WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAYFEBRA.RY 11, 1987, PAGE 21 [j' w SPOR TS WEEK Novices fali just short in tournament Brooklin-Whitby mi- nor novice were the only team from Whitby to advance to the semi- finals in a AAA hockey tournament in Barrie. In their first game Whitby came from behind to tie Markham 3-3, on two goals scored by Gavin Prout and one by Darryl Lewis. In their second game of the tournament Whit- by once again came from behind in the third period to tie Stratford 4- 4, two goals scored by Lewis, one each by Tired Whitby team loses in semi-final Whitby's major novice hockey team made it to the semi- finals before losing to Woodbridge in the silver stick tournament held in Detroit Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. Woodbridge jumped out to a four-goal lead which Whitby could not overcome. Stéve Blais and Brian Lodge both scored in the third 'period, but that just was not'enough and the final score was 4 to 2. Whitby did go un- defeated in group play to make it to the semi- final game. They won their first game Friday night against the home team, Grosse Pointe, 5 to1. Lodge opened the scoring but Grosse Pointe came back to tie it up a minute later. From there on it was al Whitby with goals from Blais with two, Brian Scott, and. a final goal from Lodge. Assists went to Stewart Adam, Matt Cardwell, Jeff Malcolm, Robbie Beesley, Cory Brick and Blais with two. Grosse Pointe had been undefeated this season until this game. The second game was a nail-biter with the score ending in a 3-3 fie against the Mississauga Terriers. Scoring were Lodge, Brick and Scott with assists going to Adam and Blais. The third game »layed Saturday night îagainst Sarnia gave Whitby their only shutout of the tour- nament with honors going to goaltender Matthew Norton, who really deserved it-after robbing Sarnia on some excellent scoring oppor- tunities. Scoring for Whitby were Blais with two, Scott and Lodge with one each and assists going to Brick with two, Jim Boyd and Adam. The Whitby team, sponsored by Nash Aluminum, played well enough to win but by Sunday most of them were tired from the late nights in the hotel and some of the boys were feeling sick which showed in their play. Prout and Cory Hass. In their third game, Whitby beat the tour- nament favorite North Bay 6-2 in order to ad- vance to the semi-finals. Heading into the third period, it was 3-2 for Whitby. Whitby then scored , three unan- swered goals. Prout scored five goals, Hass one. Whitby went on to play Oakville in a hard- fought clean game in which the referees called no penlalties at all. Tied 2-2 with three minutes left to go in the game, Oakville scored to win 3-2, ending Whit- by's hopes in the tour- nament. Scoring for Whitby were Hass and Lewis. Whitby novices are now preparing for the Oshawa minor novice tournament on Feb. 14 at the Oshawa Civie. Ajax champions in local tourney Ajax edged Street- sville 6-5 to capture the JiM Johnstone Memorial novice hockey tournament Saturday at Iroquois Park arena, Whitby. Tim Watt, a forward for Ajax, was most valuable player in the tournament. Ajax downed Oshawa 5-1, then Welland 3-0 to reach the final. Whitby defeated Mississauga 3-2 but then lost to Streetsville 2-0. Jeremy Scott was most valuable- player for Whitby in the game against Mississauga. Scott is a defenceman. David Ayres, the Whitby goaltender, was most valuable player in the loss to Streetsville. Town could benefit by Olympic selection If the City of Toronto is successful in bidding for the 1996 summer Olympics, Whitby could possibly play host to a number of events. In fact, Mayor Bob At- tersley has talked to members of the Toron- to/Ontario Olympic Council and has offered full support. "It would be great if Toronto got it. I think events could flow int Whitby. We're not that far away," said the mayor, also no stranger to inter- national competition. Attersley was a mem- ber of the Whitby Dunlops when the team captured a gold medal in the 1958 world hockey championships in Oslo, Norway. The TOOC bid of- ficially begun Saturday with the Canadian Olympics Association's endorseinent. The 44 members of the CAO- unanimously en- dorsed the bid. The TOOC now has 3½ years to make its pitch. The International Olympic Committee is - not expected to make a decision on the location of the XXVI (26) Olym- piad until September, 1990. And it won't be until that time that Whitby's committees will look at exactly what the Town could host and where. "We have the area and useful facilities. If Toronto gets the Olym- pics it's up to neigh- boring municipalities to support it," said Atter- sley. The major challenge for the 1996 games, the 