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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 22,1994 - 29 The Port Perry Swamp Auto Body hockey team of the local Bantam House League trav- elled to Port Hope on Saturday, Feb. 19 to take part in what they thought was to be a house league tournament. There was only one other 'true house league team in the tournament and they wanted to get their money back and go home. The tournament organizers wouldn't allow any refunds so they had to play and when they fell behind by an 11-0 score af- ter only two periods, they quiet- ly skated off the ice in surren- der. We were sort of hoping maybe we'd get to play this team but it never materialized as they never won any games so out paths never crossed. The Swampers' first game was against Brampton Ma- roons, a Tier Two "A" team. The Maroons had picked up three players for the tournament and we could tell who they were be- cause their pants and helmets didn't match the rest of the team who were all decked out in matching socks, pants, helmets and sweaters with their name on the back, naturally. To say we were slightly outmatched would be an understatement. We had a total of five shots on their net and if three of these had missed the net, they would have been icing calls. On the other hand, every player on the Maroons had at least five shots each on the Swamper net. Need- less to say, the Swampers lost this game but by a very respect- able 4-0 score, thanks in large part to the steady and some- times acrobatic play of Swam- per goaltender Doug Short. Ron Colvin took a crushing body check in this game and lit- erally flew four feet through the air before landing on his der- riere but bounced right back up on his skates (way to take a check, big guy!). Also playing well in this game were defence- man Noah Dorland, Greg Bons- er, Aaron Levy and Big Nick Skerratt who all spent the whole game duelling with Ma- roon players crowding the front of the net. The Swampers second game was to be their best team effort of the tournament. This game was against Port Hope #1 Se- lect team called Massey Travel. We assumed this was the best out of their house league sys- tem but we were determined to win this game. The first period was a scoreless affair with both goalies coming up with some great stops. The Swampers jumped out front 1-0 on a fine short-handed goal by Aaron [Levy who ripped a hard wrist shot to the top corner. Jeremy Gibson picked up the assist on this play. Massey Travel tied it at one apiece but then it was Swamper Kevin Edwards streaking in on the wing and firing one home to give his team a 2-1 lead. Assisting on this goal were Cory Wiatrzyk and Jay Fletcher. The Swampers stretched their lead out to 3-1 as Jeremy Gibson fired one home with Aa- ron Levy and Greg Bonser pick- ing up assists on the play. Mas- sey Travel once again closed the gap to one goal, making it a 3-2 game but it didn't last long as say Fletcher put the puck back to the point to Ronnie Colvin who blasted 1t on net where Cory Wiatrzyk was johnny-on- the-spot to tuck home the re- bound to give his team a 4-2 lead. Massey Travel managed to get one more goal to make it a 4-3 score but that was not to be enough as the Swampers held on for the win. Once again, Swamper goaltender Doug Short was at his best coming up with yet another strong game between the pipes. This game was hard-fought and took a lot out of the Swampers, especially when one considers that they played over half of the game short-handed due to penalties. Also having a good game were Brennan Arsenault, who really played a physical game throw- ing lots of big body checks and Noah Dorland and Greg Bonser who killed penalties and tied their man up out in front of their own net to perfection. With the win in their pockets, the Swampers moved into the finals against a team out of Co- bourg called Home Hardware, another select team. The boys were a little worn out after the previous effort they had put forth and Cobourg took full ad- vantage of it and won the game by a 3-0 score. This game did have some good points to it, however, such as; we wanted to cut down on our penalties and we did by not taking any (lots of penalties and we win, no penal- ties and we lose. The coaches are going to have to think this one over a bit). Swamper goal- tender Doug Short continued his strong play in this game as he once again faced lots of Port goaltenders hot Swamp heads into playoffs shots and for most was equal to the task. Jeremy Gibson played hard, blocking shots and giving his all. Alex Bedell threw out some bone shattering body checks and the defence pairings of Greg Bonser, Ronnie Colvin and Big Nick Skerratt, Noah Dorland played extremely well getting the puck out of their own end. The boys were all presented with medallions for their effort from the tournament organiz- ers for ending up as finalists. This was a body contact tourna- ment and being as Port Perry does not have contact in their house league, the Swampers for the most part handled it quite well. The coaches were all pleased with the team's effort put forth. Maybe body contact is something that Port Perry Minor Hockey might want to look at in the future. Why should only rep teams be al- lowed to learn how to give and take a body check? The Swampers now start their playoffs which will be a round-robin affair where they will be playing each team in their league once with the two top teams going at it