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page 30, Whitby Free Press, Wednosday, November 30, 1M9 Seleets can't fmd victoymBrapo The Witby select 7s hockey teain, sponsored by Beckford Service Centre, were winless in Brampton over the weekend in their firet tournanient of the season. In their firat gaine against Cambridge, Whitby fought back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the gaine only ta see their opponen ts regain the lead at 4-3 with 1:22 left in the third period. Ryan Kerr had two goals for NWhtby, Luke Carson added a single. Kerr was awarded the game's sportsmanship trophy for Whitby came out ehecking tenaciously against the powerful Brampton Maroons and held their big guns at bay for most of the conteat thanks to the efforts of goaltenders Chad Thibodeau and Bennett F'itzgibbon. However, Brampton eventually found some skating room and counted six unanswered goals for a 6-0 win. Carson received the game'sýIsportsmnanship award. In the last round-robin gaine, Whitby came up against a tough Richmond FiEU squad and feli 4-1. Kerr had the lone ýWhitby goal. Fitzgibbon was VWhy's gaine sportsmanship award winner. The select Ws next league gaine is Thursday at Oriole Arena in North York. Gaine turne is 6:30 p.m. Whitby's bronze medalists To the editor. We would like ta recognize the athletes fron Whitby who were part of our 1994 provincial bronze medal teain. They were quarterback Gregory Crabb, running backs David Normank and Danny Orabb, linebaekers Ryan Lacy and Andrew Greenen, tackles Neil Reading and Shawn Hubbard, defensive backS Jorden Henry and Andrew Bourna and defensive ends Cory Doran and Jason Pottinger. Oshawa Hawkeyes atom football club _____SIL VER _ _ _ _____STICK _ __ Minor atoms corne up short in semi-finalà WHITBY and Toronto players meet along the boards in minor bantam AAA action at the Gloria Rints memorial silver stick tournament held Nov. 24-27 atIlroquois Park. Toronto Marlies blanked Whitby 5-0 in this Nov. 24 contest and went on to the final in which they defeated Detroit Compuware 2-1 to win the championship. Photo by Jeremy Dresar, Whitby Free Press The Whitby minor atoin AAA hockey teain, sponsored by Fortune Financial, competed in the sixth annual international silver stick finals tournament held in Whitby last weekend, going ail the way te the semi-finals before .being eliminated in a close contest. Their first opponents, Toronto MTHL Red Wings, always a top- contender, started fast, scoring two goals in the first four minutes of play and went on to a 6-0 win. in gaine two versus Halton, Wildcats dominated the first two periods of play, outscoring their opponents 3-O. Goal-scorers were Jainie Fox, Brandon McBride and Ronnie Robertson. In the third period, Marc Glecson's shutout bid was broken when Halton scored with time running out. In gaine three against Detroit Little Caesars, Wildcats had to win ta advance. It was even-up hockey until Whitby opened the scoring with five minutés left in the first period. Then the floodgates opened. Wide. By the turne the dust settled at the end of the first, Wildcats hnd pounded five pucks past the Detroit goaltender. Point-getters in the barrage were Sean Pitcher, Ryan Tutak, James Liske, Andrew Pigrain, Sean Hill, Tyler Harrison, McBride, Robertson, Fox and Kosiw. As ia the previous gaine, the Wildcats then played some very sound defensive hockey for the remainder of the gaine. Led by Jef Seedhouse, Patrick Lang and Paul Ranger, Whidtby gave Detroit a lesson la teain defence, eamning a shutout with goaltender KMye Nova in the process. Wnde Branch scored twice in the final two frames in the 7-0 victory. The semi-final gaine saw Wildcats face London Rebels. The first period was fast-paced and close checking with no one able tg score the first goal. Early ia the second, McBride fired a high hard one into the London net. The lead didn't lnst very long as Rebels came bnck hard ta tie the score l'ive minutes later. London scored two more within a minuta and took a 3-1 lead into the third period. London scored again midway through the third and appeared to be cruising ta a 4-1 victory. But with five minutas left te play, Tutak scored on a pretty backhand. Then Kosiw tapped in a perfect pass froin Harrison -with less than a minute to play. Wildcats buzzed the net, just failing ta, get the equalizer with one second on the dlock. Bantams edge( The Whltby ininor bantaîn AA hockey teain, sponsored by Foran DisposaI Corporation, missed a berth in the Whitby silver stick tournament semi-fnals by a goal in two of the round-robin gaines. On opening night, Whidtby bast 3-2 ta league opponent Aurora. A see-saw battle in the first period ended tied 2-2. A highlight was Whitby goalie Scott Thonmpson~s 25-foot poke check on an Aurora attack. Wildcats scored on the retura rush. Aurora scored the eventual gaine winner in the second period, and Wihitby could not generata any offence in the third period, serving four minor penalities. Scoring for Whitby were Tim Fennessey and Bob Schlitt, with assists going te Derek Ackford, Paul Heinrich, Ryan Babcock and Mike Orviss. Ackford also' collected the gaine most valuable player award. Thompson turned away 27 shorts. Game two on Friday morning saw Whitby lose 4-3 to Hillcrest Summnits. I-llcrest started off quickly with two goals. Heinrich replied with a blast froin the top of the circle. Fennessey scored Inte in the second to tie the gaine, but Hilicreat replied with one second left as Whitby failed ta clear the puck froin the defensive zone. Hillcrest scored an insurance marker midway through the third, and Heinrich scored his second goal with four seconds left in the gante. Between the pipes, Sean Tremaine stapped 19 shots. Whitby gaine MVP was Flaherty. out Whitby moved on ta defeat winless Agincourt 6-3. The gaine proved to be a see-saw battie with Whitby's 2-0 lead evaporating in a barrage of third period penalties. Agincourt tied the gaine 2-2, but Flaherty came up big with an unassisted goal with Whitby serving two penalties. Flaherty had three goals for the gaine, Babcock the other two. Flaherty garnered the game MVP award. Flaherty was named minor bantarn AA tournament MVP after the Aurora-IIest--#, charnpionship gaine on Sunday. Gloria Rints memorial silver stick tournament NOV. 24 TO 27 hosted by the Whitby Minor Hockey Associatioun Routt MINOR PEEWEE AA CI4AMPIONSHIP North Toronto 4 Wllowda;e 3 UNOR BANTAM AA CHAMPIONSHIP Aurore 3 Hlicreet 2 MINOR ATOM AAA CHAMPIONSIP Toronto Red Wings 2 London O IIUNOR PEEWEE AAA CHAMPIONSkIP Don Milta Flysus 5 Toronto Red Wrcgs 4 MINOR BANTAM AAA CI4AMPIONS11P Toronto Ma es 2 O.trok CorrPuwaro 1 Whitby select hockey MAJOR SOUIRT qonsood by B.ckfld SrvieS Cenli Brsanpon Soet oeurmsu Nov. 24 Rhyt7rr 3 Caidde O Luka Caton Ncov. 28 Whitby 0 Bropton e Whhby 1 IRiohmiond HFI i 4