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Good stop Wood's Ice goaltender, Brian Dorion drops down to make a stop against a Garms MufflerWorld forward. Garms defeated Wood's 6-2 in the opening game of the Midland The Midland Recreational Hockey League began its round robin playoffs Sun- day night at Centennial Arena. In the first game of the night, Bruce Guthrie counted 30 seconds into the game for Garms MufflerWorld and never look- ed back. Mike Laurin upped the count to 2-0 midway in the frame. In the second, the teams exchanged House league is Midland Minor Hockey is holding its 10th annual House League Tournament all this week at Centennial Arena. On Monday, the Tyke division was in ac- tion with Penetang Techform doubling Midland Bertram Fuels 8-4. Midland scored the only goal in the first and sat back as Penetang struck for six se- cond period counters. Midland outscored its opponents 3-2 in the third period. Jaro Wojcicki netted four markers for the victors while Michael Cote and Tyler Kealey chipped in with a pair each. Ryan King replied with a hat trick for Midland with Brock Lavin offering a single counter. Midland Stoneleigh Motors stopped Col- dwater II 4-1. Karl Kasper, Nicholas Jef- fery, Eric Tindale and Joshua Jeffery registered the Midland counters while Matthew Gouett put Coldwater on the board. Elmvale Tri-Star blanked Penetang Legion 7-0 behind Drew Ogden's hat trick. David Ronald and Matthew Durnford each added a pair. Barrie Blinds Plus dumped Midland Mike's Mart 10-0. Steve Clark netted a dou- ble hat trick with Sean Collins adding a pair. Chris Buck and Sean Rider chipped in with single markers. Elmvale Coram and Moreau skated to a 5-3 win over Midland Dynasty Inn after Page 8, Wednesday, March 15, 1989 goals with Wood's Ice scoring first as Dave Carr finally solved Mike Fleurrie in Garms net. Rob Quesnelle responded for Garms. Chris Wright netted a brace in the final frame for Garms while Kerry Hook added a single. Wayne Dixon replied for Wood's. In the second game of the night, Bar- relworks Kings upended Performance Motor Sports 6-2. Bill Griffin and Tim jumping out yo a 4-0 lead. Jaret Coram led the way with a hat trick while Nathan Somers checked in with a pair. Tyler Gignac, Jeremy Sauve and Matthew Mur- dock replied for Midland. Coldwater narrowly nipped Penetang IGA 2-1 with Colin French and Kevin Jones hitting the scoreboard for the victors. David Desroches answered for Penetang. Coldwater II doubled Midland Bertram Fuels 4-2 with Matthew Gouett scoring twice. Joshua Beard and Curtis Hewitt completed the scoring. David Blake and Ryan King supplied the Midland scoring punch. Tech Form withstood a last ditch effort by Stoneleigh Motors to take a 6-5 win. Ben Webster scored for times for Penetang with Michael Cote adding a pair. Joshua Jeffery netted a hat trick in a losing cause with Barrett Johnson and Kris Franz scor- ing once each. At the 1:02 mark of the third period, Kris Dickerson beat the Penetang Legion for the only goal of the game as Mike's Mart registered a 1-0 win. Steve Clark counted seven times as Bar- rie Blinds Plus steam rolled over Elmvale Tri-Star 7-1. David Ronald counted the lone Elmvale marker. Midland Dynasty Inn got the best of Penetang IGA 4-1. Tyler Gignac, Brandon A Recreational Hockey League round robin playoff Sunday night at Centennial Arena. Wood's finished the regular season in first place, one point ahead of Garms. Playoffs begin in recreation hockey Merkley each scored twice for Bar- relworks with Sean Moore and Glen Hirlehey sniping single markers. Andre Zurawski counted both markers for Performance. Top Hat Amusements edged Hebner's Taxi 3-2 in the closest contest of the night. After a scoreless first period, Travis Bon- off and Niceforo, Matthew Murdock and Jeremy Sauve scored for Midland with Jeff Dorion answering for Penetang. Elmvale Coram and Moreau white wash- ed Coldwater I 6-0 behind the three goal performance of Nathan Somers. Jaret Cor- am popped in a brace while Mark Parnell scored a singleton. Coldwater II sent Mike's Mart packing with a 7-1 win. Curtis Hewitt stole the neville hit paydirt for Top Hat 20 seconds into the middle stanza on a solo effort. John Walters answered for Hebner's just over two minutes later. Paul Hahn and Wayne King scored on the same shift to give Top Hat a 3-1 lead. Angie Decola made the score close with a third period goal at 4:19. running limelight with four markers while Paul Burgess, Matthew Gouett and Nathan Stewart completed the scoring. Justin Neilon supplied the lone Midland marker. Barrie Blinds Plus kept on arolling with a 7-1 win over Penetang Techform. Steve Clark scored four times for the victors with Sean Collins checking in with a hat trick. Michael Cole scored for Penetang. Schmidt-Foster third Angela Schmidt-Foster of Midland is Canada's all-time third place medal win- ner in cross country skiing. Schmidt-Foster of Midland defended her 10 kilometer classic style title at Burn's Lake, B.C. last Wednesday. Her time of 32 minutes, 21.4 seconds was 18 seconds ahead of Lorna Sasseville of Ottawa. Third place finisher, Marie Andree Masson, was a minute and 23 seconds behind the winner. The win was Angela's third consecutive in the 10k and sixth medal in that event since 1982. The gold gave her a career total of 27, one more than Esther Miller of Burn's Lake. Shirley Firth of Inuvik leads the all-time list with 42, while her twin sister, Sharon, is in second place with 37. However, Angela tops the field in active skiers. Angela added to her medal total with another gold in the 5k classic Saturday. On a soft track due to a snow storm, Angela clocked 17:16.1. Sasseville crossed the line 20 seconds later. Masson placed third in 18:00.6 In Sunday's 3 x 5k relay, Schmidt-Foster anchored the Ontario team to its fifth con- secutive gold medal in the event with a combined time of 51:01.6. The 16th ranked cross country female skiier in the world sought her fourth gold medal of the 1989 Canadian champion- ships Tuesday in the gruelling 20k.