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-- =" 18 -- Scugog Citizen - Tuesday, October 24, 1995 A New book nr world of old timer hockey Like many Canadian youngsters, Ted Barris thought his hockey playing days were over years ago when as a 16-year old he wasn't good enough to make a Bantam rep team. But like hundreds of Ted Barris Is an old timer hockey player who as written a new book about old timers hockey. See review above. thousands of men (and women) Barris re- discovered this beloved sport. For the past 16 years, the Uxbridge author has been playing oldtimers hockey on several teams year round. And he has written a book about it. "Playing Overtime," is a delightful look at the birth and extra- ordinary growth of oldtimers hockey over the last two decades. . Sub-titled "a celebration of old-timers hockey," Barris leads his readers through the creation of the Canadian Old Timers Hockey Assoc. (COHA) in 1975, the story of the Isles cruise to 7-3 victory The Port Perry Midget B Islanders played host to Cannington on Wednesday October 18 and even though they were short four players due to suspensions the Islanders turned in a very good effort as they rolled to a 7- 3 victory. The Islanders came out flying in the first period and the good hustle paid off as they drew first blood three minutes into the game as Chris Drury fired one home unassisted to give the local boys a quick 1-0 lead. The Islanders continued their hard work and were rewarded for their efforts as Dave Kamminga tipped in an Adam Smith shot giving the Islanders a 2-0 lead. Todd Parry and Ashley Van Shelven went in on a two on one and made it look like they had done this play a million times as Parry slipped the puck over to Van Shelven who fired it home to give the Islanders a 3-0 lead at the end of the first period. The second period opened | with the Islanders starting out front and waited until he found an opening before "he fired it home to make it now a 4-2 game. The Islanders continued to play hard and basted one in and Scott Heffern was Johnnie on the spot to tuck the rebound home to extend the Islanders lead to 5-2. Ashley ' Van Shelven picked up his hat trick as he worked the perfect give and go with Scott Heffern to stretch out. the Islanders lead to 6-2 to close out the second period. The, third period had the Islanders all but run out of gas as Cannington really took control of the play but were 'unable to solve Islander goaltender Doug Short who came up big time and time again to thwart the. Cannington shooters. The two teams did exchange goals in this period however, as it was Ryan Puckrin who picked up a point shot from Chris Drury off the boards and fired it home to cloge out the scoring giving the Islanders a well deserved to show the effects of the short bench as the backchecking started to disappear and the shifts started to shorten. This allowed Cannington to mount a bit of a comeback as they fired home a couple of quick goals to make a game of it at 3-2. This seemed to wake up the Islanders as Ashley Van Shelven picked up his second goal of the game on a nice solo effort as he carried the puck around the Cannington net, hung onto the puck as he circled win by the final score of 7- 3. : Also having strong games for the Islanders: were Brad Eadie who threw out some bone crunching bodychecks, Noah Dorland who moved up to pldy the wing from his regular position of defenceman due te the manpower shortage and Matt Blowe who did a good job on penalty killing and back checking. The Islanders next home game is on October 25 against Sunderland with a 9:15 p.m. start time. famous Flying Fathers who have 'delighted millions, "hamburger hockey," the well known Peanuts tournament in California organized by Charles Schultz, and Hockey Night in Uxbridge when a group of former NHLers come to town to take on the Black Hawks. In a recent interview with the Citizen, Barris said the idea for the book had been in his mind for years. His publisher suggested he write a book ~ om hockey and for three years, he travelled acrgss Canada and into the United States conducting over 300 interviews. It was a labour of love, he readily admits listening to the stories in the dressing rooms, sharing a few cold ones, hearing the laughter and jokes, watching the antics. "Some of the stories were very moving. You get a wonderful sense of the team spirit, the emotional context of this game," he said. Nobody is exactly sure just how many people are playing oldtimers hockey Aces throttle Game one this weekend was played by the Taylor Fuel Aces and the Pizza Delight Roosters. The game was opened by Carl Durham's goal which was assisted by John Harman and Terry Flieler. Mark Pehlemann, also of the Roosters, scored the second goal with Tony Oxley's and Brian Stevenson's assists. Then Steve Dunn of the Aces slipped in their first goal with assistance from Al Bonner and Ken Little. John Harman received the puck from Mark Pehlemann and Brian Stevenson to score the third Rooster goal. In the last seconds of the second period Dave Bourgeois was assisted by John Harman in his first goal today. In the beginning of the third period Dave Bourgeois was again assisted by John Harman for another goal. Richie LeFort of the Aces was assisted by Sean Fewer and Ken Little for the last goal for the Aces. Bruce Gracie scored another goal with assists from Dave Bourgeois and John Harman, thén he scored another, assisted by Dave Bourgeois and Tony Oxley. John Harman scored the next! goal, also assisted by Dave Bourgeois, and Brad Hurst. Finally Bruce Gracie was assisted by John Harman assisted by Jason Warner and Bill Foote. Jason Warner scored another with Mike Driscoll assisting, tying the game. Clarence Stephenson of the Wolves scored with the assistance of Ken Smart Sr. and Ron Zaparanuik. Following Clarence, Ken Davison wag assisted