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4-<>rono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 4, 1989 SPOR Orono Atoms make astounding comeback Tri-County Novice Hockey Action Last Thursday night brought a terrific Christmas present to côach Cord Burnham. Major's Muffins rose to the occasion and tied Whitby Whitby 1-1. Granted it was a tie, but consider the fact that on their previous meeting Whitby had demolished us 8-2 and you realize what an immense improvement the team has made. The boys showed grit and fire throughout this game and actually outplayed and outshot the Whitby team. In a game where every team member gave one hundred hundred percent it is difficult to single out any one player for applause but Orono did receive great efforts from Tom Wakefield on defence, and a super forechecking from Simon Weagant. Jeff Parry showed "cobra-like" reflexes in goal. As a matter of fact Parry stymied Whitby Whitby on a number of breakaways. Excitement and tension were building as the opponents were tenuously clinging to a 1-0 lead late in the third period. With less than 15 seconds left Steve Bonneau took the puck at his own blue-line and skated his way through the entire Whitby team and fired a beautifully angled shot by the goaltender. The final score was 1-1. Congratulations to the boys on a superb team effort. Team manager was so excited that he was heard to say that he wished to take the team on tour and that he had a scheme to raise $5,000 for that purpose. On Tuesday, December 27th, Orono Atoms played one of the top rated teams, Baltimore and lost 4-2. in no way did the Orono players disgrace themselves in this game. The game was a rough and tumble affair, the action fast and furious. Jamie Shetler was Orono's top performer performer with 2 unassisted goals. Jonathan Noble, Jeff Gates and Jeff Goodmurphy put in strong defensive performances. On Thursday, December 29 Orono Atoms played in the annual Manver's tournament. In the first game Orono played Oshawa's little NHL Canadians and lost 7-2. The game was actually much closer than the score would indicate as the Oshawa goalie made several outstanding saves. Orono's fust goal came at 9:20 of the second period with Jonathan Noble scoring on a strong hard shot. Assists went to Jamie Shetler and Steve Bonneau. Bonneau. Then with 35 seconds into the third period Steve Bonneau scored a nice goal on an assist from Scott Ransberry. After dropping into the consolation consolation round, Orono next met Uxbridge. Uxbridge. This was a sterling performance performance for the lads as they won the game 5-3. After pulling ahead 3-0 after two periods Orono had an inexplicable inexplicable lapse allowing Uxbridge to pull back to within 1 goal by the end of the second period. After that, however Orono cruised to victory. victory. Jamie Shetler scored the first 2 Orono goals unassisted. Tom . Wakefield scored the next goal as Orono rediscovered the point man, Jamie Shetler then scored on an assist from Steve Bonneau. And finally Jamie Shetler scored on assists from Tom Wakefield and Scott MacDonald. This win allowed Orono to go to the Consolation final when they lost. On Sunday, December 11th Orono travelled to Millbrook and again played a strong defensive game. The first period was Orono's in that they had 5 or 6 good scoring opportunities, but couldn't capitalize on them. Millbrook had the second period getting 2 goals past Mike Hutton who made several saves that looked like sure goals but couldn't stop them all. Orono came on strong again in the third playing defensive as a team and getting more opportunités to score. Steven Wilson finally got Orono on the score sheet late in the third, unassisted. Unfortunately that's how it ended. Thursday found the team in Little Little Britain probably the strongest Orono Tri-County PeeWee News Thursday night Orono travelled to Little Britain for the last meeting of the year between these two teams. Orono started quickly with John Buttigieg scoring a goal from the slot with a wrist shot. John scored again only one minute later when he was set up by Mike Schoep. Scott Hentig and Adam Wallace scored later in the period to give Orono a 4-2 lead at the end of the first period. The second period saw Orono build on their lead when David Crozier set Jason Mercer up, and Jason made no mistake, pulling the goalie and putting the puck past him. Mike Schoep scored two straight goals for Orono. One on a good set up by the hard working Cameron Tomkins. John Buttigieg, who got a chance to play forward