Bradford wins the opener 6-4 at the Scugog Arena The Malmont Farm Atoms who had just eliminated Napanee in three: straight victories in the quarter final series, advanced to the semi final series against Bradford. The Port Perry Atoms have opened their series with Bradford and in game one Sunday at the Scugog Arena, the home town team found itself on the losing end of a 6-4 score. This action took place during the first period as by Brenda LeFort On Saturday night the J.T. Pearce Auctioneers continued their semi- final series against Picton. The Auc- tioneers all played fabulous as they took a 2 game lead beating their op- ponets 5-0 The scoring began late in the 1st period with a scramble in front of On Sunday March 15, 1987 before .a hometown crowd the Green - Machine opened the séries with Bradford only to find that they are going to have to play 3 periods of # the net as Ryan Williams made it 19 ' assisted by Kenton LeFort and Gavin Carnegie. As the second period was drawing to a close defenceman Matt Morris let go a blistering shot from the point and advanced Port's lead to 2-0. At the 6:27 mark of the 3rd - period Jeremey Geer dropped the puck back to Matt Morris who didn't Season ends for Port The' Grant Menzies Midget's season came to a sudden end Wed. night when they lost the 5th and final game of a best of 5 against Ganano- que losing 5 to 4. The Eagles pulled out all the stops but couldn't get the win TROPHIES & ENGRAVING Team Jackets & Uniforms Skate Sharpening PINERIDGE SPORTS SHOP 'Queen Street - Port Perry PHONE 985-2839 2 m-- Scoring for the Eagles were Philip McBride 1 goal, 2 assists. Brad Menzies '1 goal, 1 assist: Todd Taylor 1 goal, 1 assist; Warren Geer | goal: Dave Burnett 3 assists and Steve Connors 1 assist. Bill Eade was in goal In summary the coaching staff of Doug Scott, Todd Wilbur and manager Hillis Wilbur are very pleased with the season the Eagles . CHESTERFIELD SUITES - LOVE SEATS SECTIONALS - MATTRESSES A Large Selecton LESS THAN 1/2 524 Simcoe St S. Oshawa - 725-5181 hockey if they want to win the series. Bradford came out flying in Game No.1 as they downed the Port Perry squad by a score of 64. In the first period Sean McEnaney Malmont players lend a hand covering up in front of goalie Mike Pashley. The Port Perry team fell behind and could not quite catch up despite some strong third story for details) Auctioneers advance period play. (see waste any time blasting it through the legs of the Picton netminder. Nice couple of goals Matt! Two minutes later Timmy Fitzpatrick combined with Craig Laird and Matt Morris to put in Port's 4th of the night. To finish off the scoring defenceman Greg Thompson fed the puck up to Kenton LeFort who flip- ped it up past the Picton goalie. Nice Midgets have had. They went.to 6 tour- naments, winning 4 of them and finishing 2nd in one other. We would also like to thank Grant Menzies for his sponsorship and all the parents and fans who supported the Eagles. This was the lineup for the Eagles: Dave Burnett, captain: Dave Culbert. assistant captain. Derek Dexter, assistant captain. Roh Baker. Steve Durham, John Karman, Steve Connors. Philip McBridge, Warren Geer, Brad Men- zies, Mark Barkey, Todd Taylor. Brad Traves, Derek Fitzgerald. Bill Fade and Stacey Ballingall shared the goaltending duties We would also like to thank assis- tant manager Carol Wilbur for look- ing after collecting for tournaments and arranging overnight stays Support Minor Hockey! Malmont Atoms down one in series registered the first goal of the game unassisted but Bradford came back - with two quick goals to finish the period with the score 2-1 in favor of Bradford. In the second period Bradford continued to skate hard as they pop- ped another goal early to push the score 3-1. At the 9 minute mark Jeff Andrews scored unassisted on: a super rush. But again Bradford came back with another goal to finish the period with Bradford on _ top 4-2. * In the third period Bradford again came out flying early and popped two more quick goals. In the last "half of the period the Malmont Farm Atoms who appeared to lack the desire