100th anniversary of the renewal of the Games in modern times, is expec- ted to be Athens, Greece. BRAD DALGARNO of the Tëoronto Marlboros. Steelhawks in a game against the Bianchi photo, Hamilton Dalgarno looks for strong season finish With the homestretch approaching in the On- tario Hockey League (OHL) season. Brad Dalgarno is already close to matching his point total for-all of last season. But the big right winger, who cails Whit- by home during the off- season, still isn't com- pletely happy with his play thus far. After two bouts with the flu that slowed him down during the first half of the season, Dalgarno says he's now hoping to come on strong to help his Hamilton Steelhawks team remain first in the EMMS division. After his first half frustration, he got a big moral boost when OHL all-star coach Paul Theriault made him one of the final-eight selec- tions to the team which met the Quebec junior all-stars recently. An even bigger boost was the overtime goal he scored to give the OHL a win over Quebec and a split in this year's two-game confron- tation. Dalgarno, who scored two goals as an OHL all- star in one of the two games, both losses, last year against Quebec, says the overtime win did much for the Ontario league. He's hoping it will also spur him on to produce during the remainder of the OHL schedule. He admits he was surprised to be picked by Theriault, Oshawa Generals coach, for this year's all-Ontario team. "This season has not been as good as I would like," says the New York Islanders draft pick. "I've just had an off-season for health." Before the all-star series, Dalgarno has scored 21 goals and 21 assists, compared to 23 goals and 31 assists for the Steelhawks last season. Standing six-feet, three inches and weighing 210 lbs., Dalgarno describes himself as a physical player but not a fighter. "I like hitting a lot," he says, noting that a lot of his "work" is in front of the opposition net. He says he's not a fast skater but nonetheless effective on a line with Ken McRae and Brent Thompson. . That combination came after Dalgarno played with several dif- ferent players. With the new line so far, says Dalgarno, "we're doing well." He says the Steelhawks have the potential to "go a long way" this season. "But it's going to be a real long haul," he says, pointing out the tough competition in the Em- ms division alone. "Any team in this league can beat any other team any day." Dalgarno has worked previous summers as a landscaper with Red Rose Garden and Nur- sery Centre at RR 1, Brooklin. He attended Anderson CVI until Gr. il and now, residing in Hamilton for the season, take courses at McNabb secondary school. His family has lived in London, Ont., where Dalgarno played minor hockey and in Halifax, Nova Scotia, before BRAD DALGARNO coming to Whitby. Dalgarno has played two regular season games with the Islan- ders. He says he was in such awe of the NHL calibre of play and Islanders' players such as Mike Bossy, Brian Trottier and Denis Pot- vin, that he didn't play as well as he might have. "It was too much of a thrill," he recails, noting the difference in speed and ability bet- ween NHL and junior. "I didn't try to take a job from anybody." "It's just a'matter of working at it," he says of landing a full-time NHL job. Another Islanders' property and "good friend" of Dalgarno is Oshawa Generals' high- scoring Derek King, who plays with the OHL's top sniper, Scott McCrory, now a Whitby resident who attends Anderson CVI. "He's a good hockey player - he's so decep- tive," says Dalgarno of McCrory,with whom he played on a line in last year's OHL-Quebec all- star games. Bantams advance Whitby bantam B rep team remains un- defeated in playoffs thus far, downing Richmond Hill and Markham to advance to the third round. Dru Kawa was sharp as Whitby got by Rich- mond Hill 3-1 in the first game of the first round of playoffs. Chad Har- vey, Brian Duff and Peter Defina scored for Whitby. Duff scored three goals and Defina had two as Whitby won 7-3 in the second game to win the first round. Harvey and Rob Dawson had the other goals. Last week, solid net- minding powered Whit- by to two shutout vic- tories over Markham. Mike Garton broke a scoreless tie with only three minutes remining to give Whitby a 1-0 lead in the first game. Dawson then scored ino~ an empty net for a 2 1 win in the first gane. Dawson, Janie Collins, Chris Vanclief and Kevin Wo.ser scored as Wlitby blanked Markhan 441 in the second game. The Whitby team, which finished third during the regular season, now awaits the winner of the Pickering- Newmarket series. In the meantime, Whitby will play in 'a tour- nament in Arnprior this weekend (Feb. 14-15)