Page 24, Whily Free Proue, Wednesday. Doember 1. 1993 Atoms edged in tournament final The VWitby major atein AA hockey teain, spensored by Dupent Automotive Finishes, came up just short againet a powerful epponent in the final of a tournainent in Pîckeing over the weekend. Whitby started the tournament with a die against Bowmanville. The Bowmanville team scored with two minutes remainig in the gaine te tie the gaine 3-3. Matt McKay was the Whitby meet valuable player. The second gaine was againfit leagd oppnedtPickering who had efetedWhitby in two previeus league gaines. Whitby, playing disciplined hockey, had a 3-1 lead by the second period and finished the gaine with a 3-2 victery. Whitby collected only one penalty te, seven handed eut te Pickering. This was the deciding facter, as Whitby outshet Pickering 24-14., Whitby MV? was goale Mike Nemisz. Gaîne three was against Bramnpton who played strong hockey but succumbed 3-0 te Whitby. Why goalie Joshua Hughes collected a well-earned shutout. Ben Scheepers was the MV? for Whitby. The victory gave Whitby sole possession of first place in the division and a berth in the 'Seven' was a common denominater as the Whitby major novice AAA hockey teain, spensored by the Ladies Aniliary, finished November %%typosto<i a record of seven wins, one boas and one tie for the nionth, and scored seven goals in each of their gaines in the past week Ini their first gaine, Whitby made the dreaded Tuesday weeknight trip te Vaughan te play against Richinond Hill. Trhe large ice surface and long trip were facters the team had te overcome, and Whitby had te corne fi behind three times frein two-goal deficits. Entering the final minute one goal down, Whtby pulled their gealie which resulted in the tying goal scored by Tyler Harrison, ending a wide open affair and a 7-7 final. Scoring fer Whitby were Harrison (two goals, one assist), Rennie Robertson (one goal, one assist), Brandon McBride (one ga, two assista), Adain Çdibodeau (twe assista), Billy Doir, James Liske and Michael Kosiw (one goal each) and Ryan Tutak, Jamie Fox and Karen Farquharson (one assist each). Whitby faoed the Ajax/ Plckering teain the next night at Broolln and after a longer than normal pro-gaine talk, Whitby carne eut flying, scoring early and often. semi-final gaine against Markham. Markhszn was the underdog in the contest based on Whitby's 3-0 record against them, in York-Simcoe league play. Whitby opened the scoring in the first period with a blast fom the pint by Dana Bloom. However, a determined Mfarkham teani got rolling and sported a 3-1 lead midway through the second period. Whitby shooters Sean Walsh, Luc Chiasson and Bryan Rourke scored three unanswered goals te take a 4-3 lead. Markham was net eut of it yet, knotting the score 4-4 with a goal with two minutes remaining in regulation time. Overtime was loomiing, as both clubs tried te, finish it in the third period. The five-minute sudden-death overtime started, and Whitby goalie Nemisz kept the teamn alive with some great saves. Blueliner Lucas Harden fired the gaine winner from the pint, te send Whitby te the teurnainent final against Owen Sound. Walsh was the gaine MVP. Whitby had met Owen Sound in two remious eutings this season an suffered close losses in both cases. Owen Sound at this point sported a 24-0 record. Chase A±kcinson got Whitby on the board with a tip-in three minutes into the first period. With the effence continuing te, show the opposition their power, the defence moving the puck eut of danger and the duo of Chris Nemisz and Marc Gleeson in goaLl, Ajax found little room te, do much. McBride led the way with four goals, alun a row, with Kosiw chipping in with two and Andrew Pigrain providing the other marker. Thibodeau played another strong gaine, assisting on three goals, with other assists going te, Robertson (two) and Harrison, Kosiw, Deir and Seedhouse with singles. Whitby finished the week in Peterborough and skated te a convincing 7-5 win. The McBride-Deir-Thibedeau lime did moat of the damage as they combined for 10 points on the night. McBride had two goals, one assist, Deir twe goals and an assist and Thibodeau three assists. Kosiw had a bat trick, and Seedhouse and Farquharson added asssta. After 18 gaines, WhItby romains in first place with 31 pointa, followed by Markhain with 26, Peterborough 16, Oshawa 12, Richmond Hill il and AjaxfPickering 10. Whitby travels te Oshawa this Thiursday and is entered in the Chinquacousy Hockey Classic Tournament Dec. 3, 4 and 5. However, Owen Sound replied with three goals in 20 seconds. Chiasson fired one in te close the firt period 3-2 for Owen Sound. The second period was great end-to-end hockey. Centreinan Matt Rae tied the score early te give Whitby a tie going into the final frame. The third ýperiod was a penalty-filled affair, as both clubs played rough hockey. Mark Cipparone and Atkinson produced a 4-3 Witby lead r four minutes, but ex-Whiitbyite Brad Siater scored te tie the gaine. Owen Sound then scored the eventual game winner with two minutes remaining on the dlockL Wihitby goalies Hughes and Nemisz shaing the duties robbed Owen Sound's top shooter many times. Coach Louie Atkçinson was pleased with the teams performance against a very strong club. Paul Tait and Kevin Taylor produced excellent scoring opportunities for their linemates. Defensemen Chris Trinkunas, Andrew Allison and Scott Cook each collected assista and provided fine defensive play with few penalties. Wlutby's next tournainent 15 early December in Belleville. Peewees wvin 2 of 3 in Oshawa tourncýamLiLent Whitby Hanet Plastics major peewoe AAA hockey teain won two of their three preliininary gaines in the Oshawa teurnainent Nov. 26-28. In their opening gaine, Whitby edged Brantford 3-2. Scoring for Whitby were MacRury with two goals and an assist and H-ickingbottomn with a goal. Single assista went te Inrie, Westfall and Scheepers. Most valuable player for Whitby was goalie Greenen. An injury late in the gaine te, The Whitby major atein