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( 10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, February 23,1994 Last Loss was January 25, 1992 by Brad Kelly A winning streak that has spanned a two-year period tor professional lacrosse player Jim Veltman came to an end on Saturday night. Veltman's Buffalo Bandits of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League, lost their first game since January 25 of 1992, dropping a 14-10 decision to the Boston Blazers. The loss, in front of a capacity crowd at the Buffalo Auditorium, brought to an end the team's 22-game winning a phys-ed teacher at Durham Christian High School. "The streak was always in the back of our minds, but nobody wanted to talk about keeping it alive. Now that it's over, it's kind of a relief. Now we can settle down and get back to playing lacrosse," said Veltman, Buffalo put together a 22 game streak that enabled them to win back-to-back league championships. This season, their winning ways continued. They posted victories in the first four games of the regular season. The streak was even threatening to become the longest in the history of pro sports. The current mark of 33 was set by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1972. "The players said afterwards that we were too relaxed in warmup, and weren't focused for the challenge that every team gives us," said Veltman. In two games last season against Boston, the Bandits managed two victories. But both wins were by a margin of one In Saturday's game, Veltman fired a goal and added three assists, which moved him into fifth spot in the league scoring "They needed a little more offence out of me, so I hope I'm satisfying them," said Veltman. In five games, he has seven goals and 14 assists. SCOREBOARD Newcastle Figure Skating Members are Keeping Busy Central Ontario Jr. C A&R Flooring 4 10 1 9 Quarter-Finals Bowmanville defeats Bobcaygeon 4-0 Shoppers Drug Mart Major Tvkes 2 10 3 7 Port Perry defeats Lakefield 4-1 DufFerin Aggregates 13 3 0 26 Little Britain defeats Uxbridge 4-1 MacGregor IDA 12 4 2 26 Rotary Club 10 6 2 22 Semi-Finals Durham TV 9 10 0 18 Port Perry vs. Little Britain Tim's Rental 6 9 2 14 (Port Perry leads series 2-1) Deighton Assoc. 4 12 1 9 Bowmanville Non-Contact League Lange's Photo Novice 3 14 1 7 (Round One of Playoffs) Union Oil 13 2 0 26 Team W L T Pts. Carter's Bakery 9 3 2 20 Burke Division Thurs. Night Hockey 9 3 1 19 Beasties 2 0 1 5 Roughley Insurance 8 7 3 19 Hanes 0 2 1 1 Braggs Wild Seed 9 6 0 18 Liberty Mutual 8 6 1 17 D. Base 2 0 1 5 James Insurance 7 5 2 16 A&D Truckshop 0 2 1 1 Bow. Sports Shop 6 8 1 13 All Canadian Awards 4 8 2 10 Oliver Division National Trust 1 4 8 10 Hooper's Trophies 3 0 0 6 Young Drivers 4 8 1 9 Cdn. Home Therapy 0 3 0 0 Horner's Petro Can. 3 9 2 8 (Hooper's wins series) M&M Meats Atoms 1 12 0 2 Mosport 0 3 0 0 Bow. Non-Contact 11 3 1 23 Dutchman 3 0 0 6 Ontario Hydro 10 3 1 21 (Dutchman wins series) Pineridge Insurance 9 3 2 20 Kinsmen Club 7 4 2 16 Shaeke(tofl DlYisiOU T-Mac Insulation 6 .8 1 13 Preston 2 10 4 Pizza Pizza 5 7 2 12 Pattern 12 0 2 Carnation Florists 4 9 2 10 Geranium Homes 4 10 2 10 Blues 2 10 4 Hawks 1202 Hutton Transport Peewees 2 11 1 5 Weekly Results Mr. Submarine 13 1 1 27 D. 1 Base 3 A&D Truckshop 0 Beasties 8 Hanc's 3 Dykstra's Deli 9 4 1 19 Hooper's Trophies 8 4 3 19 Hooper's Trophies 15 Cdn. Home Therapy 1 Checkers Variety 8 5 2 18 Dutchman 9 Mosport 5 Cutting Post 5 9 1 11 Pattern 1 Preston 0 Computer Learning 2 12 0 4 ' King. St. Bar & Grill 5 Hawks 4 Rolph Novico Bantams 2 13 0 4 Bowmanville Recreation Hockey League Kool Enterprises 9 4 1 19 (as of February 15) Bow. Sand & Gravel 8 3 2 18 Team W L T Pts. Remax Realtors 7 4 3 17 Min or 'Tykes Power Vac 4 6 3 11 J&M Customs 14 2 0 28 Skylight Donut 3 6 5 11 Skylight Donut 11 3 0 22 Beaver Lumber 5 9 2 12 Roy Nichols Motors 2 10 2 6 Defending Champs Still Wailing Eagles Staying Sharp During Layoff Mg! Tracy Hart (firent row, far right), represented the Newcastle Figure Skating Club at a couple of meets recently. At Minden she was sixth, while at Pineridge she finished fifteenth. Other results from the Pine- ridge meet include, front row, (1-r), Julian Norton (5th Figures, 4th Freeskate), Robyn Cooper (10th>, Amy Woodcock (11th). Back row, (1-r), Jennifer John (12th), Nicole Norton (6th Figures, 5th Freeskate), Freeskate), Shannon Hicks (16th Figures, 6th Freeskate), Karen Nuttall (14th Figures, 15 Freeskate), Peter Andreas Andreas (6th). Late Goal Gives Carnation a Win On Saturday, February 19, the Carnation Flower Power Atoms played against Geranium Homes in an exciting match-up. In the first period, the flower power scored first, with centre A1 Rahme netting a goal with