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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, December 22,1993 Exhibition Game Benefits Clarke Athletics St. Stephen's Wins High School Hockey Final kilt a i /l ïoâL ù:<' mm «a -, Clarke High School recently held an exhibition basketball game against the Durham Regional Police to help raise money for the Student Student Council and Clarke Athletics. Students were able to pay one dollar to get out of class and watch the game. Above, the starting centre for the police team leaps high into the air to help his team gain control of the opening tipoff. by Chad Maartense It could be said it was third year lucky for the St. Stephen's High School hockey team. They captured the South Kawar- tha league title in convincing fashion, fashion, blanking Clarke 4-0 in a rematch rematch of last year's final. With the help of four powerplay goals and the superb play of Chad Vanderende, St. Stephen's avenged last year's loss to Clarke. Heading into the game, Clarke were the favourites, having beaten St. Stephen's all year. This was the opposite of last year. Last year, Clarke was the underdog and they easily beat St. Stephen's by a score of 5-0. In the early going of the first period, period, it looked as though St. Stephen's Stephen's would be in tough as Clarke goaltender Chad Puk was spectacular, spectacular, making several key saves. St. Stephen's scored first on a great pass by Mike Talolti, to Carlo Warr, who fed the puck to captain Chad Vanderende, who was wide open in the slot. He ripped a shot past Puk for the first of four power- play goals. Just two minutes later, Clarke had a glorious opportunity, but the puck just missed the top comer. St. Stephen's had the pressure on in the late stages of the first, but were unable unable to pull the trigger. Vanderende was a force to be reckoned with all game, as he clearly clearly was the best player on the ice, making great defensive plays as well as putting the puck in the net. With St. Stephen's on the power- play and leading 1-0, Mike Talotti hit Chris Novak with a perfect pass Schedule Set for Christmas Classic While many set aside Boxing Day to recuperate from a hectic schedule the previous day, Toro teams will be doing just the opposite as the Checkers Variety Christmas Classic gets underway. Eight Toro teams from Minor Novice to Major Bantam will go in search of divisional championships as the five-day tournament opens on December 26, and comes to a conclusion conclusion on December 30. Minor-aged teams will open the round robin portion of their schedules schedules on December 26, with finals being being held on December 27 and 28. The major-aged teams will get underway on December 28, with their finals spread out over December December 29 and 30. " It is expected that over 100 games will be played during the five-day period, with the Bowman- ville Recreation Complex and the Darlington Sports Centre acting as the host sites. Seven of the eight divisions have a full slate of eight teams vying for a spot in one of either an A, B, C, or D championship game. The only exception exception is the Minor Novice division, division, where only six teams are entered. entered. Teams in each age group are divided divided into two divisions, and are guaranteed three games during the round robin. Points are awarded for winning or tying games, as well as for winning each period or tying each period of a game. The top teams with the most the 'A' championship, while the second place teams play in the 'B' final. The third and fourth place teams meet in the 'C and 'D' championship championship games respectively. The opening ceremonies, which always include bagpipe players and limousines, will be held at the Recreation Recreation Complex on December 28 at 8:00 p.m. Following that, a dance that is open to the public and is free of charge, will take place in the banquet banquet room of the Recreation Complex. Complex. The following is a list of the teams entered for each age division, as well as the starting times and op- and he made no mistake, putting them ahead 2-0. St. Stephen's had a two-man advantage advantage and scored their third powerplay powerplay goal with just, a minute left in the period. Vanderende notched his second of the game on a point shot that eluded Puk to put St. Stephen's up by three goals heading into the third period. Both teams were evenly matched until St. Stephen's began to take over in later stages of the second period, period, but were unable to ignite the offense. Clarke attempted to make a comeback in the third, but were unable unable to get any quality shots on net. When they did, they were stoned by goaltender John Marco Cannito who played one of his belter games of the year. Then the tide shifted into St. Stephen's Stephen's favor as they were on the powerplay for virtually the entire period. They had several chances, but were unable to score on Puk. Had it not been for the great play of Puk, the score would have been a lot worse. St. Stephen's got their final goal of the game when Warr passed to Talotti, who then shovelled it to red hot Vanderende, who finished off his third goal for the hat trick with 7:48 left in the game. Clarke tried to put the pressure on, but were unable to mount a good attack. In fact, they looked like a team lacking offensive power, which is usually not a problem for Clarke. With the game all wrapped up, things began to turn ugly as a fight erupted with just 32 seconds left in game. Both players were ejected as well as St. Stephen's goalie, Cannito, Cannito, who was