHL tyke selects entered the Tom Mills Memorial tournament tournament in Scarborough and came away as the 'B' division champs. In the opening game, the Optimist Hawks battled back four times against the host club, Malvern, only to lose 5-4, putting the Hawks into the 'B' division. Zach Thoraval led the scoring with a hat-trick and Adam Bowen had a single. Assists Assists went to Matt Gross, Adam Bowen, Trevor Cowan and Kyle Maynard. The Optimist club, knowing a loss in the remainder of the tournament would send them home, then took on the K of C of Scarborough and won 6-0. Trevor Cowan's hat-trick led the way, with singles to Colin Organ, Garrett McKnight and Brett McKee. Helpers went to Zach Thoraval, Adam Bowen, Garrett McKnight, Jamie Bryant, Brett McKee, Kyle Maynard, Robbie Campbell and Robert Roth. The shutout was shared by Robert Roth and Matt Gross. On Sunday morning the Hawks faced the Scarborough Sabres and won 8-0, putting them into the 'B' finals. The scoring was handled by Adam Bowen (2g, la), Zach Thoraval (2g, la), Matt Gross (lg, la), Brett McKee (lg), Trevor Cowan (lg), Robbie Campbell (lg), Craig Sykes (2a), Jamie Rowe (3a), and single assists went to Mark Lemieux, Colin Organ and Jamie Bryant. On Sunday afternoon, the Optimist Hawks won the 'B' division by edging Ajax 2-l. Craig Sykes from Garrett McKnight and Zach Thoraval from Kyle Maynard gave the Hawks the lead, which turned out to be enough on this day. The coaching staff and families families were treated to the best team effort of the year, with yeoman efforts from defencemen defencemen Steve Hatfield, Adam Bowen, Robbie Campbell and Kyle Maynard. CTC Toros Reach Lindsay Finals The Canadian Tire major peewee Toros finished runners-up runners-up in the championship final final of the 44th annual Kinsmen tournament held in Lindsay on January 10-12. The Toros started the tournament tournament with an easy 8-2 victory victory over Georgetown. Greg McMurter and Paul Lavallce led the scoring with three goals each, while Nick Hand had four assists. Kevin Pickell and Derek Arnold were the other scorers. Game two against the Toronto Toronto Aeros was a much tougher tougher game and, although both sides had scoring opportunities, opportunities, the first two periods were scoreless. The third period was less than two minutes old when the Acros took the lead. The Toros then picked their game up a notch and after some intense pressure, finally got the equalizer equalizer on a goal by Matt Staley. Assisting on the play were Ryan Dunnigan and McMurter. The Toros then began to have more of the play as the Toronto team began to take penalties. It was while the Aeros were a man short that Tony Biitzer fired the winning goal, with 3:02 left on the clock. Derek Arnold and Derek Lange assisted. assisted. Game three found the Canadian Canadian Tire team up against Thornhill. The Toros played their best hockey of the tournament tournament and came away with a 4- 0 victory. Jeff Parry, again starling all the games for the Toros in the absence of Mark Murphy, recorded the shutout. Greg McMurter had two goals and two assists, Ryan Latimer had a goal and 'assist, and Tony Butzer had a goal. Derek Lange and Derek Arnold had one assist each. 1 ' The championship game was againsi'Nepean, who had advanced to the final by defeating defeating Stratford and Markham. Both defences were strong and scoring chances were few. However, Nepean were able to score one goal in each of the first two periods. Bowmanville battled strongly in the third but were unable to break through the Nepean defence. They paid the price with just over three minutes left, when the Nepean team broke out from their own end and scored their third goal. Coach Jeff Smith pulled his goalie in an effort to break the shutout but the opposition scored in the empty net, to make the final score 4-0. - v A special thanks goes out to David Yellowlees, who played back-up to Jeff Parry- while sharing the goaltending duties for his own team, Harrison Fuels, who were also in the tournament. Newcastle Gruffies atoms managed a split in their two games this past week. The poor weather Tuesday night caused a cancellation of a home game which Baltimore #1 was to be a part of. Friday, January 17, Gruffies A&R Wins 8-2 Match On January 4, A&R Flooring Flooring recorded a 8-2 win over Tim's Rental in BRHL tyke action. action. A&R got two goals apiece from Robbie Campbell and Jamie Bryant, with singles going to Brandon Spencer, Trevor Baker, Ryan Evans and Michael Lambert. Career firsts went to Brandon and Michael. Assists went to Kyle Maynard, Steve Hatfield, Brandon Spencer, Spencer, Michael Lambert, Rob Campbell and Trevor