head-to- head in the final. So if it's good entertaining hockey you're looking for, come on out to the arena on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 6:10 p.m. and cheer on your lo- cal Swampers. in Atom league play Pine Ridge hosted the Sun- derland Atoms at Scugog Arena last Thur: lay evening. Their fans were treated to a fast- skating, low-scoring match. Trevor Weisflock scored the only goal at 2:07 of the first peri- od, assisted by Matt Skerratt. Port Perry goaltenders Ryan Woods and Shawn Martin earned a well-deserved shutout. Sunderland kept the pressure on for the remainder of the game. They pulled their goal- tender in the final minutes but were unable to penetrate the strong defence of Jason How- arth, Scott Duncan, Tyler Hou- thuys and Matt McGarry. Saturday morning, the Pine Ridge squad had a friendly match in Little Britain. The boys hosted the Oshawa Cana- dians. It was an exciting rough and tumble game with 70 penal- ty minutes handed out. Matt McGarry, Mike Milli- gan and Mike Dalby led the team through the rougher mo- ments with a total of 26 penalty minutes. Oshawa Canadians scored the first two goals in the second period. Ian Garnett scored the only Pine Ridge goal at 12:21 of the third period. This was an ex- cellent example of team effort. Gerrard Timmers and Trevor Weisflock assisted 'on this tic, tac, toe play. Pine Ridge applied tremen- dous pressure in the third peri- od but failed to tie the game. The Port Perry defence did an excellent job keeping the puck inside the Oshawa blue line. With six attackers in the final minutes, the Oshawa goaltend- er still couldn't be beaten one more time. This was a very well-played game by both teams. Teams give strong effort in Peewee house league With Big V having three players serving suspensions, it was thought that Laroque would have an easy time with this game. Not so. Big V played this game like it was a final playoff game. With two goals in the first pe- riod, it looked as if Big V was go- ing to walk all over Laroque. The first goal came from Sean IFletcher, assisted by Enk Troan. The second goal was a result of a great passing play from Wade Ritchie to Sean Iletcher, which caught [l.a- roque's defence sleeping. Down 2-0, Laroque woke up to reply with one goal late in the first pe- riod. Devon Symes sitting in front of the goal put a rebound over the shoulder of Ryan Fras. er, the assist going Monsma. With Adam Brain away, La- roque needed to beef up the de- fence. Joel Phoenix did a fine job filling in not only defensive- ly but offensively, as well as re- cording an assist. Again, Devon Symes deflected a hard low shot from Joel. With both teams playing very evenly, it was known that the next goal was going to be the game winner. Keith Hancock, playing cen- tre for the first time, notched the winner from Peter McKitte- rick. This new line of Keith, Pe- ter and David Crouter played like a seasoned machine. Both team's coaches were very pleased with the efforts of all team members. yA | . 7 4 : SCOTT ANDERSON / PORT PERRY STAR Members of the Port Perry Figure Skating Club competed in the Pineridge Interclub competition in Oshawa recently. Pic- tured are (front) Julie Obstfeld, Ashlea Jones, Avril Walker and Pam Armstrong. (Back) Lindsay Wilson, Amy Davidson, Ashley Faux and Marc Desmarais. SCOTT ANDERSON / PORT PERRY STAR A number of members of the Port Perry Figure Skating Club were successful in the Eastern Pineridge Interclub competition held in Oshawa recently. Pictured are Avril Walker, who re- ceived a bronze medal in the Juvenile Womens division, Pam Armstrong, bronze medal in pre-preliminary Ladies A, and the pair of Ashley Faux and Marc Desmarais, who were awarded the gold. They will now advance to a competition in Kingston in March. Auctioneers defeat Lindsay The Auctioneers took to the ice on Friday night with a ven- geance against Lindsay, win- ning an important playoff game by the score of 2-0. Thomas Lee was spectacular between the pipes coming up time after time with the big save. Jeff Tarbot- ton scored both Port goals with assists on the goals by Trevor Lance and Jamieson Smith. This line was really flying, ap- plying lots of pressure on the Lindsay goalie. The defence pair of Dylan Harper and Geof- frey Simpson played a strong game, clearing their zone effec- tively. Kevin Robins and Mark Duncan had strong two-way games tying up their wings and creating scoring chances. This was probably Port Perry's strongest game to date. Saturday saw Pearce Auction travel to Stouffville to meet their arch rivals. This game was exciting with end-to-end rushes by both squads. Stouff- ville drew first blood, scoring at 5:26 of the first period. Port Perry stormed back to tie the game with a little over a minute to go in the first. Scoring for Port Perry was Justin Moffatt, who had a strong game. The game continued to be a seesaw battle with both clubs having several chances. Spencer Churchill and Michael Thomp- son had a couple of good give and goes, only to be stymied by the oppositions goalie. Gordon Smith had a strong two-way game and made his presence felt. Steve MacLennan was sol- id on defence as was Garret Brown. Port Perry took the lead early in the third period on a nice goal by Jeffery Tarbotton. This was a lead that Port Perry was not going to relinquish, the score ended at 2-1 and had the Auctioneers moving along into the next round. Great work, guys, and good luck in the next round.