deemed to be the third man in. St. Stephen's, having only one goalie, were forced to put a player in net. Clarke was still unable to score as St. Stephen's cruised to a 4- 0 victory "I'm very proud of the team. We've been working for this for three years now and we've finally won" said jubilant St. Stephen's coach, Father Bill Moloney. "It was a frustrating season for us. We weren't always at full strength. We all came together today today and played a heck of a game. In the past, we've been the favourite, but today we were the underdog," said Moloney from outside the dressing room where the celebrations celebrations were taking place. Heading into the game, Moloney asked if this makes up for the previous previous two losses, a big smile came across his face and he said "It sure does." "Vanderende was our key out there. This was his last game of high school hockey and he really put on a show," said Moloney of his star player who netted three goals. Vanderende was to have a signed with the Oshawa Legionaries of the Metro Junior Hockey League after the High School final. "I'm pretty satisfied. It was a good team effort. We came together as a team over the whole year. It was a good way to go out," said Vanderende. "St. Stephen's just beat us everywhere, everywhere, in the comers, in our end, in their end and at the blueline," said Clarke coach Rick Konopka on his team's performance. "Wi)just came out flat. St. Stephen's wts right on the ball." \ Clarke was clearly unable to get lire offence rolling as they vere constantly constantly killing off penalties, which Konopka said was due to poor offensive offensive positioning. It forccl Clarke to hook and grab the St. Stephen's players, which resulted in several penalties. I "I don't want to take anything away from St. Stephen's,' they played a hell of a game. We just weren't ready to play," state! Konopka. Konopka. \ These teams may get one more shot at each other as St. Stephen's will be hosting a tournament in March. ' US wen as me suuu.. s «...es a..u v F - 0 - e , it. Stephen's captain Chad Vanderende accepted the champion- ponents for the' round robin games ,5 fc'lt the outcome would be like the ship trophy from Clarke coach Rick Konopka. St. Stephen's finally points" from each "division" meetTn involving .Bowmanvillc teams. ; flip of a coin. He claimed the game won the title after losing in the championship final game the past two * ' nnulrl Lnun rtnn innil W/Vl n n - . -- * -- -- ' • \ . Minor Novice Pool A Bowmanvillc Ajax Oshawa Canadiens Pool B Pickering Whitby Newmarket December 26,9:00 a.m. vs. Oshawa December 26,6:15 p.m. vs. Ajax December 27,1:10 p.m. vs. Newmarket Minor Peewee Minor Atom Pool A Pool B Bowmanvillc Pickering Whitby Ajax Peterborough Vaughan Willowdalc Orillia December 26,8:00 a.m. vs. Whitby December 26,4:00 p.m. vs. Peterborough December 27,9:00 a.m. vs. Willowdalc Minor Bantam could have gone either way. When years in a row. Pool A Pool B Pool A PoolB Bowmanvillc Toronto Bowmanvillc Peterborough Scarborough Lindsay Ted Reeve Meadowvale Peterborough Pickering New Techumseh Oshawa Markham Ajax Malton TBA December 26,1:00 p.m. vs. Scarborough December 26,2:10 p.m. vs. Ted Reeve December 26,8:00 p.m. vs. Peterborough December 27,10:00 a.m. vs. New Techumseh December 27,2:00 p.m. vs. Markham December 27,5:25 p.m. vs. Malton Major Novice Pool A Bowmanvillc Willowdalc Richmond Hill Welland Pool B Peterborough Oshawa Bruins Orillia Ajax December 28,8:00 a.m. vs. Willowdalc December 29,11:00 a.m. vs. Richmond Hill December 29,4:10 p.m. vs. Welland Major Peewee Pool A Bowmanvillc Brampton Peterborough Leamington Pool B Newmarket Ajax Welland Oshawa Red Wings December 28,3:05 p.m. vs. Brampton December 29,12:00 p.m. vs. Peterborough December 29,9:10 p.m. vs, Leamington Major Atom Pool A Pool B Bowmanvillc Peterborough Ajax Richmond Hill Welland Pickering Willowdalc Orillia December 28,8:00 p.m. vs. Ajax December 29,11:00 a.m. v^. Welland December 29,6:10 p.m. vs. Willowdalc Major Bantam Pool A Pool B Bowmanvillc Peterborough Fort Erie Newmarket Oshawa Red Wings Goulding Park Oakville Whitby December 28,12:00 p.m. vs. Fort Eric December 29,2:00 p.m. vs. Oshawa Red Wings December 29,8:10 p.m. vs. Oakville Members of the St. Stephen's High School hockey team had reason to celebrate after capturing the . South Kawartha League Championship with a convincing 4-0 win over Clarke in the final 'game. It was : a revenge of sorts for St. Stephen's, who lost last year's championship game to Clarke. Thcjncmbcrs of I the South Kawartha League championship team from St. Stephen's arc, (not in order in above photo), I John Marco Cannito, Chad Vanderende, Chris Novak, Chris Chollette, Mike Talotti, Ryan Lèedcr, Chris j Heffeman, Craig Schumacher, Chris Cappuccitti, Andrew Ferguson, Mike Landers, Chris German, Jay j Sinclair, Mike King, Malt Black, Chris Hcino, Carlo Warr, Father Bill Moloney (coach), assistant coach- j cs Reg Hartwick and Mark Gallagher, and manager Mike Carey. Absent was manager Kevin Stark. 0 HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION Improving pour odds against Canada's Vl killer THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON PUBLIC NOTICE TO ITS CITIZENS During the holiday season, the Municipal Administrative Centre will be closed on the following dates: Friday, December 24 At 12:00 Noon Monday, December 27 Tuesday, December 28 Thursday, December 30 At 12:00 Noon Friday, December 31 XCV MUNICIPALITY OF Cjlaiinriton 0NTAI1IO CS-Ind, 5001 Patti L. Barrio, A.M.C.T. 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