in this game, scored his third of the team in our division. Orono jumped put to a 2 goal lead quickly scoring twice in the first 5 minutes. The first goal was the result of hard work by Steven Foster fighting for position of the puck in Little Britain's corner against two opposition players. Once he had position of the puck he made a beautiful pass in front to .Michael Morrison.'The next goal was provided by one of Steven Wilson's end to end rushes. Then Little Britain's goalie stopped his first shot but left a nice rebound that Steve tucked in the short side. After that the game was Little Britain's, Britain's, scoring 6 goals. Merry Christmas to all and Happy Happy Holidays. night on a pass'from Mike Schoep. Little Britain scored at (he end of the period to leave Orono with an 8-3 lead. The third period was Orono's sloppiest period of the year. They allowed the Little Britain forwards to walk in on Chad Puk in the Orono net. After Little Britain had scored three straight goals Cameron Tomkins took a pass from Brandon , Ovenden and scored Çrono's ninth goal of the game'. Steve Shetler and" Jason Mercer each scored late in the period to give Orono the 11-6 victory. victory. John Buttigieg with four points and Mike Schoep who made five were the top players for Orono. With only two games left in regular season play, Orono stands a good chance to finish the season undefeated. ' Orono O.M.H.A. PeeWee Action Monday, December 12th saw exciting exciting action by the Orono O.M.H.A. Peewees against Manvers on Orono's home ice, with Orono emerging the victors in a 4-1 win. Oioiio played well with only one goalie, Chad Maartense, warding 'tdl many exciting Hurries in front ol" his ncl. With only 8 skaters, Orono was forced into skating a hard-checking game against the fast skating team of Manvers. Due to excellent goaltending, good defensive defensive work, and back-checking by our forwards, Manvers managed only I goal against us, scored by Scott Brown and assisted by Chris Miller, Trevor Lomax and Mike Landers scored two goals each, MOM'S KITCHEN DOWNTOWN ORONO 9 83 - 53 1 0 three of which were assisted by Chris Yeo, and one by Paul Flin- toff. A return match is scheduled in Manvers on Wednesday, December 14th. Good Luck Boys! Grudge match, Orono vs Manvers Wednesday, December 14th at Manvers Arena saw a continuation of Monday nights game in Orono, with Manvers emerging the victors with a 3-2 win. Once again a fast-checking, hardhitting hardhitting game, only 10 minutes in penalties (sometimes dubious in nature) were generated by Orono, and 18 minutes went to the home team. (We're proud to say that Chris Yeo never saw the penalty box). Goals for Orono were scored by Brandon Ovenden, assisted by Jay Hanson and Henry Kaldeway, assisted by Brandon Ovenden and Trevor Lomax. Several scoring opportunities opportunities eluded us, with the puck ricochetting off goal posts that appeared appeared several inches larger than normal. Once again Orono had only only one goalie, Chad Maartense, who put forth a superb effort on our behalf. Sunday, December 18th. saw Orono make their way to the Omemee Arena for another victory for the Peewees. The type of game played is shown by the penalties assessed each team - 25 minutes to Omemee, and 27 minutes to Orono, with a 5 minute penalty for Michael .Landers for fighting. The coach (Pete Landers) and player were assessed a game misconduct. Goals for Orono were scored by Chris Yeo, Michael Landers (2 goals), Trevor Lomax (2 goals), and Paul Flintoff. Excellent playing by the goalie, Chad Maartense, Jay Hanson, Hanson, Aaron Staples, Daryl Reid and Henry Kaldeway spearheaded the team to the 6-0 victory for Orono. On Wednesday, December 19th, Orono faced another tough game against Cobourg, Penalties were kept to a minimum for the Orono team, who lost a tough 5-3 decision. Goals for Orono were scored by Trevor Lomax (2 goals) and Jason Mercer, helping out while Michael Landers was serving a game misconduct. misconduct. Coach Pete Landers enjoyed a birds' eye view from the stands while Bert Reid took over the criaching duties for him for the evening. Orono and Cobourg were tied up 3 apiece until late in the third period. With only 8 skaters, the fast-paced game proved too much for Orono - they just ran out of steam. There are no more games scheduled until January but the ' boys enjoyed a tournament on December 29th in Douro. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone from the hockey team and the parents! 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