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CN Ny "A Family Tradition for 127 Years" ST TEAHTt,,. gE 2 The Port Perry Merchants, who were crowned the All-Ontario Midget B champions earlier this year, were recognized by the Township of Scugog for their achievement. Mayor Howard Hall made the presentation to the team during a ceremony in the council chambers on Monday. Pic- tured are (front, left) Darrell Vander Slaght, Steve Laird, Jeff Card, Chad Venning, and coach Ron Redman. (Rear) Todd Smart, Scott MacLennan, Wayne Venning, coach, Grant Kay, Denis Smith, and Bob Vander Slaght, coach. Missing from the picture are Brad Moase, Paul Linton, Jason Cochrane and Duane Empringham. Shepstone Petites action On Sunday, Nov, 14, the Port Perry Shepstone Haulage Pe- tites travelled to Whitby for a game against their number one rival. There was plenty of end- to-end action from both teams. Whitby drew first blood with two quick goals. With only 42 seconds left in the first period, Sarah Verschuuren found the scoring touch, putting Port on the scoresheet with an unassist- ed goal. ~All the girls did well in keep- ing pace with Whitby, but the constant pressure from the Whitby attack resulted in an- other.goal to make it 3-1. Sarah again put in a great effort on an unassisted marker to close the gap at 3-2 but Whitby snuck in two quick goals in the last two ainutes to finish the scoring at 5-2. The game was a lot closer than. the score indicated and with some hard work on the ba- sics and more practice time un- der their belts, the Haulers will be rocking to a different beat. The next opponent for the girls was Ajax and being the first encounter of the season for the two teams, they played fair- ly even for the first period. Ni- cole Virtue got the heavy Haul- ers started with an unassisted goal in a period that saw tight checking and great goaltending by Jill Pashley in the Port net. Ajax evened the game with only 1:57 left in the period. Although the play was fairly even, Ajax struck for three more goals, but our girls never gave up and got a little closer with a goal by Leanne Davison with assists to Sarah and Sheena Christie. With less than three minutes remaining, assistant coach Davison called a time out to ral- ly his troops and the move paid off with Nicole notching her sec- ond of the game with Sarah as- sisting to make it 4-3. Although the rally fell short with time running out, it was a great ef- fort from the whole team with the solid play from Kimberley, Heather, Katherine, Shannon, Alaina and Leanne L. With this kind of effort and team play, it will pay off in the long run. The third game in a week saw the return of coach Virtue and the girls responded with their best game of the season. The date - Sunday, Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m., the place - Harman Park Arena, the opponent, Oshawa Petite 'B's, the outcome - a real exciting and well-played 6-6 tie. Oshawa's big weapon, No. 15 with four goals for the might, opened the scoring with a back- hand that barely got by Jill. Leanne L. evened the score with a nice goal that was set up by Nicole and Shannon. Oshawa went ahead by two to make it 3-1. But the Port crew kept up the pressure and got a goal from Sarah with Leanne D. assisting. Both teams ex- changed goals to make it 4-3 with line of Leanne D., Sarah and Sheena displaying some great passing combinations. It was Sarah's second with Shee- na assisting for Port's third goal. The hard work and good posi- tional play again paid off with the Haulers tying it at 4-4 with Leanne D. scoring from Shan- non. Oshawa again went ahead 5-4 but the ensuring free pass play for Port saw Nicole make a perfect feed up ice that put a streaking Katherine in the clear and she made no mistake about it to even the game at 5-5. The Shepstone Haulage Petites went ahead with another good passing play with Shannon spinning around and shooting to get the marker with the as- sists to Katherine and Leanne L. but Oshawa called time with 1:37 left, put out their best line and went on the attack. Their attack was concentrated in Port's end, and after a couple of clearing attempts were stopped, Oshawa's No. 15 picked up the loose ring and got through our strong defence and scored with 18 seconds left on a flip shot that Jill got a piece of but couldn't hangon to. This game was the best ef- fort, both individualy and team, to date, with another strong game from Jill who stopped sev- eral good scoring shots and had already played earlier in