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p22the tribune thursday september25 1997 st the tribune rts eisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 returning a favour kari sandiford foreground returns this shot to her opponent as her doubles partner jamie mccoll looks on during this physical education class at stouffville district secondary school on tuesday photo by sjoerd witteveen special guests set to attend anniversary bruce stapley correspondent its eight days and counting as the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association wsmha prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a gala night at the rec centre on oct 3 at 7 pm the night which will include a double- header featuring the minor novice and midget clippers is to be a celebration of the wsmhas past present and future jason reesor a member of the cana dian university championship guelph hockey team last year will be on hand as will be former stars doug feasby dan larmer and bill and bob hassard betty and gerry acton will be there representing their son keith who is unable to attend due to his responsibil ities as assistant coach of the philadel phia flyers representatives from several long time sponsors including schell lum ber edwards murphy painting and decorating and the markham-stouf- fville credit union will also be there therell be wsmha past presi dents and coaches and people who have done so much for youth in stouf fville like cliff dunkeld and judy scala said wsmha first vicepresi dent andy cartwright well also have the future of the wsmha the youngest player regis tered this year members of the spirit of stouffville including players from stouffville will be on hand to sign autographs after the opening ceremonies said cartwright cartwright said organizers are still looking for pictures and other items from the past 50 years of minor hock ey in stouffville commemorative mementoes will be handed out to current wsmha play ers wearing team jerseys laskoski has the spirit to heal players aches a cramped room with an atticlike slanted ceiling cutting into what small space is available isnt exactly the workplace drew laskoski is accustomed to but thats where the spirit of stouffvilles latest acqui sition plies his trade as players suffering from a variety of aches and pains come to the professional athletic therapist for relief during the monday night practice preced ing the spirits first game of the season the 36yearold sharon resident directs spirit left winger jasen hopiavuori to lie down on the gurney in the little room near the teams rec centre dressing room he proceeds to administer a series of treat ments to the big teen who was shaken up in a minor car accident a few days before does that feel better he says after work ing on the teens neck for 10 or so minutes a little yeah replies hopiavuori i could do better if i had another 20 minutes or so to work on it said laskoski but go out and have a skate and see how it feels laskoski who in his real life runs a sports medicine clinic in newmarket was the ath letic therapist for that towns provincial league squad the 87s hurricane for almost 10 years spirit was willing and able to get laskoski the spirit were more than willing to take him on and he feels he definitely has some thing to offer the team ive been working with a top notch orga nization for some time he said i hope to bring in some of those ideas to this team laskoski brings along with him a bachelor of science in kinesiology earned at the uni versity of waterloo and a degree in sports injury management picked up at sheridan college his training puts him on the same level as therapists with the canadian olympic team he opened his first clinic in newmarkets upper canada mall in 1990 shifting it sev eral years later to his present davis dr loca tion laskoski who is head of the research committee for the ontario athletic therapy association considers his a cutting edge profession methods of treating sports injuries are changing as therapists offer alternatives to the old ways take a charley horse for example laskoski offers in the past they would put sports notes heat on it and stretch it now we understand the inflammatory process better so well use ice and microcurrent sci- ence is starting to catch ttics ktpy up theres more manual therapy for instance with sports coming to play such a large part in the lives of people of all ages athlet ic therapists and their know how are in demand suggests laskoski the public is better informed today so their demands are greater its a growth industry he said athletic therapists are able to offer therapy specific to the needs of each sport there are exercises relating to stick han dling for hockey players things like that the profession has grown to the point where the bigger high schools in the united states now have athletic therapists on staff to look after the needs of school athletes now its trickling down to junior a hock ey teams here said laskoski what are the trends in athletic injuries today knee and shoulder injuries are common laskoski offers there are less ankle injuries in hockey because skates are being made better as for his usefulness with the spirit he feels he wont be sitting around twiddling his thumbs the style of hockey is changing theres more emphasis on taking the body that means more collisions angies eatery continues to support girls hockey luba and spiro panos the motherson team which operates angies eatery in stouffvilles west end are celebrating their 10th year as a major sponsor of girls hockey in stouffville the restaurant is sponsoring the whitchurchstouffville girls hockey asso ciation bantam b rep team this season the panos also sponsor softball and soccer teams with an annual budget of around 3000 for team sponsorships the restaurant invites local boys and girls hockey teams to come into the restaurant to eat for half price before or after their games luba who says its important to put some thing back into a town when youre making your living there never played sports as a kid although she says she would have if the opportunity had presented itself i play golf sometimes she said fans can get into the spirit with players on oct 4 local fans of the spirit of stouffville will get the chance to share the ice with their heroes on oct 4 the provincial junior a hockey league team is holding a skate with the spirit session with residents invited to lace up their skates and take to the rec centres pad b ice surface for a leisurely skate with members of the local squad as well as their cameras and autograph books fans are being asked to bring along a nonperishable food item for the whitchurchstouffville foodbank the free skate is to run from 530 till 730 pm and fans of all ages are wel come