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Whkby Fr.. Pm*s. V woÃ" day, Jaus 6. 1903. Pqp 23 Atomis fait to Reps in overtime final Whitby miner otom AAA hockey club, sponsored' by Dundas Contre Guardian Drugs, had another strong showing in tournament play ever the Christfmas break, advancing te the chempionahip final et the. Wayn Grezky International tournament iBrantferd. Wihitby posted a 3-0 record in the. prelimihnary round of the teurnamentl scoring improsive victorios over Brantford (5-0) and Central Ontario (9-0). In the. opener, Jef Frazer, Steven Farquharson, Bobby McBride, Sean MacRury and Jasoni Peyman each notched one goal for the winners while Ian Watson posted the shutout. Agaist Welland, Whitby got two goals froni Frazer with inglea gong ta McBride, Jay Harrison and Mike Morrison. Mike Nemiez played webl in goal enroute te tho win. In the Central Ontario gaine, During December, the. Whitby major novice AAA hockey teain had five wins in eight gaines, and received medalbions in the Wayne Gretzky lavitational tournament in Brantford as they competed in the. consolation finals. In league action, the firat victory for the Whitby teain, sponsored by Don Cherrys Grapevine, caine over Markham 2-1 with Whitby goals scored by Ryan Matthews ad James i-nkson assisted by Dan VonEschscholtz, Rob Gawne and Kyle Wailes. Gamne twio saw Whitby defeat Oshawa Legion Branch 43 4-1 with Mike Kubrynski, Kyle Wailes, Ryan Farrow and VonEschacholtz marksmen for Whiitby assisted by Ian Witruk, Matt Taylor, Joahua Turcotte and Farrow. la gaine three, a 3-2 win over Peterborough, Branden McBride had a pair of goals and Wailes scored, assisted by ýTaylor and Hinkson. The Central Ontario Wolves feil twice te Whitby. A 5-0 decision was the result of an offensive tally by McBride, H-inkson, Welles, Farrow and Witruk asisted by Taylor and Cotter with twe each, McBride, Witruk and Matthews. The second gaine ended 8-0 as VonEschscholtz, Farrow, Gawne, Kevin Peel, McBridge, Hlinkson, Turcotte and Wailes tallied up the. score assisted by Matthews with three, Farrow, Kubrnslci, Peel, Cotter, Wailes, VonEschscholtz and Witruk. Two lasses at the. hands of Richmiond Hill-Vaughan, 5-2 and 7-1, have managed te slidfify the firat-place standing of this powerful teain. Whitby's scoring was by Waibos, Hinlksen and Farrow, with assista te, Mastthews, Gawne, McBride, Taylor and VonEschscholtz. mhe final bagule gaine resulted in a --1 lais te Peterborough as Witruk, froin Taylor, scered the Ion. marker. Strong in net for the Whitby club were Bryan Sand and Jool Whitinarsh. Tha club competed i the Wayne Gretzky International teurnament in Brantford over the. holiday. The first three gaines of a round-robin resulted in three the. local squad had two goal .ach froen McBrido, Frazer and MacRury with singles going te Harrison, Farqubarson and BVaine Down. The shutoutf gon went te, Wataon. Theerfctrecord advanced the. Whty squad te the tournamnent's semi-final match agoinot the Markham Thunder i a romatch of the serni-final gaine of the itchener Blueline teurnament. In MKtchener, Markhain knocked eut Whitby, but tho locals turned the tables this tino handing Markham a 7-2 loas. Farqubarson and Kyle Branch bad two goals each for the. victery with singles going te Harrison, Frazer and Sean Walsh. McBridge, Peyman and Robert Laoende had two assista each for Whitby. Again, Whitby received a strong effort i goal from Neraxîz. The serai-final win advanced consecutive victeries -- 5-1 over Welland, scoring frein VonEschschoîtz, Farrow, H-inkson and Pool assisted by Peel, VonEschscholtz (two), Adain Velacich, Cotter, Wailes and McBride. Game twÃ" resulted in a 6-1 win by Whitby -ever Brantford, with Whidtby's geals fremi inkson with twe, Kubrynskid, Wales, Cotter and Farrow assisted by Witx-uk, VonEschacholtz, Peel, Gawne, Hinl<aon, Taylor, Matthews and Turcette. Game three saw Whitby pound Amiherst 9-2. Whitby's offensive tally was led by Hinkson, Wailes and VonEschscheltz each with a pair of goals, with Ion. markers frein Farrow, McBride and Peel. Assisting the offensive tally were Matthews with three, Taylor and Farrow with twe each, Cotter, VonEschscheltz, Wailes, Witruk, Turcette, McBride and Gawne. Winning the division, Whitby next tangled with London AAA, suffering a 1-0 boas after three tense periods of action. Bumped inte the consolation finals against Richmond Hill Vaughan, the club suffered a 7-1 boas. Whitby's Ion. inarksinan was Farrow. The Richmxond Hill teani becamne the. consolation champions and. Don Milîs deféated London te become the overail teurnainent chanmpions. the club to the tournament's chapioshi fial gainst the Misasauga Re, considered the strongoat minor atom club in tho provine. Whitby, who had faced the Reps just once before this soan (losing i the semi-final of tho Whitby ilverstick