On November 17 the Port Perry Country Style Bantams played their first game in the Cobourg tournament against Guelph. This game turned out to be an exciting contest, as right from the start the action was end to end. Guelph opened up the scoring late in the first but Port got on track as they tied the game with two Scugog Citizen publisher John McClelland accepts Legion Media Appreciation award from Ruth Grant of Port Perry Branch 419. The award from Dominion Command recognizes the Citizen's support of Legion activities in this community. The award was presented at the Remembrance Day dinner in November. Pineridge Midgets find missing sheet Welcome to week 4, of Pineridge Sports Centre's inaugural season. Way back on November 19, we played in the Ville. Stouffville. The game sheet was just recovered the other day from customs officers in Utica. Sorry for the delay, they were holding the sheet for unknown reasons. We came up on the short end of a 4-3 score, due to a poor. start. We came out flatfooted. We didn't get going until it was too late. Goal scorers were: Captain Clarke, Mic (Darryl), and #99 Jay Strickert who scored a beauty. Geez! Those custom agents should've never returned that sheet. The day after sweeping our home tourney, we traveled to the Bridge. Uxbridge. Kevin G. Ray got us started. A power play goal. He slapped it in the net, short side. Carl Phoenix assisted. Good heads up playing. We were . tied up at one until Carl Phoenix banked it in off of the Uxbridge tender. Was there any doubt? Uxbridge then tied it up once again, this time at two. Mike Phoenix had to leave the gama a little early, after Jason Bonner, Uxbridge's enforcer started a little scrap with our goalie. This isn't allowed, fans. Uxbridge comes to our arena , January 8. Keep your " heads up. Mike was playing tremendous in the { cage before he hit the showers. T.C. Tommy Chambers came through with the game winner, with just over 2 minutes remaining. Nice move Thomas. He's a tank engine. Mike Heasman assisted. This made our unbeaten streak grow to 5 games. Our next game was at the Children's Arena in Oshawa. We were in_good hands, playing right beside fire hall #32. We came out flat-footed in this one, being beat to the puck almost every shift. Our only marker came in the third period off the stick of Kevin Hobbs. Darryl passed it from behind the net, out front to Hobbsy. K.H. made no mistake, and put 'er home, up high. Jeff Clarke also gave a helping hand. Babber played great in goal, on a hot streak. This week's player profile is on Tommy Chambers III. Thomas the Tank Engine wears jersey number 4. Just like Bobby Orr. T.C. does push ups whenever he can to keep in shape. Tom is also a keen cross country runner. Tom is a great leader in the Pineridge Sports Centre Midget Hockey Organization. He's a veteran of the league. Chambers, who stands at 64", 120 Ibs., would like to remind all loyal fans of our home games Monday nights at 9:15, at the Scug- Dome. Now that's hockey! minutes r g in the first period. Adam Hobbs got behind the Guelph defence and broke in alone to score the first Port goal. He was set up on a nice pass from linemate Scott Jeffrey. In the second Port took charge of the game as they increased their lead to 3-1 with goals from Casey LV anSchagen and Troy Campbell. Dillan Weber drew the assist'on Casey's blast from the point, while Casey picked up the assist on Troy's goal. The third period was a carbon copy of the second as Scott Jeffrey finished up the scoring for a 4-1 in for Port Perry. Derek Tindall and Adam Hobbs assisted Scott on the goal. With the win, Port picked up 4.5 points, to get off to a solid start in the tournament. Mike MacLennen played a strong game in net for Port Perry. The second game of the. tournament for the' Bantams was on November 18 at 8:30 a.m. against Humber Valley. Perhaps it was the early start to the morning but Port Perry were embarrhssed by a score of 8-2. This was a total team lackluster performance and Ryan Fraser, who played in net, did not get any support at all. The Port goals were scored by Derek Tindall and Dillan Weber, with assists going to Danny Lyons, Wyatt Park and Troy Campbell. With this flat effort, Port did not receive points for this game which would come back to haunt them at the, final tally. Later that shme day, it was a different Bantam team up against Beamsville. After some much needed nourishfnent, and no doubt a fine inspirational talk from Coach Todd Wilbur, the boys knew what they mp" Scugog Citizen = Tuesday, December 5, 1995 --29 had to do. They had to get all five points from this game and score as many goals as possible. Right from the start of - the game Port attacked the Beamsville goalie, but he was stopping everything Port threw at him. The pucks were bouncing off all parts of his body but he finally succumbed to the relentless pressure as Dave Gainey slid one home assisted by Troy Campbell and