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: : ] : | : 36- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 11, 1994 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" On Jan. 8 and 9 the Scugog Overhead Doors Peewee "B" hockey club travelled to Bobcay- geon to participate in Bobcay- geon's home tournament. The weather was awful and the tem- perature was freezing both in- side and outside the arena, but down the road the Port Perry boys went anyways. The opening game was a thriller and a nail biter. It was obvious that the Port Perry boys had come to play. Port was matched against the host team from Bobcaygeon for the first game of the day at 8 a.m. Bob- caygeon scored first as the first period was winding down at 2:48 and again at 8:56 of the sec- ond period to take a 2-0 lead. With just 48 seconds left in the period Ryan Moynes scored as- sisted by Justin Sheehey and David Gainey to close the gap to hort Perry tied the game up at 2:09 of the third period which sent the game into overtime. Bobcaygeon scored with Just one second left on the clock in triple overtime to defeat Port Perry by a 3-2 count. Michael MacLennan played well in goal for Port Perry. The second game was against Omemee on the consolation side of the tournament board. The a . iE =F mE Re EE es EE TE eee TE Te TENN TERETE ee. ET TET TW TERT TRV RT TEE TE TE We Te TT TT Intrepid SNOWMO ILER c. 1994 by CRAIG NICHOLSON - All Rights Reserved THE SNOWARAMA CHALLENGE Perhaps Ontario's best kept secret is the astounding contribution snowmobilers make to the Easter Seal Society. In fact, over the past years we have raised over $10.5 million for children with physical disabilities, making us the largest single contributor in North America! Last winter alone our donation was a record $550,000. These dollars are raised through pledges collected through SNOWARAMAs, Easter Seal snowmobile rides held around the province each winter. Similar to a poker run, Snowaramas are hosted by local snowmobile and service clubs and put sponsored riders through a designated course of check points usually a 100-kilometer run. There are prizes, food, fun, and the thrill of an exciting winter adventure with friends and family. Best of all, thousands of dollars are raised locally and directed back to serve the needs of disabled kids in that community. It's a win-win situation and we all should be proud, right? Wrong. You see, there's another side to the 'Snowarama story. Despite all the truly incredible volunteer fundraising efforts and their undeniable success, the fact is that most of us are contributing diddly-squat. With less than 50 Snowaramas last winter, there are still about 230 snowmobile clubs who for one reason or another do not participate. Worse, only about 3,000 snowmobilers rode for Snowarama. In the whole province! Where were the rest of us? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to calculate that 3,000 riders raising $550,000 works out to an amazing $18,000 in pledges per rider! Now they have a right to be proud. The rest of we active snowmobilers, some 150,000 to 200,000 strong, have a lot of catching up to do. Snowarama has been around for 17 years, but few have taken its full potential seriously enough until now. The Easter Seal Society of Ontario has their full time provincial manager, Judi Simons, in place for the first time. The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) has officially declared Easter Seals as their 'Charity of Choice' for the first time. And for the first time, Easter Seals and the OFSC have entered into a formal, long term Snowarama partnership mandated to promote and expand Snowarama and OFSC participation, and to attract more riders and sponsors. Until now, Snowarama has been too easily ignored. Under the new partnership, the potential 1s enormous. Millions more will be raised for Easter Seals kids in every local community. And the spin-off benefits are no less rewarding. First, each Snowarama host community stands to gain substantially from the associated dollars spent during the weekend by Snowarama participants and other guests. Food, gas, lodging and other amentities can easily top $300 per sled entry. At even a modest 200 riders, that's a $60,000 shot in the arm for the local winter economy! Imagine the benefits of a Snowarama event expanded into a community winter celebration to attract perhaps thousands of other visitors. Given that most Snowaramas involve both local snowmobile and service clubs, the core group of grassroots volunteers may already be in place for an enterprising community with a broad winter vision. Second, in recognition that good snowmobile trails are essential to Snowarama's continuing success, the new partnership provides ongoing trail grooming assistance tc participating snowmobile clubs. After all, the more Snowarama riders they will attract and accommodate. So snowmobilers have two great reasons to participate in Snowarama: the kids and the trails. If that's not enough, Easter Seals and the OFSC have cooked up some great incentives to encourage ciub and rider participation. For instance, as the top grossing rider from your OFSC district you have a one in éur chance of winning a new snowmobile. Top grossing snowmobile clubs have similar opportunities and other prizes are available to be won by participants. I want to issue a personal challenge to each Ontario snowmobiler this winter: register to ride in a Snowarama and raise at least $200 in pledges. With more riders, we can send that Snowarama total through the roof. After all we're going to be out riding anyway, so why not for a good cause? Of course, the big winner is you. By accepting my Snowarama challenge this winter, you'll have great fun, great riding and a great sense of accomplishment and personal satisfaction. For information on the Snowarama nearest you, call Judi Simons