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This group of Port Perry Bantams had one big reason to whoop it up last Wednesday evening. They had just won the ali-Ontario B championship with an 11-10 details) _ PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 16; 1985 -- 25 victory over Six Nations. Overtime was needed to set- tle the affair, played in Six Nations. (See story for Wild and woolly finishto 1 1-1 O overtime victory Bantams nail down title by John B. McClelland For the first time in eight years, a Port Perry A team has won an all- Ontario hockey championship. The Goreski Bantams knocked off Six Nations four games to two to win the title after an 11-10 overtime victory on the road April 10 in what was one of the woolliest hockey games seen in a long time. The Bantams went in- to the Six Nations Com- munity Centre in Oshweken leading the series three games to two, and after two periods it looked like the two teams would be back in Port Perry on Sunday for a seventh game to decide the affair. Trailing 74 after the second frame, Port Perry promptly snapped in three to send the game into a ten minute straight time over time. In the OT, a total of seven goals were scored as both teams threw cau- tion to the wind and it was Phil "Flip" McBride who pumped in the game and series winner with just 53 seconds left on the clock. As Six Nations was getting ready for one final rush up ice, Brad Menzies made a fine play along the boards inside the opposition blue line as he out-muscled a defender for the puck. He then fed a pass to McBride who was camped all by himself beside the Six Nations nét. McBride took his time and calmly fired the puck home, much to the delight of his team mates 'and a large crowd of Port Perry fans on hand for the game. Six Nations then took a couple of needless penalties and the Ban tams played it cozy for the final few seconds tc preserve the 11-10 win. Team Captain Shawn Nanay accepted the OMHA trophy and the players and team of ficials did a little celebrating in the dress ing room for this well: earned series victory. The overtime perio was almost impossible tc describe. Greg Stapletor started things going for Port Perry after 32 seconds of play when he re-directed a McBride pass from the left point. Stapleton got his se cond of the OT a minute and thirty seconds later on a centering pass from the side of the net that seemed to go off a Six Nations defender in front. 1 That made it 9-7 but the home team came right back with a goal from Kenneth Miller on a good shot from the right side. Stapleton wasn't finished as he notched his third in less than three minutés on a set-up in front of Jamie Menzies: and Mark Barkey, to once more give Port Perry a two goal bulge. With 3:05 left in the OT, Ken Miller cut the margin to one as he sail- ed in alone and made no mistake beating Stacey Ballingall cleanly with a shot to the glove side. And a minute later, Wayne Sault tied the game at 10 as he found a loose puck in front of the Port Perry net and flip- ped it over a fallen Ballingall. That set the stage for the final minute and the goal by McBride that won the game and the series. WIDE OPEN As might be expected when the red light pops 21 times in a 55 minute hockey game, this con- test was a goal-tenders nightmare with both teams throwing it wide open. The game was just four minutes old when Mark Barkey staked Port Perry to a 1-0 lead on a two on one as he us- ed his forward as a decoy and snapped a shot from the left side. Six Nations tied it two minutes later on a close- in shot by Kyle Sault with several players in front of the net. The teams then traded goals with Jamie Men- zies hitting from the slot and Wayne Sault for Six Nations who walked in front for an easy back-hand. The home team took the lead for the first time late in the opening period on a strange goal by Jacob Jamieson that bounced around in- the crease before crossing the line. That one came just seconds after Mike Sorley for Port Perry rattled a slap shot off the cross bar that had the goalie guessing. The same thing hap- pened early in the second period when Doyle Bomberry robbed Brad Traves who rifled a boomer from the slot. Six Nations came back up ice and Ron Johnson deflected a shot at the side of the net to make it 4-2. The goals came quick- ly for the rest of the se- cond period with Jamie Menzies and Brad Traves finding the range, but Six Nations counted three more to take a 7-4 lead into the dressing room after two frames. WORD OR TWO? Coach Clark Menzies probably had a word or two with his players bet- ween periods for they wasted no time getting back in the game as Steve Connors drilled a shot from the right point at the 1:32 mark. Barkey with his second of the night made it 7-6 less than a minute later as calmly flipped a re- bound over the sprawling Six Nations goalie. And it was Barkey who knotted the score at 7-7 at the 9:01 point on a fine in- dividual effort as he split the defense to break in alone and completely fooled Bomberry with a good move to his right. Jamie Menzies had fed him a perfect pass in the centre ice zone. That one set the stage for the OT and the scor- ing heroics by Stapleton and McBride. Barkey had a fine night on the scoresheet with four assists to go with his hat trick, but all the players deserve Mark Elliott and Brad Traves celebrate the dramatic victory. Team captain Shawn 'Relic" Nanay ac- cepted the championship trophy on behalf of his team-mates. credit for the way they handled themselves in the final game. They took several cheap shots from the Six 'Nations players, especially late in the final period, but stayed away from retaliation. Ronald Johnson hurt his team when he took a minor penalty, then flat- tened a Port Perry player with a cross check after the whistle and picked a second minor for his efforts. "It was this discipline that probably made the +g I 4 in Model 698 11 H.P. 5 Speed Transaxle © IN LINE TRANSAXLE DRIVE ® CUTTING HEIGHT CONTROL WITH A MEMORY" ® ALL STEEL GONSTRUCTION @ YARD LITE FOR DUSK & DARKNESS ® BALANCED SPRING LIFT SYSTEM @ 20 OPTIONAL 4. SEASONS ATTACHMENTS B & W FARM SERVICE R.R.5, SUNDERLAND difference in the game and the series as the Port Perry players stuck to hockey and got the job done. There was an added sweetener in the victory for several of the Port Bantams who were defeated as Pee Wees a couple of years ago by virtually the same Six Nations squad in an all- Ontario final. And this was the first A championship for a Port Perry team since 1976-77 when the Bantams won the CC division. 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