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22- stouffville suntribune thursday sept 16 2004 stouffville suntribune sports spirit starts season note muskoka otters face stouffville in season- opener tonight as trophies go the stouffville spirit would prefer one of the postseason variety still the team will keep this goblet stouffville captured the ninth annual ontario hockey association preseason tour nament in vaughan last week end winning all five of its games including a 41 deci sion over new york city apple core in the final sixteen junior a and b teams from ontario and the united states took part its the first trophy ever won by the spirit which opens its 10th season in the provincial jr a league tonight at the stouffville arena a revived and improved huntsville franchise the muskoka otters formerly the wildcats provides the opposi tion at 730 the five tournament wins in less than 48 hours did more than fill room in the spirit tro phy cabinet were more of a unit after that said thirdyear defence- man and tournament mvp ian brunt i feel like i know the new players now the previous year it took longer to get to know everyone brunt netted the winner in triple overtime and was named game mvp in the spirits 32 semifinal win over the brampton- capitals sunday morning stouffville defeated the hamilton red wings 43 bay state mass bombers 42 and mississauga chargers 93 in roundrobin play ian brunt veteran spirit defence- man named mvp of preseason tournament ty raine led the attack with five goals and a fivepoint game against mississauga mark boyce had four goals and the third member of the line rob groom added two goals and five assists sean gray and carson devine reacquired from the vaughan vipers scored two goals apiece new goaltending tandem troy ciernia and newly acquired dan mcwhinney shared goaltending duties sunday and will form the spirits tandem in net ciernia from minnesota played in flin flon and miramichi last year mcwhinney a late cut of his hometown sault ste marie greyhounds played junior b in schreiber ont last year brunt left the spirit in mid- season last year but returned with a new vigour after i straightened out my personal life i really wanted to come back said the unionville resident i love playing here playing in stouffville motivates me the spirit returns 11 players who were on the roster last season plus will acton and sean gray who saw limited action up from the uxbridge bruins the spirits jr c affiliate the spirits rookie class of 1988born players graduating from minor midget includes stouffvilles brandon walker richmond hill stars scott brown wexford raiders daniel spivak markham islanders michael aiello wex ford brett waters central ontario wolves and patrick lee yorksimcoe express new on defence are jody halas alliston jr c and chris harris yorksimcoe midgets michael lombardo begins his second season as captain alternates are brunt raine and stouffvilles jordan mabley who returned to the spirit after a tryout in germany the spirit plays in markham tomorrow and against cobourg sunday at 3 pm in the leagues college weekend showcase at erin mills twin rinks in mississauga spirited notes long time spirit volunteer pat madigan joins head coach brian perrin and jeff perrin on the coaching staff mike humphreys is the spirits assistant general manager replacing ron archibald who returns to the uxbridge bruins as gmscout dennis lougheed has been named director of player develop- menthuntsviile opened its season friday with a 90 win over the oshawa legionaires mayor sue sherban takes part in tonights opening cere monies for more informa tion log on to www stouffviilespiritcom local talent in new women s league the ontario womens hockey association in con junction with 15 ontario girls hockey associations will take the next step in the evolution of the sport for women with the launch of the provincial womens hockey league as the elite level for women younger than 21 the league is intended to give players a chance to advance their careers at the university provincial national and inter national levels the league has teams from markhamstouffville aurora bluewaterburlington cambridge chatham durham etobicoke ha milton london mississauga oakville stoney creek toronto and windsor future teams could be based in sudbury and ottawa as a fundraiser the markhamstouffville stars face off with celebrities from radio station kx96 saturday at the port perry arena at 2 pm admission is 4 for adults 3 for students 2 for chil dren or 10 per family among the local players suiting up for the stars are cassandra sparks liz knox and maddie wilkinson all three launched their hockey careers in markham- stouffville girls hockey assoc iation house league program wilkinson and knox were members of the stars peewee a squad that captured the ohf tide in 2002 for more information on the fundraising game call lynda ashton at 9059859434 staff photosteve somerville tag you re out ram forest third baseman cody fogg left tags claremont baserunner cody couperthwaite during action in saturdays whitchurchstoufrville squirt boys house league baseball playoff contest at memorial park mennos make quick exit from fastball championships rundifferential ruling hurts stouffville which had 11 record the stouffville mennos participa tion in last weekends eastern canadian intermediate a fastball championships in summerside pei was a bittersweet experience backed by a no hitter tossed by scott evans the mennos began the tournament on a positive note last friday by defeating the eventual tour nament champion halifax tribe 50 evans who also fanned 16 batters helped his cause at the plate with a third inning threerun double scor ing danny deeks rich burkholder and chris burkholder to help the mennos jump out to a 30 lead stouffville added two more runs in the fifth when rich burkholder and scott eyre singled and chris burkhold er drove them in with a double returning to the diamond saturday to face the host summerside islanders the mennos bats went silent in a 70 loss the islanders scored twice in the first and exploded for five runs in the fourth inning chris burkholder collected two singles and evans drew a walk that accounted for the mennos offence terry reesor pitched 4 23 innings and surrendered four runs and four hits and took the loss the mennos were then supposed- to meet glace bay however glace bay did not show up for the tournament and as a result the pool placings were determined by rundifferential in its two contests the mennos had a rundifferential of minus two and finished third that eliminated the mennos from the tournament