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8 The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, January 8,1994 lost 5-2 in a hard-fought struggle. Scoring for Carnation were Jeff Ball and JJ. Worden. Carnation's Jeff Ball received the 'B'final MVP for his team. The Carnation team has improved with better team play and should be Carnation Atoms are Busy The Carnation Florist Atoms were Carnation advanced to the 'B* final busy during Christmas, participating against the Bowmanville Hornets, but in an Atom tournament held by New- e ° " l '"'^ r u ' castle on Wednesday, December 29. Carnation's first game was against Newcastle Gmffies in a very close match-up. Newcastle edged Carnation 3-2 with Jeff Ball scoring two unassisted unassisted goals for Carnation. In Carnation's second game, the team showed improved skating and passing against Peterborough. Carnation Carnation goalie Mike Shrives was consistently consistently sharp throughout' the tourna- ■ , ■ ■ , « • ment. He was backed up by Atom HOmPTS W A defencemen Brad Wood, Bryan Ville- HlUI 11 I IUM IU10 V V II I mere, Andrew Warren and Tommy Tester. The snipers for Carnation came through, scoring seven goals against „„ Tl7 . TT Peterborough's 2. The BRHL Atom Hornets, soon- Scoring for Carnation were JJ. sore d by the Bowmanville Non Worden with two goals and an assist, Contact Hockey League, won the B Tyler Mitchell with two goals and an Championship of the Newcastle Vil- assist, Cole Linfoot with a goal and l a S e Minor Hockey Association s hoi- Kinsmen Clinch 'A T rophy Kinsmen went undefeated in all At 8:03 of the first, a perfect set quhar. With Geranium getting one three games to take the 'A' Champi- up from Adam Farquhar and Neil mark on the board, we knew that we onship at the BRHL Block Parent Degree allowed Adam Sarginson to needed insurance, and that's what tournament held in Orono on De- give us the one-goal lead. With Port Neil Degree did at the two minute cember 28-29 Perry coming back to tie the game mark with assists from Adam Sar- wim oeuer leam piay anu >nuum w Going into the first game four in the second, Neil Degree pumped ginson and Jamie Emond, giving us looking forward to an even better sec- players short, the team' knew they in a short-handed goal from Jamie the 3-1 victory, ond half of the season. had to pull up their socks to win Emond, putting us back into the against Hutton Transport A hat- lead. With 33 seconds remaining in trick by Adam Sarginson, a single the third, Adam Sarginson locked by David Ritchie, and assists from us in with one more for a solid 3-1 Justin White and a couple from victory. Chris Gauthier gave us the 4-2 win- The final game (now back to 11 ning opener that we were looking players)^ was still the toughest of for. " L 1 Good work, Carnation. Christmas Tourney The second game against Port Perry proved to be a real test of teamwork. Now down to 10 players, it gave us a bigger challenge. The coach would like to congratulate congratulate the team's superb perfor- 1 mance. The rock solid goaltending from Matthew Bourgeois, solid defence defence by Jamie Emond, Chris 7 , 0 Gauthier, Matthew Miller, and the all. With a scoreless first, we went excellent forward playing from Brad into the second period. Copping, Justin White, David Ritch- Adam Sarginson placed us on the ie, Neil Degree, Adam Sarginson, scoreboard at 7:20, then again at Adam Farquhar, Mike Brestanski 4:01, with an assist from Adam Far- and Jeffery Dean. assist, Phil Hopkins with a goal, A1 Rahme with a goal, Brad Wood with two assists, Jeff Ball and Bryan Ville- mere with an assist each. Checkers Peewees Face Touch Teams On December 27, the Checkers team met Whitby Accuracy Plus in a fast, hard-hitting game. Checkers got on the board first with a goal by Kevin Stonehouse, assisted by Jeff Collins and Scott Westlake. The score remained 14) until the second period when Whitby Whitby tied it up. Checkers regained the lead with 20 seconds left in the second second period on Kevin Stonehouse's second goal, with assists going to Mark Beitle and Jeff Lee. Whitby tied the game halfway through the third, then scored three unanswered goals. The final score was 5-2 for Whitby. Kevin Stonehouse was chosen MVP of the game. December 28 found the team back on the ice against Port Hope Swiss Chalet. Down 2-0 by the third period, the Checkers team just couldn't get any breaks. Tommy Jennings played defense defense for the first time in this game and made a great play when he scooped what would have been a sure goal out from behind the goalie. goalie. In the third period, Jeff Lee got a pass from Kevin Stonehouse and Jeff Collins and, after tripping over the goalie's stick, managed to flip the puck into the net as he slid across the goalmouth. Checkers fought hard but couldn't get any closer. Jeff Lee was chosen the MVP for this game. The final game was played the same day against Cutting Post. Both teams knew they could not advance in the tournament. Cutting Post scored within 11 seconds of the first faceoff. Then, Checkers came to life and scored seven unanswered goals before the game ended 94. Point-getters were Alan Robb (2g, 2a), Mark Beitle (2g), Kevin Stonehouse (2g, 2a), Jeff