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WP aay 1a - 30- FORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 2, 1999 avn aV COF ual nn ine «Kehr "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" : PERRY A I VAVE 1 MN] TIGHT DEFENCE: The crowd at the Scugog Arena was full of cheers Saturday morning as the Lake Scugog Lumber team squared off against Emiel's Restaurant in Atom House League play. doing. The regular season is coming to an end for most JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR local teams and as the post-season progresses, check out The Port Perry Star and The Weekend Star for updates on how your favourite teams are Midgets set to Sound off " After sweeping arch-rival Cobourg in three straight, Port's Midget A Predators will set their sights on Owen Sound this Friday in the All-Ontario semi-finals By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star The Port Perry Predators will meet Owen Sound in a best-of-five Midget A Ontario semi-final series starting this weekend. The Predators advanced to the semis with a stellar three-game sweep of arch-rival Cobourg. And they did it the hard way, win- ning game three last Tuesday night right in Cobourg by a 4-2 margin. The Predators have enjoyed out- standing netminding by Mike MacLennan and Ryan Fraser through the playoffs and in crucial game three it was MacLennan's turn to shine as he constantly came up - with the big saves to give his team a chance to win it. The Cobourg players came out of the chute like dynamos and opened the scoring in the first. That 1-0 lead held until late in the period when Mike Hamilton was set up by Ryan McQuade and Matt McMaster. The Predators' McQuade put his team into the lead in the second on a short-handed goal set up by Hamilton. Cobourg tied it while on a two- man power play. But midway through the second, Nick Pelyk netted what proved to be the winner. Hamilton and McMaster got the assists on Pelyk's goal. With the Predators holding a slim 3-2 lead, the teams battled back and forth through much of the final period until McQuade finally put the icing on the cake with just 28 seconds left in regulation. 'As an indication of just how evenly matched the two teams were, the first two games of the series were decided by a single goal (scores of 2- 1in OT and 5-4) Hamilton drew an assist on McQuade's insurance goal to give him four points for the night. McQuade had two goals and an assist while McMaster had two assists to keep his red hot playoff scoring streak going. Owen Sound should prove to be a tough opponent for the Predators as well. The Sound bumped off Bradford in three straight, and a Predator team official who took in game three in Bradford last Thursday night described them as a good skating club. "We will have to use our speed and size to our advantage in this series," said the official. The winner will advance to the All-Ontario Midget A championship series against Woolwich (near Guelph) or a team from the Niagara Falls area. The Port Perry-Owen Sound series gets underway at the Scugog Arena this Friday night (March 5) at 9 p.m., with game two in the Sound March 6 at 8:30 p.m. Game three is in Port Perry March 12 at 9 p.m. and game four is back in Owen Sound March 13 at 8:30 p.m. Should a game five be necessary the venue will be decided by a coin toss after game four. If the Predators-Owen Sound series is anything like the one against Cobourg, Port Perry and area fans will see some outstanding Midget hockey as these guys know how to play this game. Don't miss the home opener this coming Friday at 9 p.m. ms are' 'deadlocked at sach in their Central 'downto 60 minutes G3 oF sock ; he Uxbridge Bruins and = or C semi-final series, and ihe series to be i by more le it toni ght in game i an a single goal. Not surprisingly, 2) t the Uxbridge ~ 3 this one is going § the dis istance. ii he Whoever emerges victorious | \ wt 0 night (face-off's at 7:45 week | tho) 3ruins win- 1 'ning FPridey on home ice 2-1 to take: a 3-2 geried lead. But the Ice tied it up 24 hours later in Keswick with a 4-1 win, marking the first game in 3 who should be well rested after dis- White scored 2d What p.m.) will meet the Lakefield Chiefs, atching the Little Britain erchants in four straight. In front of a near sell-out crowd at Uxbridge Arena, the Bruins Jay roved to be the Page 31 SHL playoff report KCl Variety Geers up for a playoff run with a 3-2 victory over Joe's Pizzeria By Dean Van Camp Special to The Star K.C.I. Gas Bar 3 Joe's Pizzeria 2 Bill Weisflock opened up the scoring to start the morning off with a Joe's goal. K.C.I. showed they could keep up with the fast pace by scoring three goals from Warren Geer (two), and Mike Ayers. Joe's scored a last minute goal from Keijo Kinnunen, but it was too little too late. Cedar Creek Contracting 5 Taylor Ford/ Mercury 2 Gary Lance scored the first goal of the game for Taylor at the end of the first period. Cedar Creek responded by scoring three goals from Derek Fitzgerald, Karl Durham and Duane Empringham. Taylor brought the score to within one with a Bill Bridge goal. Cedar Creek just had too many weapons this | morning as they rounded out the scoring with goals from Nathan Brown and Karl Durham. Taylor Fuels 4 Monsma Electric 1 Dave Roth scored the lone Monsma goal halfway through the second period assisted by Mike McQuade. After the Monsma goal, Taylor responded with a flurry of four goals scored by Ken Little (two), Willie Edwards and Dean Smith. Van & Truck World 4 Harrison Fuels 2 Van & Truck World continued their playoff-domi- nance with a 4-2 victory over Harrison Fuels. Richie LeFort scored the first Harrison goal of the game. Brad Menzies replied right back with a goal of his own to tie the game. Harrison pulled ahead again with a goal from Turn to Page 31 It's set to be held in Denver Durham Dragons all fired up for the annual Special Hockey International Tourney Durham Dragons at 8 p.m. and goes until 1 Special Hockey is headed a.m. for Denver, Colorado in Tickets are $15 each, the 1999-2000 season for the fifth annual Special Hockey International Tournament. To help with the cost of participating in this tournament, the Dragons are holding a series of fundraising events. One of the events is a dance on Saturday, March 13 at the Glen Stewart Community Centre in Oshawa. There will be a disc jockey and a light buffet. The dance starts and are available by call- ing Anne Taillon at 728- 0614. Everyone over 19 years of age is welcome to attend. For anyone want- ing to learn more about the Dragons, this is a great way to meet the par- ents involved. This promises to be the first of many dances the Dragons host. We look for- ward to seeing many Dragon supporters at this event.