at 705-737-3373. Until the next time, Happy Trails and remember Sled Smart, Ride Safe, Ride Sober. For snowmobiling information call the OFSC at 705-739-7669. For winter tourism information call 1-800-ONTARIO. For local information call the Port Perry Snowmobile Club at 985-3015 or the Cartwright Dyno's Snowmobile Club at 986-5603. YOUR AUTHORIZED YAMAHA The Power To Satisfy YAMAHA DEALER Sales & Service o SNOWMOBILES ¢ ATV's © MOTORCYCLES Hwy 567, Three Miles South Of Blackstock (905) 986-4437 "(Ta MCR, I RCI R Co Jo To Hf VTC = IES Hc To RCo Xo Ho 0 RT: Se Ho [0 RCO XH0 0) ) first period was scoreless. Port opened the scoring at 9:40 of the second period. Alex Wordley scored unassisted to give Port a 1-0 lead. Omemee tied it up at 2:40. With the score 1-1 both teams were playing hard. Port Perry scored again at 2:03 to take a 2-1 lead when Nick Pelyk scored assisted by Deryk Campbell. With less than a minute remaining in the game, Omemee pulled their goalie and with 31 seconds left on the clock, Scott Sanderson scored into the empty net to give Port a 3-1 win. Playing well in goal for Port Perry was Corey Branton. The third game was against St. Annes from Peterborough. Port opened the scoring early at 9:00 when Deryk Campbell scored assisted by Brad John- ston and Nick Pelyk. Just as Corey played well in game #2, Michael MacLennan was doing the same in game #2. Omemee finally got one by the hot Port Perry goaltender at 2:50 of the second period to tie the game at 1-1. There was no scoring in the third period and the game went into yet another overtime ses- sion. In the second overtime Nick Pelyk fought off an Omemee player deep in the Port Perry zone and Nick lugged both the puck and the player to the face- off circle and sent Ryan McQuade the full length of the ice on a breakaway and scored to give Port Perry the victory by a score of 2-1. Playing in goal for Port was Michael MacLennan. Game #4: Port Perry vs Fene- lon Falls for the consolation championship. The Scugog Overhead Doors Peewee "Bs" took the play right to Fenelon Falls right off the bat. The Doorsmen started the game by playing it. When Port Perry plays as a team they be- come a source to be reconed with. The line of Brad Johnston, Nick Pelyk and Deryk Camp- bell put together a good scoring opportunity at 8:00 and was stopped only by an alert Fene- lon Falls goaltender. That line can sure get that tic-tac-toe passing play going well. Port was sending rush after rush into the Fenelon zone. Alex Wordley, Travis Pickard and the speedy Blayne Kinnu- nen were really causing havoc in the Fenelon end of the rink. Port kept hammering away inside the Fenelon blue line while on the power play and Scott Sanderson put a nice pass back to Brad Johnston and he airmailed one to the top corner to give Port the lead 1-0 at 4:24. Less than a minute later Port struck again when Port's big de- fenceman Jeff Neal put a nice pass up to Blayne Kinnunen deep in Fenelon terntory, over to Alex Wordley and he scores to RC, SS Ri ORT PERRY auto glass & trim Id, Overhead Doors win consolation final give Port a 2-0 lead. Fenelon Falls wasn't ready to pack things up And go home yet, as they kept trying to get past Port's defence of either Scott Harper, Aaron Chambers, Ryan McQuade, Jeft Neal or Ryan Moynes but it wasn't in the cards because they were play- ing their positions too well. The first period ended with Port ahead 2-0. Port Perry came out fast in the second period and passing the puck well. Everybody start- ed forechecking causing Fene- lon to make some big turnovers in their own zone giving Port some nice scoring chances. Port was playing good disciplined hockey and staying out of the penalty box. Being down 2-0 Fenelon had to get something going in a hur- ry, so they started using the body. That wasn't very affective so Fenelon started pushing the Port goaltender in his crease every time he was making a save, but the Port Perry defence started moving players from in front, the way that they can do so well. At 8:27 Port took a 3-0 lead when Ryan McQuade swooped into the Fenelon zone, put a pass at the side of the net to Scott Sanderson, in front to Travis Pickard as he slams a low hard shot to the back of the Fenelon Falls net. Captain David Gainey was having a good game setting up plays and doing some nice fore- checking. At 5:27 Gainey took a nice pass from Justin Sheehey and ripped a slapshot just over the top corner that made the Fenelon goaltender just a little nervous. The Port goalie had to be sharp because Fenelon was trying everything they could to get back into this game. The second period ended with Port up 3-0. Port came out in the third period confident and play- ing together as a team. Deryk Campbell was patrolling the boards well and Pelyk and Kin- nunen were taking care of the corners. At 8:22 Alex Wordley hit Blayne Kinnunen cruising down the middle with a perfect pass, over to Travis Pickard and he waltzed in all alone on the Fenelon goaltender and he made no mistake as he fired it high in the top corner to give Port a4-0lead. Fenelon finally beat the Port Perry goalie at 7:09 to make it a 4-1 game. The horn sounded to end the game. All weekend Port was up against some pretty good teams so they were forced to play tight hockey. One goal leads and overtime were no strangers to the Doors- men. Travis Pickard was named M.V.P. and the team captain David Gainey accepted the consolation trophy on behalf of his team. Playing in goal for Port Perry was Corey Branton. Nice tournament guys! Bring on the playoffs, yes!! 139 Water Street & 6 High Street, Port Perry Written er Guarantee fs) * INSURANCE WORK SAVE uwpto On any one replacement WINDSHI SS OCC HIELD Insurance Claim with most insurance companies with this coupon at time of purchase 3 Locations * Mobile Service All Work Guaranteed 985-8507 Port Perry 668-2003 Whitby all 7 a