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F | | 18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 9, 1985 ports | Home ice now looms large in this series The Port Perry Goreski Bantams are one game away from an all-Ontario championship. In front of a large, noisy crowd at the Scugog Arena Sunday afternoon, the Port team got a solid goaltending performance from Stacey Ballingall which helped them to a 4-2 vic- tory over the visitors from Six Nations. They now own a 3-2 There was plenty of goal-mouth action like this Sun- day afternoon as the Port Perry Bantams doubled Six Nations 4-2 to take a 3 to 2 lead in the all-Ontario finals. Stacey Ballingall was more than steady in the nets and lead in the best of seven final and could wrap it up with a victory this Wednesday evening on the road. If a seventh game in this see-saw series is needed, the two teams will hit the ice at the Scugog Arena this Sunday afternoon for a 2:00 o'clock face off. The 4-2 win was a very satisfying one as the Bantams rebounded from an 8-3 defeat on Frri- day in Six Nations and the home ice advantage is now looming pro- minently in this series. Goaltending made the difference in Sunday's game as Ballingall was more than steady bet- ween the pipes for Port Perry, while at the other end of the rink, David Smith and Dyle Bomberry appeared to be 'fighting the puck' on numerous occasions. Steve Connors staked Port squad to a 1-0 lead when needed he had help from guys like Dereck Fit- Trailing series three games to one early in the first period as he beat Smith with a long slap shot from out- side the Six Nations blue line. Smith tried to take the rising shot on the blocker and it bounced into the net. Five minutes later, Jamie Menzies increas- ed the lead to 2-0 as he redirected a Mark Elliot shot from the right point. Greg Stapleton also drew an assist on the play. Six Nations appeared f to enjoy a bit of an edge in the play during the first period, but Ball- ingall came up with several key stops and was not giving up any costly rebounds. In the second period, Six Nations dynamite forward Kenneth Miller who wears Number 11, went to work at 4:54 and converted a two on one break with a good low shot to the corner of the zgerald, Phil McBride and Steve Connors on this play. That's Tracey Anthony from Six Nafions looking for a loose puck which wasn't there on this play. (See story for details on this exciting series) Atoms have backs to the wall On Friday and Satur: day April 5 and 6, the Malmont Farm Atoms travelled to Ni panee to play games No 3and 4in this best 4 out of 7 series for the Eastern Ontario Championship This was not the best weekend for the Green Machine as they lost both games on ------------------------ ---- a score of 4-2and 20 The series now stands at 3 games to 11n favor of the Napanee Club. In the first game on Friday mght, the home town club wasted no time as they scored only 24 seconds into the game In the second period the Green Machine tied the score on a picture play by Jody Logan with the assist going to Lindsay Parry In the third period Napanee again scored early to go ahead 2-1 -With only 3 minutes re- maining in the period the Malmont Atoms fought back to tie the score with Jason Cochrane notching the goal with the assist going to Jeff Parry The game ended in regulation time with a 2-2 tie which forced it into a 10 minute overtime period. The period saw lots of end to end action in which both goaltenders were very sharp Finally with only 2 minutes remaining the home town club capitalized on an error to go ahead 3-2. With only 30 seconds showing on the clock and the Port Perry goalie on the bench in favor of the extra at- tacker the home town club again scored to end the game with a 4-2 score 2-0 Loss On Saturday the Mal- mont Farm Atoms ap- peared to be some what tired and just couldn't get on track as they fell behind early in the first period when Napanee scored two goals. In the second and third periods both clubs skated hard and checked hard but couldn't put the puck in the net. The game ended with a 2-0 score and put the Napanee club ahead 3 games to 1 in this series. All the boys should be proud of the way they played in Napanee as they displayed some very fine hockey skills e next game is on Wednesday April 10 at Port Perry, game time is 7:30 p.m. when the Green Machine will show Napanee that Port Perry doesn't give up easily 'Port Bantams just one game away cage. But at the 10:43 point, Mark Barkey took passes from Jamie Men- zies and Stapleton. He broke in from the left side and let go with a quick wrist shot that fool- ed Smith completely. He was then replaced in the net by Bomberry. Kenneth Miller again showed why he is the number one scoring threat on the Six Nations squad as his team was playing two men short at the 12:57 mark. Miller scampered down the left side and fired a near perfect shot that caught the corner of the cage. But Miller didn't help his own cause or his team late in the period when he took a minor penalty. As the whistle sounded he hooked a Port Perry player to the ice and picked up a five minute major for his ef- forts. He was then assessed a game miscon- duct, but Six Nations was forced to play short for seven minutes. The lone goal of the third period came on a power play at 6:06 as Warren Geer was parked right in front of the visitors net and he managed to get a stick on a shot from the point by Andrew Steele. Connors drew the second assist on this one. That was the insurance goal the Port Bantams were looking for, and they shut down the visitors the rest of the way. This was an entertain- ing game with both teams skating hard, moving the puck quickly and throwing some solid body checks. Six Nations was called for ten minors and the Port Bantams had nine. The series now swings back to Six Nations on Wednesday night and Port Perry would like to put an end to it there. But to do so, they will have to play much better than they did in Game Four on Good Friday. Game Four Game 4 in the series went on Good Friday in Six Nations and it turned out to be anything but good for the Goreski Bantams as they were trounced 8-3. Ports in- ability to score, although the shots on goal were even at 26 each was due mostly to the fact the Six Nations goalie turned in his best performance to "date in the series. Both teams started the first period on a hesitant note and the play was scrambly with many passes going astray or to the wrong team, but also featured some good hard hitting. Port got on the score board first as Greg Stapleton scored when Mark + Barkey in- tercepted a Six Nations pass and passed to Jamie Menzies who hit Stapleton with a good pass. The lead was short lived as Six Nations scored less than a minute later when Jonathan scored assisted by Johnson and Smith. With the score tied 1-1 near the end of the first, Port took a penalty but used it to their advantage as hard working Warren Geer forced the Six Na- tions defencemen to cough up the puck and Geer put a move on the goalie to score Port's se- cond goal. This lead was short lived though, as Port got sloppy controll- ing the puck and big No.15 Jacobs for Six Na- tions hit Miller with a good pass and Miller in turn hit Ballingall to tie the score at 2 at the end of the first. The second period was all Six Nations as they scored three unanswered goals. The first of the three was scored by Hill assisted by Johnson and Jacobs. The next goal was a nice passing play as Hill got his second goal assisted by Miller and Jonathan. On this goal Port was guilty of ~ not back checking. The third of the period was a bad goal as Jacobs fired a long shot from the centre ice area and Ball- ingall thinking the puck was going over his head and the net did not play it. The puck appeared to drop just as it passed over Ballingall's head and fell directly into the net. The score at theend of the second was now 5-1 for Six Nations. The third period was scoreless until just past the 5 minute mark when Jeff Oke scored Port's 3rd goal assisted by Brad Menzies and Andrew Steele. Six Nations then scored 3 more goals making the final score 8-3. In game three played April 3 at the Scugog Arena, the Port Perry Bantams did all their scoring early in the first period, but it was enough for a 2-1 victory over the visiting team from Six Nations. The contest was just past the six minute mark when Brad Menzies (Turn to page 20)