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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" - a ------ ES ETA. 3 eg nn Tr - Asthe year comes to a close the parents and players would like to thank Dave Stewart, Dave Roth, Jim Geer and Al Goreski for your time and dedication to the team. We would also like to thank team sponsor Jeff Reid for the pizza and pop party he gave for the players and as well for your interest and support of the team. The Independent team finished the year with a tournament in Oshawa on Dec. 27 to 29. Port Perry's first game was against the Hamilton Devils with Port opening up the scoring in the first period when Matt Menear tipped a nice pass up to Kyle Mullins for the goal. Matt Roth put Port Perry ahead by two goals with Mike Lycett on the assist. Hamilton came back in the last few minutes of the first period to tie the game at 2-2. The Predators came out in the second period to win and Mike Lycett answered that call, carrying the puck up from centre ice, dekes the goalie for an exciting unassisted goal. David Stewart put the next one in on a terrific passing play with Keenan Geer and Shane Jeffrey. The Independent boys scored the fifth goal of the game with Mike Lycett and Matt Menear feeding the puck up to goal getter Matt Roth to win the game 5-2. The team.was not scheduled to play again until Sunday morning at 8 a.m. but Saturday night there was a skills competition with Predators goalie Trevor Algar , forward Matt Menear and defence- man Jeff Tomcheski competing. Jeff Tomcheski finished in the top seven in the skating and in the top four in the Port's Atom All-Stars Local boys fall in Oshawa tournament but Geer, Goreski play for Team Ontario The Predators Sunday morning game against the Oshawa Redwings saw the boys come out in top form and keyed to win. In the first seconds of the game Matt Roth scored, but a few minutes later the Redwings scored to tie the game. The intensity and excitement of the second period was almost too much, many par- ents had only arena coffee. surging in their veins. The goaltending skills of Mark Carnaghan, who was very sharp, were much appreciated in this game. In the last 19 seconds of the second. | period the Redwings scored to make it 2- 1. : In the first five minutes of the third period Port Perry scored to tie the game. Matt Menear got this goal on an exciting play with Tyler Cunningham and Kyle Mullins. In the last minute and a half of the game the Redwings went ahead a goal on what was considered a most contro- versial call.. Port Perry lost the next two games of the tournament and so did not advance to any of the championship games. Sunday, Dec. 28 Predators Keenan Geer and Derek Goreski played in tour- naments All Star game. The boys played for the Ontario All Star team in a game against the Oshawa All Stars. This was a fast, exciting game which saw forward Keenan Geer setting up some super plays and defenceman Derek Goreski aweing the crowd with his bullet slapshot right on the net. You both should be proud of your con- tribution to the Ontario team. PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 13, 1998 - 19 NUTTY CHOCOLATIER CHAMPS: The Port Perry Curling Club was bustling CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR with activity last weekend as the annual Nutty Chocolatier Bonspiel was held. The tournament featured 16 teams in the closed-club event, which was even- tually won by the team of (second from left) Carol Jackson, skip; Doreen Ashbridge, vice; and Edna Brunton, lead. Presenting the trophy is local store manager Adele Kanabe and absent was team member Liz Saad. for inginto d gre at Van phi ihe ar finals : played their final game at' xd 8 p.m. against Beaverton. _ This game ended i ina loss _ for Van Camp 6-3. scoring. Way to go Jeff. Peewee Shoppers upset rival Uxbridge in exhibition thriller Shoppers Drug Mart vs Uxbridge Bruins This exhibition game was a real thriller for the fans with end to end action. Shopper's boys opened the scoring on the first shift with Mark Vernest finding the mesh. Assists went to Colin Holditch and Gary Garratt. The Shopper's boys con- tinued to press for most of the first period with fine forechecking by Darryl Goulding and Joshua Kaye. Deep in Uxbridge end we got caught flat foot- ed as the Bruins broke out with a nice give and go to beat Kellan Jackson. This