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The Era Aurora Ket wick Wed March Aurora Tigers brilliant comeback falls game short NORTH BAY Aurora may be the first team in history to have had to win five game to take a aeven playoff series Z The Tigers took four of the first seven games their quarterfinal series with North Bay Trappers But a league ruling cost the Tigers their win in the opening game and the Trappers ended up capturing the series four games to three virtue of a win in North Bay Sunday After the week of playoff action the Hgers trailed in games or so they thought Aurora men turned in two magnificent Wednesday in North Bay and Thursday Aurora to apparently tie the series at three games apiece Then the trouble began The Trappers the backing of Dixie Beehives Weston North York Rangers and Newmarket Fryers protested that the Tigers used two players Glen Kirkbam Vic illegally in the first series games The two were signed to junior cards and according to the Provincial Junior A League constitution imports cant be signed to B cards after Jan The OHA ruled Thursday that the first game would have to be replayed It was rescheduled for Saturday at the Community Centre the Tigers came up with another brilliant effort in tying the series for the second time at three games apiece Sunday in the deciding game in North Bay the Tigers came up flat according to manager Jim Williams They fell behind in the middle period on a goal by Jim Fox but John Fielding tied it for Aurora nine seconds later Joe then scored backtoback shorthanded goals to give Trappers a 31 lead after minutes scored again in the final frame The decision by the took more out of the kids than I thought Williams said Monday had a lot of bearing on the outcome of the final game The protest ate their out he said Williams was upset by the ruling to toss out the opening game of series They were all out to get us out of the play offs he said Fly to play Don Mills NEWMARKET The Canadian champion PDon Mills Midgets hockey will be here tomorrow night to face Newmarket Flyers in an exhibition game at 8 pm at the Community Arena The Flyers lineup will bolstered by several members of the Newmarket Midgets Z Including Damy Kaye Allan Greg Ferguson Glen Brown and Jim Admission will be for adults and for students and children Proceeds from the game help fund the Don Mills players upcoming trip to Russia A GOOD PLACE TO BUY FERTILIZER WHOLESALE Landing Aurora Traveling can for v travel traps altars MAIM STRICT ONTARIO Newmarket Dixie Weston and North York were the ringleaders GAME SIX AURORA NB Scott Hunters goal with only left to play Saturdays game sent the biggest Aurora hockey crowd in years into a frenzy as it gave the Tigers a win over the Trappers and forced a seventh game in the scries A packed house of about 2000 banner- waving handclapping fans cheered the Tigers on as they came from behind a deficit to pull out the win with a pair of thirdperiod goals First Kevin Faulkner who played a tremendous but hardluck game tied it at 844 when he took a Trapper off the puck and lifted a backhander from the slot past Trapper goalie Paul St Then with overtime threatening Benny outhustled two Trappers for the puck behind the North Bay net and passed to Peter Vandemark whos shot bounced off Hunter who was standing at the lip of the crease Hunters goal brought the rest of the Tigers off the bench and as they congratulated the Aurora captain North Bays Ron jumped Rick Van Gog Fortier was joined on the ice by his teammates and a few scuffles followed Van Gog and North Bays Larry Joy were given game misconducts The Tigers had taken a 10 lead at 931 of the opening period on a powerplay with Fortier in the box serving the first of his five minor penalties Speedy Brian Dillon started the play when he picked up the puck from behind his own net and raced the length of ice cut in front of Stos and took a shot made the save but John Fielding slapped in the rebound The Trappers tied it or a deflection at but the Tigers regained the lead with only 20 seconds left in the period when Hunter used Van Gog as a blocker to get around a Trapper and slipped a shot into the comer from a difficult angle The Trappers got the only two secondperiod goals at the mark and at to take a lead Faulkner created a few excellent op portunities for himself in the middle frame After making fancy he twice broke in alone only to shoot wide once and hi the post once Later In the period Faulkner had Stos beaten again but drilled a off the crossbar Saturdays game was the most entertaining junior A contest of the season at the Community Centre Emotions ran high not only in the stands but on the ice resulting in lots of hard hitting and some chippy play The crowd was the biggest since the first game played at the Community Centre years and one day previous Williams and owner John Sikura were Auroras John Fielding tries to break through the North Bay defence In Thursdays Provincial Junior A quarterfinal playoff game The Tigers won the game Scott gets shutout for Sharon SHARON Player of the week Matthew Scott earned the shutout as Armalux Industries blanked Spot Motor Hotel 20 Saturday in the first game of the East Atom House League roundrobin playoffs Danny and Mike each scored one goal Flamingo Homes and Flyers battled to a 22 tie in another atom contest Kevin Foster and Todd Greenham each scored once for Flamingo while Marcel Goddard notched both Flyers goals Martin Barkey scored twice to lead Sports Centre to a victory over Pfaff Motors Howard scored the