by Darcy Milligan and Ken Smart Jr. to score their last goal. © In the last few seconds of the game, Doug Bronson of the Comets scored the last goal of the game with assists going to Mike Driscoll and Bill Weisflock. The end result was 5-4 for the Pineridge Sports Wolves. In game three the Van & Truck World Sharks challenged the Harrison Flames in a hard hitting game. Dave Harrison of the Flames scored the first goal, assisted by Willy Edwards and Jim Beatty, followed by Bill Bridge's unassisted Flames' goal. Bart Wagar of the Sharks slipped in the puck, with assistance from (that's over 35 years of age) but Barris said there are 80,000 registered with the COHA and probably ten times that number who are not on a "registered team, but just show up at an arena for shinny or pick-up, 'or tournaments. As he points out in one chapter, it's fair to say that at any time of the day or night somewhere in this country, there is a puck (sliding across the ice in an oldtimers game. Barris is an accomplished writer with two national best sellers to his credit--Behind the Glory and Days of Victory. Back, in the early 1980s he covered the Edmonton Oilers for radio and wrote a book about the team. Published by Macmillan Canada, "Playing Overtime" contains several pages of photos. It is a must read for anybody who plays oldtimers . hockey and anyone with even a passing interest in Canada's national sport. The book is already into its second printing. Roosters 9-2 both Jay and Mike Adam. Glen Hudson of the Flames was assisted by Bob Beveridge and Bill Bridge to end the second period. In the third period, Bill Bridge scored his second goal, with assists from Rick Hope and Jim 'Beatty, ending the game at 4-1 for the Harrison Flames. Game four was hosted by the Monsma Chargers and the J&D Carpentry Hawks. The first goal went to Steve Groves who was assisted by Keijo Kinnunen and Tim Ashbridge, followed by Alan Sibbald's goal, assisted by Bob Collins. Lee Wilbur of the Monsma Chargers scored an awesome shot, with the help of Randy Prosser and Rick Sheehey. Unfortunately the Chargers lost not only the game 2-1, but they also lost Lee Wilbur for a game due to penalties. In game five ghe Fitzgerald Weed Control Clippers played the Ball- Callery Senators in an excellent game. Fred Moffatt scored the first. goal for the Senators, assisted by Dale Bronson. Then Paul Goreski scored another for the Senators with Brett Laycoe and Rob Evans. Derek Fitzgerald was assisted by Eddie Olsen and Carl Fitzgerald to score the first for the Clippers. Rick Campbell scored another for the Clippers with Tom Barnes' assistance. Then Mark Decosta scored another for the Senators with Ivan Geer assisting. i Finally in the last seconds of the game Tom Barnes was assisted by Rick Campbell to end the game with a Clippers' goal. The final score was 3-3. October 29 hockey line- up: 6:45 ®Compton Monsma Electric 7:45 Taylor Fuels vs Ball- vs Callery 8:45 J&D Carpentry vs Pizza Delight 9:45 Fitzgerald's vs Van & Truck World 10:45 Harrison vs Pineridge Sports Shepstone Petites sport perfect record The Shepstone Haulage, Petite C Ringette team, improved their record to 2- 0 after travelling to E e for a game on and Dave B is to end the game at 9-2, another crushing defeat for the Roosters. In' game two we witnessed the Pineridge Wolves battle the Compton Comets. The Wolves were the first to score, with Larry Pilkey assisted by ' Darcy Milligan. Then Ron Zaparanuik, unassisted, scored a second goal for the Wolves. Larry Jackson, also of the Wolves, was assisted by Darcy Milligan and Ken Davison to give the Wolves a three to nothing head-start. In the second period Jason Warner, assisted by Bob Beacock, scored the first goal for the Comets. Doug Bronson followed Jason's lead and scored another for the Comets, Tuesday, October 17th. Coming off a strong performance three days earlier, tHe Port Perry team continued their winning ways against Ennismore. Demonstrating the skills 'learned in practices, the Shepstone Haulage team exerted a determined attack against Ennismore and ended up winning handily 16-8. Scoring for Port Perry were Nicole Ansell (7), Jackie Pashley (4), Kristin 'Waller (2), Christine Cotie, Ashley Aldridge Hailey Wilson. Assists were made by Ashley (3), Melissa Dallas (2), Heather Imrie (2), Kristin, Hailey, Sarah Aldridge, annon Hatfield, hannon Urquhart and Holly Allison. Lisa Geer, and | playing her first game ever as a goalie, was very impressive in net making some fine saves on the way to ensuring the Port Perry win. In addition to great goaltending, the strong checking and good passing shown by the Port Perry girls, kept the physically _ larger Ennismore team under control. This was another real team effort, , which would not have been so successful without the excellent plays made by Chelsea Mateo, Whitney Reid and Janna Ostafichuk. On Sunday, October 22nd, the Shepstone Haulage Petite C Ringette team took to the road again, travelling to Lindsay for their next encounter. Playing their third game "in eight days the girls maintained an aggressive level of play and controlled the ring throughout the game. Leading 6-1 after the first period and winning the game 14-2 extended the Shepstone Haulage Petiteg record to 3-0 on the season. Scoring for Port Perry were Nicole (4),'Sarah (3), Hailey (3), Shannon H. (2), Christine and Ashley. Assisting on the goals Ashley (2), Janna (2), Lisa (2), Christine, Whitney, Shannon U. and Hailey. The key to the girls' success was the total team effort displayed on the ice. The' hard checking and excellent passing shown by the whole team, including Chelsea, Melissa and Kristin led to the team's victory. Although not called upon to make very many saves, Heather's solid goaltending was theré when needed. , The team returns to home ice on Saturday, October 28 at 3:00" versus Pickering.