to win rallied with two quick goals to finish the game with the score 6-4 in favor of Bradford. ' Scoring for the Malmont Atoms was Jeff Andrews and Jeff Card, assists were given to Sean McEnaney and Mike Sluggett. The series should be an exciting one but the Malmont Atoms hopeful- ly have learned that they are going to have to play 3 full, full periods of hockey to win. Game No.2 is slated for Bradford on Wednesday, March 18 and Game No.3 in Port Perry on Friday, March 20 at 8:30 p.m., Game No.4 in Bradford Monday, March 23, Game No.5 if necessary in Port Perry Friday, March 27 at 8:00 p.m. Come out and support our No. 1 Atoms. Game No. 2 vs. Napanee work boys! The defensive lines of Jay King, Billy Zaparanuik, Matt Morris & Greg Thompson played super tonight back checking as well as standing their ground in Port's zone. Scot Pretchitko & Brandon Ham-- mond shared a well earned shut-out as they both made some terrific stops. Forwards Jeremey Geer: Craig Laird, Kenton LeFort. Sandy Mark, Ryan Williams. Gavin Carnegie. Timmy Fitzpatrick & Tommy Chambers all worked real- ly. hard together fore¢hecking, backcheeking and blasting the puck at the Picton goalie. You boys were super! On Sunday the Novice No. 1 travelled to Picton and when they got on the ice their jets were turned on and there was just no Stopping them! Sandy Mark opened the scor- ing for Port midway through the 1st period from a beautiful set up by 2 hard working linesmen Jeremey Geer and Timmy Fitzpatrick. San- dy blasted in his 2nd goal of the game unassisted to end the ist period 2-0 It didn't take Port long to take a 3-0 lead in the 2nd period as Ryan Williams picked the corner to beat the goalie assisted by equally hard working linesman Kenton LeFort & Tommy Chambers Port rounded off their scoring late in the The Port Perry Atoms complete- ly dominated this game on Monday, 'March 9 in Port Perry as they down- ed Napanee by a score of 9-2. The scoring was handled by: 1st Period - Goals - Steve Desautels, Jeff Andrews & Duane Empr- ingham. Assists - Scott Heasman, David Pashley, Lindsay Parry. _ ] 2nd Period - Goals - Duane Empr- 'ingham, Gavin Cochrane, Sean McEnaney (50th Goal of the Season). Assists - Jeff Andrews, Jeff 3rd Period - Goals - Sean McEnaney, Gavin Cochrane, Adam Johnston. Assists - Adam Johnston, Duane Empringham, Sean McEnaney, and Jeff Card. Game No.3 vs Napanee . On Wednesday March 11, 1987 the Malmont Farm Atoms travelled to Napanee to play the third game of the series. The Port Perry Atoms skated well as they defeated Napanee 4-1 to take the third straight victory which advanced them to the semi finals against Bradford. The scoring was handled by: 1st Period - Goals - David Pashley. Assists - Peter King. 2nd Period - Goals - Sean McEnaney. Assists - Adam Johnston, Jeff Card. 3rd Period - Goals - David Pashley, Scett Heasman. Assists - Duane Empringham, Lindsay Parry, Chad Garvock & Gavin Cochrane. second period as Kenton LeFbrt rocketted a hard shot between the pipes assisted from the point by defenceman Greg Thompson. With 3 players missing due to the school break the remaining Auc- tioneers all shared an incredible amount of ice time and really had to push their little legs to keep go- ing. The defenceman Billy Zaparanuik (who scored a goal as the buzzer sounded to end the game) Greg Thompson, Jay King & transplanted wingman now on deferice Craig Laird played outstan- ding allowing Picton only a few shots on our net. Scot Pretchitko and Brandon Hammond played good stand-up goaltending allowing Pic- ton only a single goal late in the 3rd period. This game ended with Port Perry victorious over Picton 4-1. Congratulations boys! This win gives Port a well earned birth in the final round of the Eastern Ontario Championship against the winners of the Ernestown & Gananoque series. The J.T. Pearce Auctioneers have reached this plateau by having a never-give-up attitude, displaying "sheer determination & plenty of hard work fuelled on the beach by 4 outstanding men Bob Spencley, Ken Parry. Murray Empringham & Ivan Geer Now it is onward & up- ward for the Novice No.1"!