Baker. Tim's scoring was handled by hard-working Brett McKee with a pair. On January 18, A&R Flooring Flooring ran into a fired up Beaver Lumber club and lost a hard fought 3-1 decision. Garrett McKnight led Beaver with two goals, while the other goal scorer was unavailable. A&R's goal went to Steven Hatfield from Ricky Clark. Lange's Meets Checkers Var. On Saturday, January 18, Lange's Photo faced a tough opponent in Checkers Variety. From the first- drop of the puck, it was apparent that both teams showed up to play. Chances were missed at both ends and, with 1:22 remaining in the first, Lange's lit the light with Darryl Cook putting one ' in from Colin Galinski. Four minutes into the second, second, Darryl once again connected connected from Damien Jay and Phil Gushulak. Checkers came back with 35 seconds remaining remaining in the period to close the gap-. At the 10:26 mark of the third, Lange's regained their two-goal lead on a Paul Marchant Marchant from Ryan Brannigan tally. Checkers poured it on for the rest of the period and only great defensive work combined with solid goaltending by Kris Donoghue kept them off the scoreboard. It was a great effort by both teams, but Wild Bill Thrasher lost the bet and he owes Rick Powell and company a round of coffees. travelled to Baltimore. By the lime the game ended, the home side wished they had cancelled this one as well, as Newcastle racked up an impressive 10-2 win. This was the atoms' largest largest margin of victory this year. Most games have been close or Newcastle has been on the receiving receiving end. Steve Foster led the way with a hat-trick plus an assist. He notched his third of the game with just 22 seconds remaining remaining in the contest. Colin Bayda with two goals, both in the first period, and an assist, had several chances for number number three but was unable to find the net again. Energetic centre Vince Norton Norton played a strong game, scoring scoring two goals for Gruffies. Chris McLean and Jamie Richter Richter rounded out the scoring with singles plus three assists each. Mike Morrison and Jimmy Jimmy Conboy added two assists each. Chris Read, Chris Davis and Craig Harness also chipped in with an assist. Saturday morning, Newcastle Newcastle made its first trip to Bowmanville Bowmanville this year to take on Geranium Homes. Gruffies were hoping for a better result this time, since in their previous previous game with Geranium they were trounced by an 11-4 score. Bowmanville picked up where they left off last time, taking a 2-0 lead on goals by Joel Osbom'e and Mark Hod- gins. Brian Fowler scored number three for Geranium early in the second and Bowmanville Bowmanville appeared to be on their way. With Jimmy Conboy playing playing solid goal in the Gruffies' net, Newcastle held Bowmanville Bowmanville off until Donald Baker could score with 1:43 left in the second period. Baker's goal came on a fine individual effort as he intercepted a pass, motored around a defenceman, look a shot at the net, then followed followed in and knocked home the rebound. Steve Foster added another unassisted marker as he went in on a breakaway six minutes into the third .closing the gap to 3-2. Geranium Homes tightened up from that point on and held on for a 3-2 win. J&J Looks Sharp by Myno Van Dyke On Saturday, January 18, J&J Locksmith atoms posted an impressive 13-1 win over T- Mac. Gerrit Van Dyke opened the scoring by deflecting a shot from Chris Mann. Adam MacDonald MacDonald popped in the next marker followed by Clayton Kohn with an unassisted goal. Jeff Shmyr connected next, assisted assisted by Adam Usher. Then Brian Tamblyn poked in a goal from the point, assisted by John Trelevan. Chris Peldiak blasted in the next goal, assisted assisted by Chris Mann and Lucas Leskiw. Clayton Kohn fired in a shot from the point that hit Adam MacDonald's face mask and MacDonald quickly lifted a shot past the T-Mac goalie. Lucas Leskiw scored next on a shot from the bluelinc followed by Brian Tamblyn's second goal set up by Chris Mann. Steve Marsh collected the next goal assisted by Clayton Kohn. Chris Mann then snared a goal assisted by Lucas Leskiw. Jeff Shmyr scored the final marker assisted by Mark Colucci. Skaters Prepare for Upcoming Meets in January and February The Orono Figure Skating Club skaters have been preparing preparing for several competitions over the next few weeks. We have skaters representing our club at Woodville, Oshawa and Uxbridge in the next two weeks. Many hours of practice go into each individual routine. Good luck to all of our competitors. competitors. Several of our Can-skate skaters have recently passed badges: Amanda Morris - Novice I and