Derek Tindall Port continued to push the offence in the second period and their efforts were rewarded as Dillan Weber scored with 16 seconds to go in the period for a 2-0 Port lead. Troy Campbell picked up the lone assist on the goal. The gallant effort from the Beamsville team finally caved in during the third period as Port scored four unanswered goals for a convincing 6-0 win. These third period goals were scored by Ian Parliament, Dillan Weber, Scott Jeffrey and Scott Harper. Assists on the! goals went to Wyatt Park, Jon Froats, Dave Gainey, Troy Campbell and: Derek Tindall. Mike MacLennen played great between the pipes in recording his first shut out of the year. With this win the team picked up the five points, needed to have any hope of continuing on in the tournament. Unfortunately for Port Perry, Guelph managed to get five paints in their game, therefore winning the division by half a point. Also, we lost out on the wild card position by one goal.'Hopefully the team learned a valuable lesson, and realize you have to play hard all the time to succeed. , League action resumed on November 20 for the Port Perry Country Style Donuts at the Scugog Arena with the Oshawa Redwings providing the opposition. Due to a recent game against Trenton, which ended with numerous penalties,. Port was missing five of their regular players as well as Coach Todd Wilbur. Fortunately for Port, they were able to call on the services of Shawn Hnatko, Tyler Keeler and Port Bantam A's have tough luck in Cobourg tournament Scott Sanderson from the Bantam #2 team. This game turned out to be a very entertaining game as both teams played end to end hockey during , the first period. Oshawa got the go ahead goal very late in the first to take a 1. 0 lead. 4 Oshawa increased their lead to 2-0 early in the second, but Port was not going to give up easily. They started 8 get back on track by scoring the next three goals to put them ahead 3-2 at the end of this period. Adam Hobbs tallied first, followed by Derek Tindall and then Tyler Keeler drilled one past the Oshawa goalie, Assisting on these goals were Danny Lyons," Scott Jeffrey, Scott Sanderson and Dave Gainey with a pair. J Port increased their lead to 4-2 early in the third as ~Casey VanSchagen #tored" on a solo effort, Oshawa repHéd with their third, but Port hung on for a 4-3 win. Ryan Fraser played an excellent game in net and stoned the Oshawa team late in the third as they pushed for that tying goal. 'Pearce battles for tie with Stouffville team Pearce Auction Novice had a busy weekend to start December. On Friday night Port Perry was home to Stouffville. The game was an enjoyable contest, featuring end to end action and fine sportsmanship. Jt was not until mid-way in the second period that Pearce Auction opened the scoring as the Bee's got together. Jeff Tomcheski moved the puck to Kyle Mullins with a slick pass. Kyle split the defense and tucked the puck into the corner. Strong goaltending at both ends kept the score sheet blank until mid-way through the third frame. Stouffville banged in a rebound to' tie up the match and that was the * way it ended. Saturday afternoon Dec. 2, Pearce Auctioneers played host to a strong Markham squad. Port Perry came out flying and for the first six minutes the play was concentrated in the Markham zone.: Markham opened the g in the corner scoring' with less than a minute and a half remaining in the first period. At the two minute mark of the second period, Port tied the score on a shot by Keenan managed to trickle across the line. Short- handed during the second period, we saw some great defensive work by Tyson Savage, Keenan Geer, Nelson Langmaid and Derek Goreski. This kept Markham off the scoreboard. Less than a minute into the third period, Cassidy Weber centered a pass to Tyson Savage, who made no mistake, lifting it high into the top right corner on a backhand shot. Seconds later Leo Tailloh stopped the Markham offense cold on several shots. Markham eventually found the net and tied the score. Once again Cassidy Weber was doing some excellent hres i; centered 'the puck, this time to Ashley Lucas, who on her second shot found the mark. In the dying minutes of the game, Markham pulled there goalie but strong defensive work by Danny Halward and Shane Jeffrey, along with some great goaltending by Mark Carnaghan, kept Markham from scoring. Great hustle, great passing, and a great game. Sunday, Dec. 3 saw Port Perry travel to Oshawa to meet the Red Wings at the Civic. The game featured fine effort by Keenan and the Bees. Nelson Langmaid set up 'Tyson Savage for a nice goal as Tyson worked extra hard ds the lead the team. Unfortunately Oshawa scored three unanswered gogls to win the game. Overall Pearce Auction continues to show better developed passing and hockey sense. Sl@H... STILL NO CHRISTMAS CARDS. PRODUCTS Nevada Tickets All proceeds 10 Port Perry Ringetie. 'MR. FIX IT" is brought i you by