Lee (lg, la), Ryan Wood (lg, 2a), Joshua Johnston (lg, 3a), Scott Westlake (2a), Joel Tymchuk (la). Alan Robb was given the MVP award for this game. On January 3, Checkers played an exhibition game against Computer Computer Learning. Computer Learning generously supplied Checkers with a goalie. It was a fast, exciting game, with Checkers winning 5-0. Dusty Stapleton Stapleton played an outstanding game for Computer Learning as he faced numerous shots. Checkers would like to thank Adam Aitchison for minding our net. The point-getters were Alan Robb (2g, 2a), Fraser McArthur (lg, 2a), Kevin Stonehouse (lg, la), Joel Tymchuk (lg, la). iday tournament The Hornets lost their first game by a 2-1 score to a determined Co- bourg squad. Jon Black notched the lone marker, as the Cobourg goalie, with help from his goalposts, shut down the. Hornets' attack. Grafton supplied the opposition in the second game, and the Hornets were in top form. Jon Black led the way with six goals and three assists. Steven King scored twice, and Clint Krummenacher notched a single. Chris Burritt picked up two assists from his goaltending position, and Rob Vale added one as well. The Hornets held Grafton to just one goal as they popped in nine for the win. Carnation Flower Shop Atoms met aminen The Halminen Homes Major Assists...Dunnigan (2), Hand, Cook, live game, with Jobb and Lange as- Bantam Toros were victorious in the Game 3...Toros 4 Oakville 1. sisting. annual Checkers Christmas Classic. Scorers...Hand, Lange, Cook, Cap- The team s league record now tournament by defeating Whitby in puccitti. Assists...Dunnigan, Lange, stands at a very respectable 12-6-1. the ' A' final. Cook, and Cappuccitti. Their next home game is on Satur- In a league game played on Dec. day. January 8, at 5:15 p.m. against The team never lost a game as 23 j n Ajax, the team came away Newmarket, and their final home they won all three round-robin wilh a i_o win Daryl Cook scored game is the following Tuesday, Jan- games. In game one against Fort the only goal 0 f ^ very compet i_ uary 11, at 8:30 p.m. against Ajax. Erie, they perhaps played their best J 0 game of the season to date when they overcame an early 1-0 deficit to win 4-1 and take ail five points by winning all three periods. Game two Was against the the Hornets for the B Championship. Qshawa Red wings an d, despite los- rhr,= R„mtt led the Hornets with j ng second period, they managed to collect four points by winning the game 3-1. Needing only one point from the final game against Oakville, the team never let up and opened a 4-0 lead after two periods. The final score was 4-1 and the team finished with 13 points to put them in the 'A' finals. Against a Whitby team that had defeated them in their last two meetings, meetings, the Toros never let Whitby get into their game plan. They hit them hard, right from the opening faceoff. Their hard work paid off as they scored twice at the end of the first period and again at the beginning of the second to open a three-goal lead. The goals came just six minutes apart. There, was no more scoring until Whitby scored Chris Burritt led the Hornets with stingy, standup goaltending, as the Flower Power could only manage two goals while the Hornets fired in five. Jon Black (2), Steven King (2), and Mike Sellers scored goals. Sean Mitchell (4), Mike Rotondi, Rob Vale, Kyle Widmeyer, Pat and Greg Quin- cam had assists. The Hornets displayed solid teamwork teamwork and are looking forward to the Vaughan Tournament on January 22. Skylight Donuts Bowling League Welcome back to all our bowlers. itie goa is came just six minutes , _ ... We also welcome back Sue Arends apart There was no more scoring Halminen Homes Major Bantam goaltender, Cameron Millar, was to our league. until Whitby scored midway selected as the MVP of the Checkers Variety Christmas Classic Team standings -- Sam Adams 4, trough the third period, but it was hockey tournament, and was presented with a plaque from Warren Tf Kryzanowski 3, Jim Murphy 2, l00 h tt i e too late and the result was Nicholishen. The Toros won the 'A' Championship for their age di- Jeff „ Paul Pappas 2, Joan Muiphy 1, Glenn Smith 1. High single ladies - Joan Murphy Murphy 269 High single men -- Bob Bell 245 Low single ladies - Judy Thompson 87 Low single men -- John Woolner 102 High triple ladies - Arlene Dennis Dennis 636 High triple men -- Sam Adams 659 never in doubt. The Halminen Homes team won by a score of 3-1. Scoring in this game were Derek Arnold, Chris Cappuccitti and Daryl Cook. Assists went to Ryan Jobb, Adam Millar, and Tony Butzer. Game ,1...Toros 4 Fort Erie 1. Scorers...Ryan Jobb, Derek Arnold, Ryan Dunnigan, Derek Lange. Assists... Assists... Nick Hand (2), Lange (2), Cook, Butzer. Game 2...Toros 3 RedWings 1. Scorers...Arnold, Hand, Dunnigan. vision. ne lew «94 1500 ORDER NOW ~ IN STOCK & ON DISPLAY AT OIL, LUBE and Reg. $29.95 UNTIL FEB. 15/94 * Most cars and vans MACINTOSH CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH LTD ./TV 331 PARK RD S . OSHAWA NORTH OF 401 vyc7 SOUTH OF GIBB VV 728-4638 Snowden Service Centre -- BOND ST.-] -8 905-263-8636 5720 Old Scugog Rd. Hampton, Ont. LOB 1J0 Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.