gave the Bruins a lift and they kept the pressure on for the balance of the first period and half of the sec- ond period. Thanks to many fine saves by Kellan we found ourselves down one goal half way through the sec- ond period. Scott Symes managed to deflect a pass from Darryl Goulding to tie the game at the end of the second period. Scott was being knocked to the ice and still managed to get enough stick on the puck. Great determination Scott. Shopper's got the lead back as Mark Vernest got his second goal of the game deflecting Gary Garratt's shot from the point. This was Gary's third assist of the game. The Bruins fought back and tied the game at 6:05 in the third. Not to be out- done Mike Whalen rallied the boys by putting an excellent shot over the goalies blocker. Adam Love assisted and continued to play solid defence to give Shoppers a 4-3 win. We would like to thank Tyson Armstrong, Kellan Jackson, and Andrew Avery for helping out as three of our team were away playing at a select tournament. The Shopper's boys travel to Oakridges Jan. 17 for their third tourna- ment this year. Fax Us Your scoring two and Cody Steranka with one. Kyle goalie with Tyler Redman and David Blackney form- ing a strong defence. 'The second game was a finish against Beaverton. overtime Beaverton scored to win the game 4-3. Hugh four goals, Justin Hockley Allison did a super job as well fought game to the With 50 seconds left in. 3. Great effort by Dane Thomson and the rest of 'the team. Goals scored by Hugh 'Allward, Cody Steranka and a super end to end "Bobby Orr" rush and goal by Steven Larmer. Van Camp Contracting - met with Sunderland at 7 a.m. to defeat them 5-4 in overtime. Later in the day they met up with Mariposa and ended up with a well € i Special 'mention to : ag rip goalscorers Jack Bruton, first game against Fenelon Lightening. Again it was Jordan Johnstone, Robert Falls defeating them 7-4 a hard fight to He finish Forderer, Taylor Muir, with Brett Pope scoring with Mariposa winning 4- Kyle Passmore and Adam Maas. All lines displayed "an exceptional level of house league hockey. Eric Van Camp, Mark McCready and Nathan Evans held strong defen- sive lines. David Piney, Brendon Stevenson and Michael Abram skated hard and displayed good passing skills. Amazing goaltending was displayed by Fraser Gibson. Patrick Allward scored all three Roy look out. Redmen gearing up for 1998 The lacrosse season never stops for the executive and management staff of the Brooklin Redmen Lacrosse Club of the Ontario Lacrosse Association Major Series. General Manager (and club president) Paul Cotton completed a significant player transaction with the Six Nation Chiefs on Wednesday, Jan. 7 Cotton obtained former Whitby Warrior Matt Shearer, as well as the Six Nation's first round draft pick in the upcoming junior draft in exchange for the rights to goaltender Paddy O'Toole and forward Ryan Sanderson. Neither O'Toole nor Sanderson suited up for the Redmen in 1997 as both played in British Columbia but remained on Brooklin's 'out-of- province' protected list. Shearer will strengthen Brooklin's major weakness in 1997, a lack of offensive production. Although finishing in a tie for third place overall in the Major Series in 1997, the Redmen were last in team scor- ing with 155 goals in 20 regular season games. Shearer was a prolific goalscorer for the Whitby Warriors, amassing 152 goals, 111 assists, 263 points in a combined 112 regular season and playoff games for the Warriors. Shearer suited up three times for the Chiefs in 1997, but has not played a full season in the Major Series since graduating from the junior ranks after the 1994 season Shearer suited up 11 times in 1993 and 1994 for the Redmen while he was still a junior, accumulating 15 goals and seven assists for 22 points. Employment commitments will keep Shearer out of approximately 40 per cent of Brooklin's regular season games, how- ever he will be available for the duration of the playoffs. Shearer is currently playing for the Baltimore Thunder of the National Lacrosse League. With the Chiefs first-round draft pick, the Redmen now pick second and third. "Matt Shearer will definitely help the Brooklin Redmen in 1998," says Cotton. "He's a local kid that all lacrosse fans know, and most importantly, he can put the ball in the net. Our fans should be pleasantly surprised in 1998."