teurnament), la eeastog gae againat the MTH's top club. After fa]ling behind 2-0 after twro periods, Whitby fought bock with two thr-eid goals te tie the score ond seLnd the gaine hite sudden-death overtime. Tho teams playod scoroles through the. firet extra framo, thon drapped on. skator oach for a second ovortime poriad. With an odditional man in the penalty box, Missmissaga captain StVon Ot scorod on the four-on-three powor-play. 37 scnds into the second overtime frame. Scoring for Wbitby were MeBride and Down with Branch, Jeremy Fisher, Stephane iànidater and Matt McKay recorcling assita Whitby returned to OhM Eastern AAA league action on Jan. 3 with a road game against Quinte. Whitbyagini came up a " shot, losing to the Rod evils &4. Down had two goals for Whitby with singles going to, Fisher and Poynan. After a homo gamoe on Tueaday, Whitby will travel to Barrie to participato i the Barrie Invitational tournament between Jan. 7 and 10. Their next home gaine will b. an Sunday, Jan. 17 (5:30 p.m., Iroquois Park pad 1) against Central Ontario. Novices reach semi-mfinals The Wbitby minor novice AAA hockey teain, sponsored by the Ladies Auiliary, went as far as the. serai-finals in the Wayne Gretzky International miner hockey teurnament in Brantford over the Christmas holidays. There were eight team entries at this level and Whitby made it te the preliminary round by net losing a gaine in their division which consisted of Staney Creek, Wheatfield and Brantford. In the. first gaine Whitby faced off against Stoney Creek, and came eut fast taking a 3-0 lead after on. period. Scoring for Whitby were Michael Kosiw, Billy Deir and Brandon Fowler with a"ssit going te Paul Ranger, Jeffrey Seedhouse, Ryan Tutak, Wade Branch, Kosiw and Deir. Wihitby added a goal in each of the. final two periods te, prevail 5-1. Aise scoring for Whitby were Tyler Harrison and Andrew Lamidot with assista going to Ronnie Robertson, Jainie Fox and Kosiw. Chris Nemiaz played aIl but five minutes of the. gaine in goal, due to, an ilîneas to Kyle Nova, and waa chosen the gaine star. Gaine two pitted Whitby againat Wheatfield and this gaine ended in a hard-fought 2-2 draw. Whitby came eut streng agaîn, outsheoting their epponents 7-1 in the first period. Hewever, the period ended with ne scoring. Whitby Iead 2-1 after twe perieds with goals ging te Andrew Pigrani and Tyler Harrison, with Ryan Peyman, Fowler and Fox providing assists. Wheatfield tied the scere halfway through the third period with both teams turning to, their streng defensive play for the remainder of the gaine. Goaltending duties were shared by Nemisz and Nova with the gaine star ging te Jeffrey Seedhouse fer his streng defensive play. Gae three featured a must-win situation for the Whitby teain te advance te the playdowns. Whitby wasted no time i makcing their present feit 1by taking a 5-1 firat :Pe7kdeara and coaating te a 7-1 shallacIng of the hometewn Brantford team. Scoring for Whitby were K.oaiw with two goals and an assiat, Deir with two goaIls and two assista; Branch witha goal and an ast, Harrison with a goal, Peyman with agol Robertaon and Lamiot with to assista each and Walsh, Fowler, andPîgram with helpers also. Goltending duties were ahared aean as in the previaus gaine, ad Peyman received the ainestar for his strong two-way By ending up firat in their division, Whitby crossed over te play the second-place teamin h the. serai-finals. Whitby scored firat te take a 1-0 first period Iead with Deir scoring assisted by Koeiw and Lamiot. The second period featured end-to-end action with strong defensive play provided by both teains. Welland would tie the score late ili the period te make for a nail-biting third period. Whitby, however, camne up short ta the strong Welland team, loing 4-1. Nemisz played a strong gaine in goal, making many apectacular saves. Whitby moved on to the consolation final against the saine Stoney Creek teani who ended up second in Whitby's division and had loat ta Markham in this semi-final gaine. With both teama playîng their fifth gaine in three days, neither teain could amount inuch of an attack for the first two periods which ended up in a scoreless tie. Entering the third period it came down to whoever scored the firat goal would probably win the. garie, and Stoney Creek did just that. Whitby had numnerous opportunities te tde the score but, niissed by inches and ran inte a hot goaltender. The gaine ended 2-0. Nova played the final gae. in goal and Harrison and Deir were gaine star. \Jt The Whitby Free Press would like to wish Happy Birthday to ail its carriers with JANUARY birthdays! Gregory Kelly Kristen Koopmans Travis McEachern Stephanie Moore David Murphy Nicholas Owen Sebastian Plusa Ruth Reitsma Aimee Rimes Andrew Rimes Vieki Strugneil Paul Vanier Robert Walker Major novices beaten in consolation final dvolwl/ý