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i 6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, March 9,1994 Salesperson of the week Bench Brawl! by Brad Kelly Whoever coined the phrase "I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out," must have had Sunday night's Jr. C game in mind. A major brawl involving players and coaches from both teams empted with 13:01 left in the second period in game three of this bitterly-contested bitterly-contested league championship series between Bowmanville and Port Perry. When the hostilities subsided, 12 players (six from each team) and two coaches (one from each team) were ejected for their part in the punch-up. Overshadowed by the boxing matches is the fact that it was Bowmanville Bowmanville who answered the bell in this game. Led by the four-goal performance of Curtis Hodgins in the first period, Bowmanville collected its first win in this best-of-seven se- ries, 9-4. , , . u . A ^-minute brawl involving players and coaches from both Bow- Marlc Watson Bowmanville .and assistant coach Port Perry still mamtains a two-games-to-one lead in the senes, manville and Port Perry highlighted the third game of the best-of- Port p erry were e j ected f TOm the game following the and hosts game four tonight at 8:00 p.m. Game five is Thursday seven Jr. C league championship series played at the Recreation niinrh 1in Rnwmnnville wnn the aame 9-4 night in Bowmanville at 7:30 p.m. Complex on Sunday night. In all, six players from each team, coach P uncn " u P- sowmanviue won uie game . Over 200 Penalty Minutes Called in Second Period Punch-up Ian Cooper of second period The ghosts of the old Memorial Arena on Queen Street were certainly certainly awakened Sunday night. The game was a throwback to the old days of Jr. C hockey, when brawls of this nature seemed to occur on a regular basis. - , ; The main thrust of the Fights centered centered around, and in, the Bowmanville Bowmanville players' bench, after Port Perry's Shannon Todd was pulled into the bench by Gary Armstrong. Players from both teams quickly • convened, sparking a number of individual individual fights on the ice and at the bench. ' Players and coaches from Port Perry crossed over the small area that separates the two benches in an attempt to rescue Todd, who was being being pummelled. . On the ice -- which was littered with gloves, sticks, sweaters and various articles of equipment -- players from both teams continued to prolong the fighting. When peace was finally restored, players were sent to their respective dressing rooms while referee Gus Bambridge tried to sort out the •mess. After a delay of some 15 minutes, minutes, six players from each team were ejected from the game. Bowmanville Bowmanville lost Armstrong, Scott Pollard, Pollard, backup goaltender Drew Campbell, Jeremie Pate, Jeff Hint- off, and Hodgins. For Port Perry, Steve Staniland, Steve Laird, Shannon Todd, Jeremy Ross, Brad Moase, and Gavin Cochrane Cochrane were ejected. Bowmanville coach Mark Watson, Watson, and Port Perry assistant coach Ian Cooper were slapped with gross misconducts for their part in the brawl. In all, over 200 minutes were dished out At the time of the brawl, Bowmanville Bowmanville were leading the game 7-1. Watson noted after the game that he could sense something was about to transpire, but never imagined it would escalate into the melee that it was. Watson accused Port Perry's Shannon Todd of spitting into the Bowmanville bench, which brought on the altercation. "He (Todd) just got a little too Skylight Donut Bowling League This week, Ken Cowling bowled a 263, Philip Balson a 215, Paul Pappas a 126 (ouch), Penny Vanson a 165, Lori Gannon a 187 Team standings are - Sam Adams Adams 26, Joan Murphy 21, Jeff Kry- zanowski 20, Glenn Smith 19, Paul Pappas 14, Jim Murphy 8 Low single ladies - Jan Fisher 73 Low single men - Vince Lcndo 111 High single ladies - Joan Murphy Murphy 255 High single men - Ken Cowling 263 High triple ladies - Joan Murphy 620 High triple men -- Sam Adams 628 High average ladies -- Joan Murphy Murphy 212 High average men -- Sam Adams 219 close to the bench and ended up in it," said Watson. Though he didn't condone what happened, Watson did say that his club can build on what transpired for the remainder of the series. , f . "It's a positive thing for our club because everybody stuck together,' throughout," he said. "That's not the way we want to play, though. ' ' | Bowmanville gave an example of how they wanted to play in the > opening period of this game. Hodgins, who hadn't registered a goal in the first two games of the series, series, scored the first four Bowmanville Bowmanville goals. He also picked up an as- : sist on Brad Robinson's goal, which gave Bowmanville a commanding 5-1 lead after the opening period. The onslaught continued in the second period, as Bowmanville stretched the lead to 9-3 on goals by Armstrong, Pollard, Dave Stockton and Gary Adams. Jason Cochrane had a pair of goals for Port Perry, while Kevin McDonald and Nathan Brown had one apiece. "The most important thing tonight tonight is that we played and skated well, and got ourselves back into this series," said Watson. As for the possibilities of another eruption like Sunday night's happening happening in the scries, Watson maintained maintained that both teams will probably settle down and play hockey. "That should be it," he said. "What usually happens is you have a lot of fights in one game, a lot of fails show up for,the next game, and the players stick to playing hockey.'.» hockey.'.» uoiKtiar • . ••• }M:P' Should game six be necessary, it will be Saturday night in Port Perry, while game seven would be back in Bowmanville on Sunday. THE SCOOP - When Bowmanville Bowmanville began to run up the score in the second period, 'Port Perry didn't-make a goaltending chànge until it was already 8-1. The reason? Backup goaltender Shawn Larocque was late arriving to the game. The car in which he and another teammate teammate were travelling, slid off an icy road and into a ditch. Larocque allowed allowed Bowmanville's ninth goal on the first shot he faced...One of the linesman for.. Sunday's ..game, Ian Smith, is the younger brothcr of defenceman defenceman Steve Smith of the Chicago Chicago Blackhawks. 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