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J - With just one week remaining until Championship Sunday, the SHL has nine of the ten teams still in the hunt for their favourite Non-Bowl games! All alone at the top with a great playoff run is the Van World Shark gang, who clinched a berth in the "A" Final with their victory this week! Game One saw the Compton Comets get back into orbit with a 4-2 victory over the Harri out fast with goals by Dave Brownson and Scott Davis assisted by Doug Bronson, Rick Campbell and John Mackey, they just ran out of "octane" as those Comets came to life to take over in periods two and three. Sean Fewer, Dale Bronson, Todd Wilbur and Steve Conners all found the net to lift the spirits of the Compton Squad and double their Playoff Comet scoring in this t win. Game Two had the J &D Hawks amaze their "Super Fan" contingent with yet another victory as they downed the Pineridge Phantoms 4-3. The Phantoms sure weren't pleased at the final buzzer in this match! Both teams played hard for the two points after the scoring parade during the first period settled down to a Aran hack Blazers. Although the Blazers started victories! Wilbur, Cs Darcy Milligan with boos assists apiece completed the ng affair. The Phantoms had scoring ace; John Harman, notch a pair and add an assist. Carl Durham had the other marker with a single assist credited to Mike Geer. For the Hawks it was sponsor, Joe Curran, netting two, with singles to Bill Bridge and Wayne Norton. Bridge, who always is a threat around the net, added three assists, with Clarence Stephenson playoff contest as Fitzgerald Clippers and the Pizza Delight Devils met head- to-head with both' teams needing a victory to stay in reach of the Sharks. , This thriller featured a penalty-free game as the teams stuck to hockey and the chances at both ends of the rink kept weyeryone in suspense! At the buzzer it was the Clippers who p: with a narrow 2-1 victory. The Fitzie boys saw Derek Fitzgerald As Canadi; lous tched a sh decide hockey's Olympic gold medal game, people in many small towns took a special interest because Team Canada was truly theirs. The squad that came within a whisker of beating Sweden for our first gold medal in 32 years represented everyone but took shape barnstorming the rinks of Unity, Sask., Chambly, Que., and Woltville, N.S. If Team Canada had a mileage program, the players would have enough points for a round-trip ticket to Mars, or at least enough fogan upgrade to first class. But even as the hockey world roared excitement, then groaned disapproval at the concept of a shootout settling a game of such itude, the very exis of the team was being debated in board rooms. Despite its silver lining, the national team program might be scrapped. Critics suggest it serves no useful purpose because it competes with junior hockey and, as a haven for players who can't make the big leagues, isn't a viable developmental program. They contend the NHL will soon provide players for the Olympics anyway. There's a problem with that logic, however, because the NHL has bigger fish to fry right now (i.e. collective bargaining with the players) and even if it does get around tq icing teams, forget about seeing them play in Rosetown or Kitimag.£ The National Hockey League might like to have its players at the Olympics but it clearly has no vested interest in hearing 'O Canada' at the end of the tournament. The league craves the promotional value of dream teanis and, in fact, might be better served it Team USA captured gold. Hockey marketing In America would be greatly enhanced. And what of the programs in Canada that go far beyond the eight-team tournament once every four years? Since it revived the national team concept in 1980. Hockey Canada has helped teach and promote the game at every level. Through its Centre of E the ization has d more than 35,000 instructional videos and, through constant touring, contributed hundreds of thousands. of dollars to minor hockey. The team hasn't been a financial bingy, either Only three percent of the $4 million a year budget has from government; the rest has been ge d by gate ipts and While | it's true the best players often give Team Canada the cold shoulder for big money in pro hockey, the nationals have attracted some great talent. More than 100 graduates of the Olympic program. from Eric Lindros to Tom Thombury, have played in the NHL. And there's never been a team more truly representative of Canada than the most recent one. Think about the first line of Petr Nedved, Paul Karlya and Chris Kontos. A veritable cultural mosaic on ice. We usually gauge the success of a hockey program in Canada by the order of finish but should look at other areas when ing-the national team t. To see what Hockey Canada has achieved, look fo Prince Albert, Rimouski, Yellowknife or any of the 130 small communities visited by the national team. It's offered.small-town Canada exposure to hockey at a level otherwise un and made all Canadians feel part of Olympic shootouts. » "Jim Hughson' is sponsored by YAMAHA YAMAHA The Power To Satisfy: Hwy. 57. Tt (O05) 98G-44 ANNOUNCEMENT BeB.Q * » Bernard Imbeault, President of Pizza Delight Corporation Ltd., congratulates Don Mitchell of Pizza Delight, Port Perry, on his new restaurans addition! » Over the past 25 years, our menu selections have expanded as we discovered your appetite for "more on the menu". And now, we are proud to bring you a great new taste with the introduction of Rooster's ~ BBQ. We'll be serving up delicious home-style rotisserie chicken from a recipe perfected at our newest restaurant chain, le Coq Réti, which has been a traditional favourite in Quebec for over 20 years. » Bernard would like to extend an invitation to you to visit Don and his staff at Port Perry's Pizza Delight and Rooster's B:B+Q combination restaurant where you'll find two great tastes now in one place! . 158 WATER STREET PORT PERRY 985-4411 score from Dave Dickson in the second, and then Rick Hope, from Dickson and Tom in the third to take the all two points! The lone Devil'marker was Brian "Red" Stevenson from Dwayne Bronson as the Clippers gave attention to scoring threat Bill VanCamp, to keep him off the score sheet in this must win outing! Game Four saw the Sharks ensure an A Final appearance with a 8-1 victory over the lonsma - . There has no hint of "minnow jokes" in the past seven weeks as this Van World have put on a strong game face and as they say, when you're hot, you're hot! Wayne Fox led the Sharks with a pair of goals and Rick Olaisen added the single. Big "Roc" Owen grabbed a pair of assists while singles went to Randy Prosser and Ron Zaparanuik. The lone Charger goal came from Larry Pilkey who has netted a number during the playoffs! Assists went to Bob Beveridge and goaltender, Don The final game of Playoff Week Seven featured a game that the Crandell's Gamblers would soon like to forget as the Taylor Aces flexed their scoring - muscles and humbled the Riverboat Crew 9-0 This victory put the Aces back "in the "A-Round" hunt as they took the two points, but also added to their plus-minus record, which may prove to be especially important when positions are settled next week! This Pre-Easter Parade to the heet saw all sk on the Ace Team get scoring points and goaltender Troy Glazier have the game shutout! Lance led the way with a Hat trick, while Ken Little potted a pair and single goals went to Told Healey, jason Warner, Bruge Gracie and Ivar Geer. Terry Bache and Rob Evans, both three assists, while Gracie had two and singles went to Little, Lance, Geer, Mark Decosta, Chris Brain and sponsor, Waype Taylor, in this complete team appearance for points! : The stage is set for Easter Sunday to determine the Championship Game \rtieipants. With all tears so , fans may need a pocket calculator when they take in the action next Sunday at the times: 7:60 a.m. Taylor Aces vs. M : ¥ A} 8:50 a.m. Pizza Delight Devils vs. Compton Comets 9:50 a.m. Harrison Blazers vs. J & D Hawks . 10:50 a.m. Van World Sharks va. Fi 11:50 Phanto » a.m. Pineridge vs, Crandell's