the day for the Tween Bs and won 5-2, as well as a solid defence from Kimberley, Alaina, Heath- er, Katherine and the forward lines of Leanne D with Sarah and Sheena, and Nicole with Leanne L. and Shannon. Coach Virtue would like to thank assistant coach Davison and the rest of the coaching staff for a great job in running the team in his absence. Now, it's onwards and upwards with the first tournament in Scarbo- rough next weekend. Get ready, girls, it should be an exciting one. How to get your driver's licence, without tears. It can be this simple. First. find a kid in vour class who's taken the Young Drivers of Canada course. (And we don't mean driver's ed" Then. have vour parents talk to that kid's parents. Because parents are really blown away by what kids learn at Young Drivers. and how they handle a car. and themselves, afterwards Ey >» Young Drivers of Canada LD) Your licence to survive. It's about defensive driving and collision avoidance, FE plus a new mame kind of maturity that always ¥ surprises them. Its funny. Young Drivers not only teaches kids how to © drive and survive. It also teaches parents that kids can handle themselves, and a car, responsibly WEEKEND COURSE Dec.11/12 Dec. 18/19 Sat./Sun: 852-9705 PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 30, 1993 - 35 lI Minor hockey team learns safety first By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star For one local hockey team, safety comes first. That is the message coaches Greg Sanders and Ted Howarth deliver to their hockey team each week. Since September the novice team has been meeting in the basement of the Masonic Hall Tuesday nights to discuss the "3As" of hockey --- attitude, awareness and action. Not only does the team dis- cuss these aspects, but they put them to work in a floor hockey game after the meeting. The primary purpose of the meeting, according to Mr. Sand- ers, is to discuss the fundamen- tals of hockey, with an emphasis on safety and sportsmanship. "If you can have safety, you can have fun," he said. Mr. Sanders said it is impor- tant to stress fair play and sportsmanship to the group of eight and nine-year-olds so they can carry this knowledge with them throughout their lives. "If you can put this in their heads at this age, they'll have no problem further up," he said. Mr. Sanders is also hoping this training will be used in life outside the hockey rink as well. "Hopefully, they will carry it to the level both on and off the ice. A former scout leader, Mr. Sanders said an important cre- do was respect, a belief he is ap- plying to hockey as well. Mr. Sanders recognized the need for teaching the 3As after seeing many incidences of hit- 2d ting from behind on television. He fears this type of conduct could filter down to the minor league levels. "Hitting from behind is the most gutless thing I've seen. If we stop it now, it will reduce in- Juries and be more fun for every- body." Through the weekly sessions, the coaches teach their players to think before they actin a situ- ation and contemplate the con- sequences. This teaching is beginning to show results, not necessarily in the standings but in the play. Mr. Howarth said he has no- ticed a marked difference in the team's play in the past two months, as have many of the parents and league officials. "The players seem to be hav- ing fun. I can't stress that enough. There's too much pres- surein hockey," he said. "If I can teach them one thing throughout the year, I've accom- plished something." And keeping in line with the safety theme, the players got a big lesson last week when they discussed the importance of equipment. Doug Dempsey, owner of Pineridge Sports, was on hand to talk about equipment and evaluate the players'gear. - "It's very important to have equipment that fits well," he told them. Mr. Dempsey stressed the need for proper fitting gear, pay- ing special attention to their helmets which he personally in- spected. Novice hockey players Justin Sanders and Teddy Howarth get a lesson In proper fitting hockey equipment from Pineridge Sports' Doug Dempsey. Mr. Dempsey was on hand at the team's weekly meeting last week to discuss safety in hockey. See story. ORT PERRY *S}ich street. auto glass &" trim mw. 139 Water Street Written y Vv All Work Guaranteed * INSURANCE WORK SAVE wo *50°° with most insurance companies with this coupon at time of purchase 3 Locations ® Mobile Service wes Guarantee On any one replacement WINDSHIELD Insurance Claim 985-8507 Port Perry 668-2003 Whitby LL