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pi 8 the tribune tuesday september 30 1997 st the tribune rts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 spirit not there in aurora oss bruce stapley correspondent the spirit of stouffville were to spend mondays practice trying to fig ure out how to install a closed sign on the freeway leading to their own net the spirit were blasted 145 by the 19 9 697 metro junior a hockey league champion aurora tigers friday night as the stouf fville squad simply could nt contain the giant sized bengals in the small aurora rink while the spirits five goals left them atop their provincial junior a hockey league phillips division in offence head coach dan larmer said its time to seal the leaks in their own end we were running around too much in our own end each player was trying to help out the other guy rather than stick to a simple mantoman cover age said larmer we definitely have to work on keeping the puck out of our net larmer said the defeat coming on the heels of a wellplayed narrow loss to the defending provincial leagues east conference champion newmarket 87 s hurricane at home thursday did nt sit well with him or the players it was an empty feeling in the dress ing room we were so pumped up against newmarket but i think they forgot aurora was the metro league champion last year but were definite ly not going to tolerate those kind of losses around here any more larmer said hell be quick to bring in some new faces if the team repeats fri days performance on the bright side mike micheff net ted a pair for the spirit while geoff keillor scored his teamleading sixth goal of the young season darcy king picked up his fourth marker adding two assists kevin edgar also scored the spirit will try again to hold the tigers thursday night at the rec cen tre then are idle until the lindsay muskies come to town the following thursday evening midget clippers are on a roll in early going the midget clippers have jumped out to a quick start in the first two weeks of the new season managing a win in their league opener and two victories and a tie in four games in tournament play the clippers were also on course for their two presea son contests hang ing defeats of 73 and 52 on port perry and east gwillim- bury respectively the stouffville squad kicked off the season with a 140 drubbing of ajax at the peterborough aa tourna ment over the weekend the clippers led off with a hard fought 22 tie with a strong owen sound team before downing markham 102 in game two the clippers blanked the host team 50 to finish out the round robin but were stopped 54 in double overtime litllutlttllltlhiiuilllt by etobicoke in the first round of the playoffs leading the points parade for the clippers over the seven games was tyler markle with 1 1 goals and four assists brett boyd had seven goals and six assists brad clubine four goals and nine assists brent jen nings four goals and four assists kyle harrison three goals and seven assists brad johnson three goals and six assists andrew korb five goals and two assists cory turgeori four goals and two assists lawrence bun- garo one goal and six assists chad kerswill one goal and five assists mark meyers one goal and three assists mike wood one goal and two assists tyler armstrong one goal and three assists paul bouchard and chris howland four assists each ian mcdougall three assists jeremy marshman and carman auciello have supplied solid goal- tending to start the season ihiiiimiidhtluiiimiiu saving the day stouffville clippers minor atom a goalkeeper adam davis and defenceman devon mcdougall try their best to stop this shot taken by markham islanders forward daniel par- ente during firstround action in the markham waxers early bird tournament at the scarborough ice palace on friday photo by sjoerd w1tteveen minor novices capture two of first five outings win two lose three thats the early line as the stouffville minor novice clippers have looked competitive in pre season and league play the clippers received a goal from kyle miller as they fell 41 to uxbridge in their first exhibi tion game they were then edged 43 by east gwillimbury despite putting up a tight fight in the opener of the markham waxers early bird tournament held over the weekend but the clippers came back to bounce ajax 70 before losing 73 to vaughan in the quarterfinals clippers mvps in the tournament were simon kennedy jeff gibson and nathan james scoring for stouffville were kyle miller four goals two assists mitchell raithby two goals two assists evan tsiopoulos and simon kennedy one goal three assists each jeff mcguckin one goal two assists jeff gibson one goal one assist wes wittebols one goal nathan james two goals ryne parsons one goal justin lacey two assists liam mcneely and matthew briggs one assist each in their season opener against ajax on sunday tsiopoulos hit for three goals and two assists in a clippers 50 win kennedy had a goal and two assists with witte bols adding the fifth marker raithby picked up two assists michael bigioni richard downing and goal keepers tyler lorenzen and tyler neil round out the clippers roster mike briggs is head coach with kevin mcguckin as assistant brad raithby is trainer and richard downing manager clippers put georgina on ice justin cheshire had the shutout magic and tyler mcmaster led the scoring with two goals and an assist as the stouffville major peewee clippers blanked the georgina ice 5- 0 in their season opener sunday night at the rec centre cam davis matt wright and andy gibson also scored for the clippers other assists went to wright marcus dannunzio gibson robert hooper and andrew mckay juveniles set to debut saturday stouffville fans will get the chance to check out toronto maple leaf forward tie domis cousin this saturday night at the rec centre dominek domi will be in uniform for the stouffville juvenile clippers when they play their home opener this saturday at 8 pm the clippers who sport a strong markham flavour closed out the preseason exhibition schedule last thursday by defeating brampton 8- 3 1 1 7j b jnalists in the 1996- 97 omha juvenile finals which saw brampton prevail in seven games the clippers who have transferred to stouf fville after playing out of markham in previous years got a solid effort from stouffvilles andrew hutchison who managed a goal and an assist joel singleton netted the hat trick with domi chipping in with a pair joe galluzzo and pat davics added singles the clippers were scheduled to open this sea son in pickering on monday