a high rocket, assisted by Bryan Villemerc. Flower power centre J.J. Worden scored his team's second goal, with the assist coming from Phil Hopkins. Hopkins. Geranium replied with a goal by right winger John Spicer, assisted assisted by Ryan Hill and Adam Smith. In the second period, Geranium's Jeff Hrdlicka scored, unassisted, to tic the game. Jeff Hrdlicka gave his team the lead with his second goal of the game, assisted by Trevor Ly- cett. The flower power team rallied at the end of the period, with right winger Phil Hopkins stuffing in a goal, assisted by JJ. Worden and Ottorino Akcsol to lie the game. Both goaltcndcrs played sharp for their team, but flower power's Mike Shrives shone a little brighter in the third period, shutting out all of Geranium's shooters. JJ. Worden scored the game-winner for Carnation, Carnation, with the assist by Ottorino Akcson. 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Your Way- 39 Temperance Street North Bowmanvillc • 623-2514 f by Brad Kelly The wait could be over as early as tomorrow night for the Bowman- viUe Goodyear Eagles. The defending Central Ontario 1 league champions are still in limbo as they await word of their opponent for the next round. v'A After disposing of Bobcaygcon in four easy games, Bowmanvillc elected to bypass the semi-final , round, forcing Port Perry and Little Britain to face one another. That series stands two games to one in favour of Port Perry. Game four is tonight, while game five of the series is Thursday. Both games are in Port Perry and, should the MoJacks prevaU in both, the league final could begin as early as next Tuesday night '/■ "That is going to be a good, tough series. Both teams are evenly matched," said Bowmanvillc coach Mark Watson, who attended game one of the series. If Little Britain should win a game and prolong the series, the extra extra time off won't be a factor for Bowmanvillc said Watson, who supported supported the decision to take the bye. "I think we would have been dumb for not taking it," said Watson. Watson. "If we had picked another team, they would have been pumped, figuring that we felt we could beat them easily." Aside from the time off to allow some nagging injuries to heal, Watson Watson has been able to implement some new ideas into practices. To avoid becoming game stale, a couple of exhibition games were also scheduled with Conestoga College. College. The first of two was played in Bowmanvillc on Sunday night, with the Eagles winning by a 74 margin. Bowmanvillc held period leads of 2-1 and 5-2. Jcrcmie Pate and Gary Armstrong Armstrong had two goals each for Bowmanvillc. Bowmanvillc. Kirby Moore, Pete Young and Dave Stockton tallied one apiece. The return game will be held in Conestoga this Saturday afternoon. Should Little Britain advance to the finals, it would the second year in a row that the two teams met for the league championship. However, last year the match-up happened in reverse order. Little Britain finished first in the regular season,' and swept Bobcay- geon in four straight games. Meantime, Bowmanvillc needed seven games to get past Lakefield, then swept Port Perry in the semifinals. semifinals. In the finals, Bowmanville swept Little Britain in four straight games, capturing their eighth league title in the team's history. The last one was in 1984-85. When the final series does begin, Watson expects his team to show no til effects from the layoff. "I think we'll be just fine," he predicted confidently. "I expect one bad period, and then we'll be right into it Hie guys have a lot of pride and are a very good club." It's expected that Bowmanville will be hosting a playoff game on Sunday, March 6, at the Recreation Complex. Jeremic Pate was able to flip this backhand shot past the Conestoga Conestoga College goaltendcr during an exhibition game Sunday night at the Recreation Complex, Bowmanville won the game, 74, as the team fries to stay ready for the league finals, which could begin as early as next week. A Ontario Hydro NOTICE TO ALL CUSTOMERS Ontario Hydro is undergoing a series of changes to keep costs under control and the following changes are EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY at the Bowmanville (Lakeshore) office: - cash payments for bills will no longer be accepted. A deposit box has been provided for your cheque and tear-off portion of your bill. - all billing Inquiries should be directed to 1-800-263-2070. - all Electrical Inspection Inquiries should be directed to 1-705-745-3236. - customers needing Information about lines, forestry or customer service, please call 623-2561. - In the event of power outages, please call, day or night, 623-2561 or 1-800-263-8028. Central Ontario Electric Ontario Hydro