winners other goal while Terry Stevens tallied for Chris and Mark Norman scored two goals apiece as River Farms dumped Dan Mills 51 Saturday in a Peewee House League game Ken Doering scored the other goal for the winners while Peter Cuypers netted the lone Dan Mills goal Peter Swind scored twice to lead Belhaven Turf Farms to a 31 triumph over KMS Mike Arbour had the other Belhaven goal Tony replied for KMS David Jackson bagged four goals to pace Paul Wilson Sports to an 81 win over Flamingo Homes Jeff Vankempen netted two goals for the winners while Martin Menear and Brian McAllister scored one apiece Troy scored once in a losing cause Richard Rutledge was selected the player of the week BANTAM Mark earned the shutout as Flamingo Homes edged Probe Architectural Sunday in a Bantam House League game Jim Ross scored the only goal Kevin La f fan bagged two goals and player of the week Andy Woodhead notched the other as Newmarket Garden Centre slipped past Black and McDonald 32 Roger Gibney and Scott McLaughlin scored one goal apiece in a losing cause In the other bantam game last week Jerry and Dennis Johnston each tallied once to give Stans Haulage a 21 win over Kawneer Company Craig Proctor replied for Kawneer Last weeks games ended the bantams regular schedule MIDGETJUVENILE Player of the week Mike Hone and Keith Himes scored two goals apiece to lead Jims Shell to a win over Pipelayers last week in a MidgetJuvenile House League contest Rick Brad Loums Tim Ken Vandercolf and Mike Ellis each scored once for the winners Ray Twinnag with two Andy Andy Gibson John Doman Joe Bell and Ernie Hendy replied for Cliffside In the other midget- juvenile game last week Brays Fuels doubled the score on Flamingo Homes 42 Chris Ray Brian Little Charlie McNeil and James McNeil each tallied once for the winners Greg Chaing and Gary Buck replied for Flamingo Guardsman muffler with the lifetime guarantee Guardsman lifetime guarantee Lifetime guaranteed to the original purchaser as long as you own your North American manufactured private passenger car Mufflers for imported cars guaranteed one year Ask for complete details at your Sears Auto Centre Our finest muffler And it is lifetime guaranteed Zinccoated inside and out Fulllength inner tubes reduce corrosive condensation Airtight crimplocked seals guard against leaks and blowouts Engineer ed to meet Sears high standard of perfor mance and quality Sizes to fit most pop ular makes and models Free 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Tigers and they now trailed North Bay three games to two Aurora took a lead at of the first period on a goal by He scored on a backhander from the side of the Trapper net Dave Robinson popped in a rebound to make it 20 at 222 of the second period then less than three minutes later Dillon slipped a backhander through heavy traffic in front of North Bay goalie Maurice to put the Tigers up 30 At Van Gog a Trapper off the puck in the corner and passed to John Sikura who scored from close range Dillon scored from the slot on a break at 1311 only seconds after John had put the Trappers on the board Fortier made it at 351 of the final period when he intercepted a pass and went in alone to More a shorthanded goal Twenty seconds later Pedersen carried the puck into the Trapper zone stopped in the left circle and drilled a low shot into the far corner The Tigers com pletely dominated the game and the Trappers GAME FOUR AURORA Despite taking nearly twice as many penalties as the Trappers the Tigers played superbly and earned an 86 win in North Bay Wednesday With their backs against the wall and down three games to none though they didnt know it at the time the Tigers put forlh an allout effort in handing the Trappers only their third loss of the season on home ice Hunter opened the scoring at of the first period when he dashed down the right wing and snapped a wrist shot past goalie Stos on the short side Fielding made with a long low slapshot at Then the Tigers in curred several penalties and the Trappers scored three straight powerplay goals at and to lead 32 after the first period Todd tied It for the Tigers at of the second period when he slid a shot into the far corner from the left wing Dillon scored a powerplay goal to put the Tigers ahead 43 at 840 then while the Trappers were two men short at Vandemark faked a shot from the left point and passed to alone on the right side The Tiger defenceman put the puck high over a sprawling Stos After Marty Deschamps put North Bay back within one on a powerplay at Faulkner fed Hunter a breakaway pass and after the Tiger captain took a shot Faulkner popped in the rebound at to make it In he third period Tiger goalie Mike Kasmetls made several key saves before the Tigers went ahead on a goal by Fielding Fielding blocked a shot at the Tiger carried the puck into the Trapper zone and passed to Dillon In the corner Dillon circled in the Trapper tone with two players hanging on him then set up Fielding who was alone in front then was assessed the fourth consecutive Aurora penalty of the period but the Tigers using a new penaltykilling system had no problems while shorthanded The Trappers gave Aurora a scare late In the period when Brian and Jim Fox scored goals at 1823 and 1838 to make it 76 The Trappers pulled their goalie for an extra attacker but didnt come close to scoring again scored Into the empty net a second before end of the game Pomade 136Y0NGESTN As BUILDING CENTRE AND PLUMBING SUPPLY to Everybodys 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