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Port Perry Star, 7 Apr 1987, p. 24

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~The Port Perry Malmont Farms Atoms won the all-Ontario C championship Friday night in . Penetang with a 4-1 victory. Members of the _team got together for a photo in the dressing room after the victory. From left, front row: Son Heasman, Mike Pashley, Chad Garvock, Andr Pereman, Jeff Card, Brad Johnston, iy mascot) Lindsay Parry and Adam Johnston. Mid- 24 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 7, 1987 Port Perry Star Farms. dle row, from left: Dave Pashley, Sean _ McEnaney, Pete King, Jeff Andrews, Gavin Cochrane, Steve Desautels, Mike Sluggett and Duane Empringham. At back is manager Sandy Garvock, supporter Pierre Leduc, coach Don Steele and sponsor Neil Malcolm of Malmont Petites give it their best shot On Thursday, April 2, the Brutons IDA Petites started in a 6 game competition with the best "B" teams in Ontario with a win over - Pickering by the score of 7-3. The next game on Friday had Port up _ against a team from Gloucester an area near Ottawa that rumour had was the team to beat! At the end of the first, Port was still in the thick of it with the score 5-4 for Gloucester. _ In the second period Gloucester popped in two quick goals and had Port with their backs to the wall. The girls weren't going down without a fight and started whitling away at a three goal lead to tie the game at 7-7 ' Port's final goal. came at the 6 minute mark to take the lead for the first time in the game. The next 6 minutes saw Gloucester throw everything they had at Port, but with a minute and a half left in the game Denna .kept the ring and skated out the clock for the win of 8-7. As of Saturday might Gloucester had lost oniy 1 game out of 6 and that was at the hands of Port Perry! The next game on Friday saw Port against Markham. The girls "tried hard but could only pick up one point in a 44 Lie Port's third and final game on Fry day had the girls up against last years champs, a team from Strat-- ford Port jumped in to a quick 2 goal lead, but after two hard games earlier in the day the girls didnt have much left and 'by the final buzzer Stratford had taken Port by the score of 8-5. Even getting beat by three goals against a town as big as Stratford still was a feather in Port's cap. Saturday had Port up against a team they played during the season, Scarborough. In this game Port threw everything at the goalie, but as luck would have it even after out- playing and out-shooting Scar- borough Port came out on the short side of a 5-0 loss. The 6th and final game. was a must win situation against North Bay a town where ringette started. Port having the smallest team in the competition, but the biggest heart gave it a good try, but North Bay scored 5 quick goals before Port answered back with a rally of their own to set North Bay on their heels Port's rally was not to be against the team that was in first place overall and by the end of the game after the dust had cleared Port had lost by the score of 12-6, against a team that had beaten other clubs by the score of 17-1. Total goals for the games were 'Denna 16, Lyndsay 9, and Kelly 5 Total assists for the games were Kelly 8, Tanya 7, Denna 5, Lyndsay 4, Jennifer 2, Michelle 1, Kim 1. Tracy 1. and Shannon 1 Out of seven teams in this com petition that saw teams from as far away as Ottawa. North Bay and Stratford Port finished 5th and lost out by 1 point in making it to the metal rounds ~~ This was the first team from Por, Perry to make it to the finals al hopefully Brutons IDA Petites pav- ed the way for others to follow. Port's rag tag team that went against Ontario's best were the defense of Tanya Towns, Kim Pop- pleton, Jennifer Morden, and Tracy Pelow. These four girls skated miles in 6 games passing and checking some of the best forwards on skates. The wingers of Lyndsay Dutkewich, Michelle Fitzpatrick, Chrissy Hicken & Shannon Fox skated hard and passed well, played their posi- tions keeping Port 'respectable in this competition. The centres of Denna Lovering, Port's captain and Kelly Menzies came head to head against strong defensive players from other teams and good goalten- ding to find the mark more than once and add to their scoring stats Last, but not least, was Amy Parliament. Amy was the smallest goalie in the competition, but the biggest between the pipes Head coach Lloyd Morden, would like to take this opportunity to thank assistant coach Mark Lovering (Jake) for his help. support and cheerleading throughout the past season A spegial.note of thanks goes to the team manager Marg Pelow. without her. the season would not have been the success that it was Thank-you also goes to Bruton's IDA for their support and sponsor- ship. and as well to Wayne Fox for assistance at practices The Malmont Farm Atoms climaxed their 1986-87 season on April 3 by eliminating Penetang in 3 straight games to grab the first ever All Ontario Championship Award. After defeating Penetang by scores of 6-2 & 10-3 in games 1 & 2 of the series, the Port squad played the third game by showing they had style and maturity as they wore the opposition down skating away with a 4-1 victory. In the first period Penetang had numerous attempts to score but An- drew Pereman kept them off the - scoreboard with save after save. At the 5:30 mark Duane Empringham scored the first goal assisted by Lindsay Parry. With only 16 seconds_, left in the period Adam Johnston pushed the score to 2-0 with an assist going to Sean McEnaney. In the second period Duane Em- pringham got his second of the night assisted by Chad Garvock which ended the period' with the Green Machine leading by a score of 3-0. In the third period Gavin Cochrane opened the scoring unassisted on a super end to end rush. Penetang scored the final goal of the game but the Port Perry Atoms showed they weren't going to fold as they maintained a steady pace and completed the game with a 4-1 victory to walk away with their 3rd straight victory and the All On- tario Crown. The people of Port Perry should be proud of the Malmont Farm Atoms who have had just a super season playing in 65 games with 51 victories, 4 ties and 10 losses. Includ- ed in these victories were 4 tourna- ment championships out of 6 tourna- ment entrys. The coach, Mr. Don Steele and staff would like to congratulate all the boys on the team for your super season and best of luck in the future. Note: Special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Neil Malcolm for support and sponsorship of the Malmont Farm - Atoms'and taking the time to travel to Penetang to watch them receive: the All Ontario Championship Award. Junior Csemi finals Chiefs advance The Lakefield Chiefs of the Cen- tral Junior C League have advanc- ed to the semi-finals for the all- Ontario Junior C hockey title. The Chiefs will gpen the best of seven semi final against Bradford, a team which dumped Huntsville 8-5 on Sunday night in the seventh and deciding game. The Lakefield- Bradford series likely will get underway this Friday evening, but dates had not been established as of Monday morning. The Chiefs, who finished first in their division of the Central League. advanced to the semi final round by Because of a number of factors, including reduced registration, Port Perry Figure Skating Club has found it necessary to make some ma jor changes in its season-ending show for this year. The show will be called Skatefest '87, and its format has been altered considerably. There will be two performances, both beginning at 7:30 p.m_, on Fri- day. April 10 and Saturday, April 11. Both shows will include perfor- mances by guest skaters: soloist Marcus Christiansen, and pairs knocking out the Bowmanville Eagles four games to two. And they did it the hard way after losing the first two games to the Eagles. The victory came last Friday night in Lakefield as the Chiefs won 5-4 in overtime. The previous even- ing, in a wild game in Bowmanville, which featured several fights in the stands, the Chiefs won 3-2, also in overtime. . In the Junior C playoffs in western Ontario, Hanover has defeated Essex to move to the semi final against the winner of the Norwich- Dundas series. Skatefest in '87 "Steve Ing and Joanne Frost. Friday night will showcase most of the club's skaters in solo performances: Saturday night will consist of all skaters participating in group numbers. Costumes and sets have less em- phasis in this show. but groups are smaller, and skating ability will be underlined. The public is cordially invited to enjoy the skaters' ac- complishments. For further infor- mation. see the advertisement elsewhere in this issue. Ae

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