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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, APRIL 3,2002 PAGE 13 Sports a CANADIAN STATESMAN APRIL 3 , 2 0 0 2 Orono bantams finish strong for Ontario title A../. GROEN/ Statesman photo ORONO - Onmo's Kyle Allin (11) tries to slow the progress of a Thed- forcl player during Game 6 of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association D finals on Saturday. Orono won the provincial title the following day with a Game 7 win in Tliedford. Flames shine bright in playoffs CLARINGTON - After finishing the regular season at the lop of the Central Central East Girls' Hockey League with a record of 21-2, the Clarington J&M Tire Flames team were the champs in the novice rep playoffs. The Flames shutout Lindsay 3-0. Goals were scored by Megan Kirkham, Aliya Minncma, and Melissa Berney. Assists came from Rebckah Thomas, Stephanie Spencer, Brcanne McPaul and Courtney Rank. Thomas led the way in a 5-1 victory over Port Hope, scoring two goals and one assist. Kirkham got a goal and an assist. Single goals came from Berney and McPaul. Brittany Foote got two assists, assists, with singles from Rank. Min ncma and Brigitte,Hillebrand,,,,, Kirkham scored the only goal in a 1- 0 victory over Cold Creek. Her goal was assisted by Foote and Thomas. The playoff championship game was a re-match against Cold Creek with the Flames victorious 5-1. Berney got two goals and an assist.. Rank scored one goal and three assists. Carly Marchmcnt got one goal and one assist. Thomas scored one goal. Single assists came from Foote and Spencer. In a recent exhibition game against the Oshawa Panthers, Clarington won 3-0. Emily Marks, Berney and Rank scored goals. Assists came from Marclunent (2), Rank, Juliana Conte and Berney. Jennifer Jennifer Robins was awesome in net for all the Flames games. Juveniles come up short in series against Dresden BY BRAD KELLY Staff Writer ORONO - Make room for another championship banner in Orono. The bantams became the second Orono team to collect an Ontario Minor Hockey Association D championship championship this season, posting a pair of wins and a tie against Tliedford over the weekend to win the final scries nine points to five. Orono clinched the series with a 5- 3 win in Game 7 Sunday in Tliedford, concluding a hectic weekend that included included a 2-2 tic in Game 5 in Tliedford Friday followed by a convincing 6-0 home-ice win in Orono Saturday. Originally a best-of-seven, the series was altered to an eight-point affair following following the Game 5 tie. Coach Brian Allin said his team's physical play might have been the difference difference after splitting the first four games of the series. "The boys went out and played the body and wore (Tliedford) down," he said of the series. ' After Sunday's win he "congratulated "congratulated them and told them it all started from the first of October when we went undefeated in the regular season and only lost three games in the playoffs. playoffs. "It was an excellent all-round year." Allin also credited goaltenders Ian Crashley and Kevin Martin, who shared the duties throughout the series. It marks the second time Allin has been behind the bench of an Ontario championship team in Orono, serving as an assistant coach with a peewee team that won- three seasons iigo. In ! r bur i 'ti-i-.lv ">,tv vd vsrtvi.i-jn,no comparing the two, he said it was the "same feeling" although this team was slightly different. "I think the boys had to work for it a little harder. We didn't have any superstars superstars and had more balance" than the team three seasons ago. The bantams were the second team from Orono to cash in on a provincial title. The midgets were the first team to win, sweeping Tliedford in a best-of- seven series. The third team to advance to the finals, finals, the juveniles fell short in their quest, losing in four games to Dresden. Trailing the best-of-five OMHA C- CC juvenile series 2-1, Orono's season came to a conclusion with a 3-0 loss in Game 4 in Dresden on Friday. "I told the players we could go out and play three more periods and not score," said coach Jim Knight, whose team did everything but get on the scoreboard. "We just couldn't get a goal. There was a feeling that if we got one goal we were going to get three, but we couldn't get that first one." It was the second time in the scries Orono was blanked, losing the opener in Dresden 4-0. "Dresden was the best team we played. They didn't outplay or outwork outwork us. We had our chances. They just didn't have any superstars or weak links." Knight is hopeful the foundation has been laid for a successful season next year, hinting he would like to be back behind the bench of the team "for another shot" at an OMHA title. 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