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1 t >mno Weekly '1 .mes, Wednesday. January 19. 2000 OMHA playoffs get under way Novices, peewees and midgets are "good to go" The contracts are signed and ey town that it is, there's no @7 p.m. in Orono. the OMHA playoffs are about doubt the local arena will be Game two - Saturday, January to get underway for the Russ jam-packed game nights cheer- 22, @ 6 p.m. in Minden; Major Plumbing Novices, ing on their local favourites. Game three if necessary - Allin's Orchard Peewees and First round playoff schedules January 23 @ 7 p.m. in Orono. Orono Lumber Midgets rep are as follows: Game four (tie-breaker if need- teams. Russ Major Plumbing ed) - January 29 @ 8 p.m. in Both peewees and midgets Novices vs Newcastle Stars: Minden. will play a four point series-- Game one - Thursday, January two points for a win and one for 20 @ 7 p.m. in Newcastle. Orono Lumber Midgets vs a tie. The peewees will be ham- Game two - Sunday, January 23 Sunderland: rnering it out with Minden @ 6 p.m. in Orono Game one - Friday, January 21 while the midgets battle it out Game three - Thurs., February @ 8:30 p.m. in Orono. with Sunderland. The winners 3 in Newcastle @ 7 p.m. Game two - Saturday, January of each series will move on to Game four - if necessary (a tie- 22, @ 9:30 p.m. in Sunderland, the next round of playoffs. breaker) scheduled for Friday, Game three - Friday, January 28 The Novices on the other February 4, @ 7 p.m. in Orono. @ 8:30 p.m. in Orono. hand, have agreed on a six point Game four - (tie-breaker if nee- series with neighbouring rivals Allin's Orchard Peewees vs essary) Saturday, January 29 @ Newcastle Stars. Minden: 9:30 p.m. in Sunderland. With Orono being the hock- Game one - Friday, January 21 Apple Blossom atoms battle Omemee to a draw Orono's Apple Blossom Armstrong and Joel McDonald. Hodgson, Joel McDonald, atoms battled to a 5-all tie in a Not content with one goal, Jonathan Picco, Paul Bridger, rematch with Omemee pn Bridger blew two more past the Josh Flynn, Chris Gallant, Sunday. Omemee goaltender to com- Brock McGill Alex Hart, It was with a lot of hard plete the hat-trick. Greg Howe Dustin Armstrong, Heather work and determination, that rounded out the scoring with Maitland, Greg Howe, Tyler Emma Lunn scored Apple Orono's fifth and final goal Skelton, Lucas Leech. Blossom's first goal from unassisted. They are coached by Frank Jonathan Picco and Brock The Apple Blossom team Maitland, Rick Howe and Brad McGill. Then, Paul Bridger fol- consists of the following hard- Leech and managed by Joanne lowed Lunn's lead firing one working members: Emma Flynn who keeps everyone on home on passes from Dustin Lunn, Cory Veloce, Daniel track! Fibergrate Canada's atom player of the week is Doug Deboo. Playing center and shooting left, Doug is Fibergrate's face-off specialist! specialist! Stuff's mixes it up with Shirmax and HIillbrook Stutt's Pharmacy nôvices took to the ice at the Garnet Rickard Complex in what proved to be . an exciting, action-packed encounter with the Bowmanville Shirmax team which ended in a 2-1 loss. With just nine skaters, Stutt's played a strong defensive defensive game led by Josh McGill, Matt Mercer and Mitch Harding. Numerous spectacular saves were made by Orono Netminder, Alanna Ticknor. Orono managed to hold the opposition at bay until late in the second period when Shirmax popped one into the Leaf net taking a 1-0 lead. Shirmax came out strong at the beginning of period three pushing the puck into the Orono net once more padding their lead at two. Orono had many scoring opportunities including a breakaway breakaway late in the second by Michelle Bridger as she broke in on the wing, only to be beaten beaten by the buzzer! Orono kept pressing and were finally rewarded for their efforts late in the third when Nick Kuijpers picked up a rebound and banged it homenarrowing homenarrowing the gap to within one. However, that was how the score remained. An outstanding effort was put forward by all skaters including Matt Mercer, Zach Flood, Michelle Bridger, Nick Hutchinson, Josh McGill, Alex Shkuratoff, Nick Kuijpers, Mitch Harding, Cody Dulbecco and Alanna Ticknor. Other members of the Orono team include Derek Snow, Noel Snow, v Harley McColl, Tyler Elson, Kevin Griffen and Howie.Sutherland. In exhibition play on the road against Millbrook January 10, Stutt's found themselves in a scoreless match until midway through period two when Orono scored three unanswered goals. Still pressing, Stutt's fired home another late in the third taking a comfortable 4-0 lead. However, with three-and-a- half minutes left in the game, Millbrook rallied scoring three in a row cutting Orono's lead to one. In a last-ditch effort to even things up, Millbrook pulled their goalie. However, it was to no avail as Orono steadfastly steadfastly stood their ground unwilling to give up a goal. Orono's offense was supplied supplied by Kevin Griffen who scored two goals, and Mitch Harding and Nick Kuijpers who each tallied one in the victory In league play, T-Mac Insulation were all over Orono's Fibergrate Canada atoms in Saturday's 7-3 loss.. Up until midway through the second peridd, it was a close game. Mike Hisson made some great saves fighting off a relentless T-Mac attack. Adam Wood scored two quick goals in the second with assists going to Josh Dobson and Jonathon Koerssen, Blain Cox and Brien Konopka. Wood completed a hat-trick with Koerssen and Konopka assisting. Also playing a good game on Saturday were teammates Sarah Donnelly, Robyn Henderson, Doug Deboo, Andrew Fudge, Matt Smit, Dennis Beenen, Matt Fuller, Kevin Bourke, Justin Westerink and Kenny Jackson.