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* s flu Couius Cigul u bva*dy ol.l?- SPOR-1M Marcheniton vui llayde rugies 0 0lar the zone un Rayalde "Itur Sabfeceis swom the Milbon cage Setwdgytf ~ offernoon ei Memorlal Ariae. oloca Jr. A club droppeill 1, loang the finalgagne ethot by en Idoenticail coutL .~s .-J.Pholoby0mltam Paine Schedulle, pow erplays finally. do in dhe Merchants Rayside ends Milton's Hewitt Cup hopes with clinching 4-1 win Dy STEVE LeBLANC Spocau go The Chaupmort. lits bien suid success bas a tIsousanti sons, but faulure inna oqgihan. Tise latter part of tisai quoe neyer held less ment ihis it did lest seek for tsMil to Mercisants - seiose inability to dlaim tise Dudley IMeseit Cup cai ho issned on evetytlg raier gtas junt anyting. lihe folioemng mn a lit of obstacles (their ordr of importance un mubject Io tise individuel fati- en's oipinion) the Jr. A hockey club facet un tieir qisesi for the ali-Ontaulo titie. * Simple fatigue - the Merchants seere in 22 playoff games anti back-to-back seven-gaine sb<iwdowss prior io.facmng Nonserut Ontario cisamps Raysidr Balfour, wbo pisyrd just fine byýcompaiison. - A cougied up pucs on an avertirse breakout thet gave the vmsiiing Saisecais a -gane-two sic- .tory autt ncw lite afier taking a beaiing mn the serae oper. - A tibm bluelune corpis mn tihe laer stages of the .rries. coutlrsy mîf Ssaute Sullivan's ankie injuty ami a lack of discipline by TiJ. Lee ami Mark 4MkPiail. , lise albsence of %tar defenceman JeIT White for the mutre acrtes. *A nearly wsn-exisleflt powerplay'effort glat pioduceti jusi turo goas anti noimn tiseir lest. ê ibree's 5-3 decision. Tise 19-year.old winger aso notchti Rayside:s third tally mîdway Milontisrugh tise final fianse Saturday, whics esseu- tially endei Muton's toges for a oqteback "Man stu caine up big wlsen we noeded hlm," M archantssaid Satureca skipper Ken MacKenze. "After gawn ose. we knew we isadl l nesutralize thiser two onilsg (Milton) speed in order to be auccensful. We -Thse absence of playoff sensation Lloyd madie somte adjustins in our foreciseckisg. Lafrausee it tisefinal gagnse. wicis Iselpeti slow bisets dows. ,.-A citer snuL diaativantagle next te tie mtassive "*WMfSng gaine two ini overiiSe was s hiige Sabrecais. pintiicfal boot as weIl. We were. confident -, A lacis of [ansuç rnpt fot tise serges clmnc.ser nobody was gong to bei us in aur own buite- ai Memotial Arietta. . ingtt we neeetosi1 sais one in Milton to talle Ail of iesu factors. amd perbusps othsn. con- tise seules amd foetunately tisuuru cees eaily." trtbuied to Mlton's 4-i sertes lomi lýq urere At tise atser gril pf d»~ arena. Mercisant iseat climinagied ty an identucal.count-Siwrday aller- concs Maily lliamts6n sad bis cltubs mental naon. in tlseir82sd game oftse l19fl7 seaion. touginsses juil diin't hold oui after grueling Offenr hadeufeti ttak-to-back bailles wrus Bramalea anti Offece andcffe Molet f gm ýNeurmarset. Dusappointingly. tise Merçsuts renti tNits 'llte inle ttings stileti ptltng up on us. and a bit of a wimper. - te duint have tise stamina go keep going. Sur- Despite outsioig Riayside Bal(our 35-25 prtsingiy. tisey (lksysire Balfour) tiidn't pitysi.. and controilisg second-period play, tiscy.ee cally dommnate us sp in.udbury. If anyiising it iseit scoreiess land tise final four minutes of tise was special trains play wicis made tise <11f- ganse. By tises tieu window of opportuumuy seas feresce. Tlsey aie us up 'o. tie poweslsy. ents ail but ,sealeti shut. an 11 -2 nuargin of vuctoty," said Willian.. Mani lalcioni piaceti a final dagger in Milton'i *"Howrver. e bave tw bc extrensely pmud of isean 90 seconds là t er. dibspst bigges faco sbat tisete gtuys sccomlisod tbis season. lsese for Rayside Balfour mn 1 Mea,.fkcon= seinsre a lot of leaders on ibis tram and iisey thse bero of gane ( an~d scoret Ii tce in gaine sbouldbloldlirbIeadi isi With a bnrised voi batteoed Lafranice sitting out Satunlrds-.Jeoemy Wenzel got tdm Sma in set andi stoppeti 10 abitos before Rayside rookie Durit Maretie beat him for à powcuplay gpal ai 1:55 of tise second and mtramt os Joues connecti with a shortlsanded tally rive minutes gater. .Replacing Wenzel ai Ilher point was Bramalea's Bobby D&Costa. whom tise Mercisans pmcked up prier t tie seuges. Power play probleini Milton's teck of powerplay juice featureti a pair of usrosverled two man-adiatages in tie second and dînre unuued fAve-on-four stints in the final fraie. -Tise home retin also logitcd uheir ihare of penaty.klling duty. as M4cPlil and Bill Entre spent much of tise afternoon congela in tise box. Scoring theur long marker seas Lee. wmth assists goîng lu captais Steve Clarke ani lise- male Dartyl Dam. SSabrecat goalie Jarrets RoNe was rock soid in the cage, paticularly in tise second whien Milton thuew 17 sisots lits way but were drnied ai cvety tum. ýose and Steve Fabilli spii the netmindtng dijiies two onights earlier on home ice. whcre R.ysde B.lfour pouýpded their guests 9-2. Lafrance allowed four goals on eigst sisots in thse second permod alose and was replacer! by . - a SEASON on pop 22