II Meghan Crookshank - Novice III Eryn McGlynn - Novice III Michelle Henderson - Beginner Beginner Steven Gregg -- Beginner Parisse Marrett - Basic Katie O'Neill -- Novice I Nicole Marrett - Novice I Kari Francis -- Novice IV Congratulations, skaters! Our cheese drive, which is one of our biggest fund raisers, 1 has just begun. We appreciate all the support we receive from club members and the community. community. Cheese can be ordered from any club member. Busy Slate of Games for Sports Shop Hockey Crew High single men - Dirk Van Abbema High triple ladies - Minnie Kaldcway High triple men - Dirk Van Abbema High average ladies - Nel Van Abbema High average men - Bill Vroom Saturday, January 18, saw these teams meet in what proved to be a close, hard- fought contest. Sports Shop opened the scoring with 4:30 remaining in the first period when Brandon Buckley moved in from the blucline and picked a comer with a nice wrist shot. Liberty responded 30 seconds Youth Bowling Junior Division A -Foul 17, Hook 14, Lost Ball 12, Comer Pin 7, Channel 7, Frame 6 Junior Division B - Chop- off 19, Dcadwood 19, Pacer 17, Pushaway 13, Curve 13, Backswing 11, Slide 9, Split 9, Aces 8, Hcadpin 4, Backup 4, Missed Shot 0 High Singles -- Jeff Pearson 238, Jason Vickery 234, Tim Harness 233, Amanda West- lake 227, Brent Weeks 219, Kcrri-Ann Kelly 208, 201, Shawn Haley 202 High Triples - Jeff Pearson, 605, Jason Vickery 596, Kcrri- Ann Kelly 588, Karen Essclink 532, Andrew Chomcy 518, Amanda Westlake 503, Shawn Haley 502 Bantam Division -- Blue Bombers 16, Simpsons 14, No Name 14, Scorpions 14, Tremors Tremors 13, Sharp Shooters 12, Cokc-A-Cola Kids 12, Terminators Terminators 9, Strikers 7, Fire Balls 6, Rollers 5, Phantoms 4 High Triples - Lori James 496, Matt Chapman 466, Lee Mellor 431, Tim Welsh 423, Chris Welsh 422 High Singles - Lee Mellor 187, Chris Welsh 180, Melinda Tail 173, Lori James 172, Matt Chapman 166 Tyke Division -- Stars 15, Wings 13, Bruins 9, Rangers 8, Sabres 8, Jets 8, Oilers 8, Kings 6, Flyers 5, Flames 4, Leafs 4, Hawks 2 High Singles - Garrett Dodds 170, Anthony Edmondson Edmondson 163, Sarah Ferguson 119, Todd Flintoff 108 High Doubles - Garrett Dodds 304, Anthony Edmondson Edmondson 265, Todd Flintoff 210, Lindsey James 203 later on a nice goal by Matt Dcvcra. The game remained tied until until the second period when Tim Swan broke in at 4:10 and again at 3:10 to score, giving Sports Shop some breathing room. Two minutes later, Mark Tamblyn scored, assisted by Rob Milford, putting the score to 4-1. Late in the third, Matt Dev- eral scored liis second goal of the game which made the final score 4-2 in favour of Sports Shop. Centers Mike Sellers and Jordan Bate gave strong efforts along with wingers John Lcp- pert, Chris Dcharnais and Jason Jason Smith. Sunday morning Sports Shop hosted first place Christ Church of the OCHL and came out flying to down Oshawa 7- 1. Tim Swan and Brandon Baker both notched hat-tricks while Robert Milford also put one past Oshawa's goalie in a game that saw every team member give an exceptional effort. effort. Wingers Mike MacDonald, Matt Crawford and Steven King gave it their all as did defencemen defencemen Jordan Bale and Brandon Buckley. Tyler Tcefy, Sports Shop goalie also kept Oshawa's offence from cashing cashing in on what chances they did have. 401 Esso Oilers are On a Winning Roll 401 Esso skated to another victory on Saturday, January 18, when they defeated Computer Computer Learning 7-1. Brock Baker Baker opened the scoring midway through the first when he skated skated the length of the ice and put the puck in the lop comer. Five minutes later, Michael Harper broke out of his own end and set up Malt Meadows, who made it 2-0 for the Oilers. Fraser McArthur also earned an assist. Action was end-to-end in the second, but both goaltcnd- ers played tough, and there was no scoring until Nick Swcrd- feger put in a rebound with five minutes remaining in the period. Assists went to Kevin Kennedy and Luke Denison. Before their shift ended, this line combined for another goal to make it 4-0. This time Luke Denison put the puck in the net, assisted by Kevin and Nick. Computer Learning got on the board with 22 seconds remaining, but Esso replied with a goal by Michael Harper to make it 5-1. Esso netmindcr Andrew La- ton made some great stops in the third to shut down the opposition. opposition. Matt Meadows added to the lead when he scored on a nice pass from Michael Harper. Harper. With five minutes left, defenceman defenceman Jamie Potter picked up the puck in his own end and broke out for an unassisted goal to make the final 7-1. 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