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player. À tripping penalty was call- . ctl but a penalty shot was warranted as he was totally in the clear. > The final goal was scored off a Support Your Team • ' was left alone in front of the net H*pii*e*eHHHH*IB*WH*H**i*^****® ' and the goalie down from the initial Come Out And Commodore Atoms tied with Oakwood GAME ONE ■ The championship playoff series for the Tri-County Atom Commodores Commodores against Oakwood got under way on Wednesday, February 26, 1986 on Orono home ice. From the opening face off the Commodores started out flat, allowing Oakwood to keep the puck in the Orono end of the ice for the entire first eight minutes of the first period. Good positional play and saves by the Commodores', goalie, Jarrett Aus, kept the Oakwood team off the scoreboard. In the last minutes of the period the Commodores Commodores started to turn on some pressure and swing the tide in their direction. A tripping 'penalty to Oakwod with eight seconds remaining remaining in the period gavç the Commodores Commodores the chance they needed and the power play paid off with some hard work and digging in the corners when at the 0:33 mark of the second period, Chris Veo passed the puck to Ryan Rock in the face off circle and Ryan took a hard shot that deflected off an Oakwood player's skate into their net. The play continued up and down the ice with chances at both ends but good defensive play by the defensemen and back checking by the forwards'kept the oppositions' offensive opportunities down. This shaky 1-0 Commodore lead rerhained until the 2:38 matj< of the third period when Orono was playing playing short-handed and still forcing (.he play in the Oakwood end, Ryan Hock dug the puck out from behind the Oakwood net and fired a high bad angle shot that deflected off the Tri-County Midgets now in consolation bid' On February 17th the Orono Tri- County Midgets played at home against Little Britain in their playoff series. Little Britain out played Orono and won by a 4-3 score. Scoring for Orono were Rob Jerome, David Little and Darren Lewis. Assists went to Darren Lewis (2), David Little, Mike Lane and Rob Jerome. On February 21 the Orono Tri- County Midgets travelled to Little Britain and came home losing again, 6-4. Scoring for Orono were Darren Lewis, Scott Irwin, John Cowan, and Tim Mercer. Assists went to John Cowan (2), Scott Ir- wip (2), Tim 'Mercer and Darren Dennis. On February 24th Orono were at home against Little Britain with their backs to the wall. All Little Britain needed to do was tie the game to beat out Orono. Orono certainly played their hearts oyt but Little Britain managed to gêt the tying tying goal in the dying minutes of the game. Scoring for Orono were Rod Storesbergen, Darren Lewis and Darren Dennis with two goals. Assists went to Tim Mercer 2, Rob Jerome, Rod Storesbergen and Mike Lane. With this game Orono was knocked out by Little Britain. Orono now plays against Fenelon Falls and Ennismore in the consolation consolation round. goalie's helmet to Dan Walters who tapped the puck into the net. The game ended 2-0 for the Commodores Commodores and a 1-0 edge in the best of five game series. GAME TWO Game No. 2 for the Orono Commodore Commodore Atoms was another cliff- hanger that tied the series with Oakwood, one game each. Playing in Oakwood the opposition again put pressure on the Commodores early in the game and notched their first goal at the 1:08 mark of the first period. The goal came after Jarrett Aus had made the save on,a shot from the face off circle and went down to cover up the loose puck but Oakwood players kept digging for the puck and eventually poked it into the net. The game saw much end-to-end play through the rest of the first period and tÿlïbf the second period with some outstanding saves by the Commodore goalie and many close calls and the Oakwood net. A pass out from Chris Yeo to Greg Hooper in front of the net just grazed the Oakwood goal post and a pass to an open Dan Waiters in front again just missed the mark. The puck was just not bouncing for the Commodores Commodores this night. One of the most significant plays of the game came when Ryan Rock had a clear breakaway from centre ice, with the score still l-O, he was pulled down from behind by an Oakwood save. The defensive corps of the Commodores, Commodores, John Buttigieg, Shane Jones, Ryan Tomlinson and Neil. . Haines played a good game, thwarting thwarting many Oakwood drives. Game No. 3 was played in Oakwood on Monday, March 3rd and a full report will be given next week, ■ * (Continued page 5) ATTENTION! Competitive Ladies Slow-Pitch Team (Copper- fields - Oshawa) arè looking for additional players for the 1986 season. Prospective players must be willing to travel for week-end tournaments as well as making commitment for league play. Indoor tryouts begin mid-March. For further information please call Wayne at 263-2941. KEM PAINT SALE OMHA Novice return to their winning ways After slumping their way out of the playoffs the boys rebounded lately with two wins and a tie in thêir last three games, including a 5-0 /thumping over one of their playoff opponents. F'irst, it was off to beautiful downtown Port Perry by the lake on February 21. The Perryites had beaten us. in a recent tournament 3-2 and it looked like they were going to win again, taking a 2-0 lead into the third period with the home multitude in the bleachers cheering them on. Fighting back hasn't been our heroes strong point this year, but fight back they did, led by number 4. Daryl scored two goals in the final frame to give us a share of the points. Jeff Hughes and Michael Dresiinski assisted on the first, while Drew Hansen and Michael D. set up the second. Manvers visited Orono the next day likely thinking that they would pick up where they left off in the playoffs. But not to be! Orono hung a 5-0 stunner on them! Where were all these goals when we needed them? A no scoring first period led into a productive second set with goals becoming the order of the day. Brandon Meadows started things rolling, ably assisted by Aaron Staples and Henry Kaldeway. Next, Daryl Reid continued continued his scoring ways with two more goals. The boy was really flying!! flying!! This time, he. was assisted by ! Henry, Ben Deremo, Paul Woods •and Mike Landers. The last period saw Orono continue to #>ress and being* rewarded by two more goals from : Apron «.Staples and guess who!? Aaron's goal was set up by Jamie Shetler while our version of Wayne who scored the last goal unassisted. Chad Maartense played well in goal, as he has all year, during during these two, games. Pickering Novices visited for bur last playoff game of the season but were li'o match for our now' hot .gang. Drew Hansen got us going with, a nice goal halfway through the first period with assists going to Daryl Reid (watch this space) and Jeff Hughes. Along came the second second period and D.R. scored the first of four! His linemates had a good night too as- they picked up a total of thirteen points on the night! Way to go, boys! The third period started with Aaron Staples scoring on a giveaway by the Pickering defense. Mark Foster helped on this one. Pickering scored one at this juncture to reduce the Orono lead to 3-1. Up to this point, Chad hadn't had a lot to do as the defense had kept the Pickering forwards at bay. The last five minutes belonged to Daryl as he scored a natural hat trick, two on the final shift of the game. Assists were spread out among Jeff Hughes, Drew Hansen, Paul Woods t^rd Andrew Burton. Daryl certainly had a good week with 9 goals and 1 assist. Well done, Daryl! '* Flat Latex 4 Litre 19.99 Low Lustre Latex 4 L 24.99 Semi Gloss Latex4 L 24.99 Alkyd Low Lustre 4 L 28.99 Alkyd Semi Gloss4 L 28.99 Country Whites Flat 4 Litres 19.99 Low Lustre 4 Litres 24.99 Semi Gloss 4 Litres 24.99 C.I.L. Flat Latex 4 Litres 9.99 (TINTING EXTRA) ' Solitec Solid Paint 4 Colours 19.99 Rolph Dominion Main Street, Orono Sale Continues Through March Hardware 983-5207 ?