select team, sponsored by Hardco Contracting and Excavating, won the consolation in the Prince Edward County atein teurnament in Wellington on Saturday, Nov. 27. In the first gaine Whitby got off te a slow start and allewed a very good Bancroft team te take a 3-0 lead afler a period and a half. Whitby played much botter in the last haîf of the gaine but could only manage te, score one goal, by Stefan Hass, in a 4-1 loas. Gary Kitainura, who assisted on the goal, was also named moat valiiable'player for Whitby. In the second game, Whitby had te take five eut of five possible points against Prince Edward County te, have a chance for the chainpionship gaine. Whitby was up for the task and boat Prince Edward County 5-0 and earned the five points it needed. Ryan Meane'y had three goals for Wihitby with David Bosco and Miko Kobrynovich scering the others. Aassisting on the goals were Mike Astalos, Sean Holmes, Ryan Mondes. Kyle Ruttan, Ryan Robb and Kobrynovich (three). Adam Rinaldi had the shuteut for Whitby and was naxned the garni's most valuable player. Whitby missed geing te the H-ickçingbottom forced him eut of the romainder of the teurnanient. Ini thoir second gaine Whitby was up against a powerful teain from Peterborough. Majeste oponod the scoring for Whitby but Peterborough caine eut eventual winners by a score of 7-2. Scoring the other goal for Whitby was Longe, with Duncan assisting on both goals and Suddons with the single assist. Ini the third gaine Whitby beat York Sinxcoe 4-3 in what was championship game by lf a point and ended up having te play Prince Edward.Ceunty again for the consolation. Whitby outahot Prince Edward County 23-6 and won 3-O. Ruttan, Meaney and Astalos scored for Whitby with Meaney, Kobrynovich, Holmos, Robb and ]Ruttan assisting. Michael described by coach Roy Pappin as one of Whitby's best ali-round performances of the season. MacRury and lInrie oach had a goal and an assist with single goas by Duncan and Huether. Mleste, Feret, Schleiffer and Shannon completed Whitby>s soigwith single asssta. Most vaube player was Duncan. The gaine was revenge for Whitby, after suffeing two straight losses against York-Simcoe in their last two league play meetings. Thornten had the shuteut for =Whitby and Kobrynovich was nandgame's most valuablo player. Earlier in the week Whitby beat North Toronte 3-0 in North York Select League play, te remain undefeated. The teain's record is now 15-2-1 for the season. One-day fishing licence mtroduced Natural Resources Mfinister Howard Hampton announced Monday that, in response te requests frein Ontario's charter fishing boat industry, a one-day fishing licence for Canadian residents has been introduced. The ministry will make one-day sports fishing licences available for Canadian residenta in 1994. The new licence will cost $10 and, as an introductory offer, that fe. will include the coat of an outdoors card for those who don't already have one. The licence will ha available frein many charter-boat operaters, as well as regular licence-issuing outlets. The Ontario Charter Boat Association (OBA) first suggested the new licence. Hunting, fishing and teurism groupa were consulted before the new forin of licence was developed. "Many of our clients will only fiah one day a year, and as the new one-day licence will be available frein many charter-boat slippera, it will ha more convenient for the custemers te get licences when they arrive for their day's fishing," said OCBA president Dave Angus. Persons who reside outside of Canada have been able te buy one-day fishing lioenses this year, alse at a cost of $10. Haimpton also said that there will ha ne incroases te fishing and hunting licence fées in 1994. Foos will romain the saine as in 1993, with the exception of the the arnall-game hunting licence. Wislz list: Region hopes for fitnding for projcts PROM PAGE 5 in Durhami Region, $2 million per mtinicipality won't cut it,» said Anderson. However, regional chair Gary Herroma said Durbin.is pi- pared te be a "major player" in the joint initiative by contribut- in" more than its required ono- tlurd shai-o of the costa. Oshawa councillor John, Aker saïd Durhamn could draw on ita large reserve funds and triple A créait rating te help finance pro- jects. "We would be looking te fund more than one-third and will do prejects y ou and your govern- ment will be proud of," ho teld Shepherd. For example, if the federal and prvnial governinonts each con- tbue$4 million, Durhami could spend $57 million te build a new water treatinent plant in Ajax, Aker said. Work on the $65-million faci- lity is scheduled te begin next Mai-ch and is the most expensive individual item on the Regien's 'wish list.' Whitby projects proposed for construction during the next two years include the folbowing: * a $6.6-niillion expansion of the Corbett Creek water pollu- tion control plant; * a $2.6-million expansion of the breakwater pumping station and construction of the Pringbo- Corbett diversion sewer; * installation of a $3.2-million water main on Thickson Road frein the Garrard Road pumping station te Winchester Roa in Brooklin; * installation of a $950,000 water main on Taunton Road from Garrard Road te Thornten Road; * installation of $2.3-million water main frein Taunton Road te the Garrard Road station. Shopherd said projects that could lead te more jobs and investinent frein the private sec- ter, such as botter roads or a water treatinent plant, fal wîthin the scope of the prograin. Municipal projects that would net diroctly hanefit business and industry, auch as a recreation centre or administration build- ing, would net qualify, he said. Shopherd added that the governrnent will faveur prejecte that do net pose a potential threat te the onvironment and will try te ensure that local construction workers get jobs on local projecta. "We're looking te pt mn i the mokets opeople in Dur- hamn, ho said. «Net outaide contractera who come in and spend monoy on a couple cups of coffee and leave." Novices rol along on 7s lew