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Ld & Wheels lead exciting semifinal By Andrea Jones Perhaps the distance bet- ween Mitchell and Port Perry is the deciding factor in this semi-final series, since the home team has won on each occasion; ---- The Toyota Wheels lost 'game one in Mitchell by the -~ in the second period and" score of 8-5 and sloppy and slow. The Wheels came out fast and scored two quick goals but then they relaxed and looked . allowed Mitchell to tie it up. Port: put on a spurt and Bridge put the team in front again, but again, the Wheels failed to come back with the play while Mitchell scored three times, Durward wasn't sharp but he stood alone on many occasions. Merle Schewaga came in, made some good saves, but he, too, allowed a couple of goals and one deadly drive + forced him to the bench and Durward returned to: the nets to-finish the game. The team looked sharper in the final half of the game, but by then it was. too late. Scoring from Port Perry Phil Cochrane with two, Mark Lee, Bill Bridge and Rob Evans with singles, The second game was the exact opposite from game one. Although Mitchell scored first, the Wheels found the target four times inthe first period. Rob Evans started them off with a back hand shot and then Phil Cochrane did the per: fect hat trick, three in a row. -And just for good measure he started out the second period . with. another one. Rob Griener added one right off the face-off, Hintze tip- ped in a /shot and Evans lifted one over the downed Mitchell goalie to make the. score 8-1. The Wheels began to take it easy as the game went on and MitchelFtapitalized on some sloppy plays adding two at the end of the middle period. SUE RgpEaNe was hot and ive was a delayed . action as the puck fell from the goalies pads and trickled in, Mitchell scored a power play goal and had a lucky tip-in for their fifth goal. "The thigd game "was on "Sunday in Port Perry and was a heart-stopper right to the final buzzer. Hintze led off with a rebound goal from Phil . Cochrane and Bill Bridge and the Wheels second goal 'was by Phil Cochrane as he pulled his famous "slip it in from behind the net" trick. . But Mitchell is a team that never quits and they came right back and tied the game. Once while both teams played with three men out front and once on a power play. : Gord Hintze sent the Wheels into the lead again as he drove in a lovely shot te T= >A ---- SportslLand | "a 7 Ep a ~68 Water St., Port Perry - 985-2174 - Jim Bumett, prop. 10 Speed Racers ADIDAS - C.C.M. - NORCO "RALEIGH - SEKINE Louisville - Spalding - Cooper Baseball Equipment TT 114% - a PV VVVVVVVVSVVVVVVVV893 VIVO IIII SIS S BOARDING QMBERG KENNEL g pi Where They Get Tender Loving Care So PUPPIES CAT & DOG FOOD Case of 48-15 oz. cans (dented) $6.50 or 5 cases at $6.00 each. SHUR-GAIN 20 kg. (44 Ibs.) at $8.75. Frozen beef still $9.50 per 35 Ib. box. ! HWY. 12 BROOKLIN WE DELIVER 655-4721 | 5252525252 TRAINING PLP Plo vw ep ep lap ep an lem] AOC, O00 CD IC CC lon op lop op Lop | 2000 0O0OCICHE5252525252525252525252525¢2 ICO ICICICACICC Cao 52525252525252525¢ HONDA | "Good goaltending on the part of both Mitchell and Port Perry midgets on Sunday night' was the key to an exciting, close fought hockey game.' Above, the Mitchell goalie about to make a save from the Wheels; but - below, he was not quite so fortunate as the Port team scored to take a 2-0 lead in the first period. Final score Port Perry 4, Mitchell 3. from. P. Cochrare and Jones. Shots on goal in the first period were 20-5 in favour of Port Perry with only three goals collected for their troubles. That shows what a job the Mitchell goalie was doing. Mitchell scored on a rebound as each team play- ed a man short and Rob Griener made the Wheels winning goal happen when he stole the puck and Rob Evans was right there to pick up the rebound: There was no scoring in the third period but the penalties to both teams made this period a tough one. Each team trying to take advantage of the extra man on alternately icing the puck. Final score 4-3 and game four in Mitchell on Tuesday night. Game five if necessary will be played in Port Perry on Friday at 9:00 P.M. ' : If the Wheels take game four and-or five seriously, they will be into the finals next week. 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