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PAGE ‘8 #WATERLOO CHRONKILE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. 1985 Richard O'Brien Chronicle Staff "We've only had a lead for five or six minutes in the series," said Flanagan. There's a good reason why Waterloo Siskins are up 3-0 in their series with Stratford Cuilitons and it was Stratford coach Dennis Flanagan who put it in words. warriors were within five points of Vikings with two minutes remaining in the first half but ended the half down 46-35. One interesting matchup in the game featured two seven-footers Warriors' Randy Norris and Vikings' Cord Clemens. Clemens outscored Norris 32-22 but Norris had a 12-8 edge in rebounds. “I think Victoria really focuses on their big guy insidv (Clemens)," said McCrae. "We just use Randy as one of our tive players so that 'tuy was going to score a lot more than Randy did." Peter Savich played an outstanding game to lead Warrior Scorers with 32 points. Rob Froese added 10. And once again Warriors, seeking passage to the Canadian lntoruniversity Athletic Union title they last won in 1975, were stopped by Vikings Saturday afternoon in Halifax after they beat St. Francis Xavier X-Men 87-79 Thursday night to reach the championship game, "Every time we got something going with consistency somebody from Victoria would answer. Whenever they were called upon they hit the perimeter shot that mat- tered." Warriors played poorly at times. mainly in the first half when they committed ll of their total of 17 turnovers. Vikings turned over the ball ll times. “It was very disastrous halCending," said McCrao. "We just basically had to start over again in the dressing room like we hadn't played that first half, and that wasn't much fun." University of Waterloo basketball Warriors have been knocking on the same door the past three years. But each time some team - most notably Victoria Vikings - have slammed it in their face, Vikings defeated Warriors 93-79 to win their sixth consecutive Canadian title - a remarkable feat consider- ing Olympic team players Eli Pasquale, Greg Wiltjer and Kelly Dukeshire were all lost to Vikings Last season. "We played good basketball ior 10 or l5 minutes (in the second half," said Warrior coach Don McCray. “Of course, it was catchup basketball and we just couldn't catch up. . Richard O'Brien Chronicle Staff Even without that trio. Vikings proved tough, especially when it came to holding the ll-point lead they held at half time. Siskins just keep leading Cullitons Siskins‘ Steve Aebersold beats Stratford goalie Dan Kwilas tor the first goal of Sunday's game. It turned out to be the winner. mama 0'8"." photo Strike three: Warriors miss again Victoria Vikings repeat as CIAU champs "We Just haven't been able to get one up and get some confidence. Whterloo's a hard team to play catchup hockey with." Ahead 3-0 in series A case in point was Sunday's game at the Waterloo arena in which Siskins went up 3-0 in the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League final series with a 4-0 shutout win. Siskins, despite killing more than their share of Vikings really started on their roll in Thursday's game when they rebounded from a 20-point deficit to defeat Manitoba Bisons 7970 after Warriors had scored their victory over X-Men. 13 "Seeing Peter win the award was a great kick and I got a great kick out of my award so we had a good party on Friday but Just fell short of the main course (Satan day.)" "He is and was a very skilled hockey player who somehow was overlooked (in the past)", said Laurier coach Wayne Gowing. _ Richard O'Brien Chronicle Staff Then on Friday, Peter Savich O' Waterloo basketball Warriors was si the same time, Warrior coach Don coach of the year and Randy Norris all-Canadian. The coach of the year title came to McCrae. "l was caught off guard so it was a complete surprise," said McCrae. 'As I was sitting down at the banquet (Friday) I happened to look at the program and found that out." Whistle. who graduates soon from WLU. was Golden Hawks' team captain. He is now playing senior hockey for Cambridge Hornets, "Being in the right place at the wrong time somehow speaks for Rob. He was drafted by Kitchener Rangers and teamed up with some exceptionally good defencemen like Scott Stevens and Al Melnnis and didn't really get a When it t'omet, universities have players. Rob Whistle, a defenceman with Wilfr Hawks hockey team, was named university all-Canadian Thursday night Savich scored 24 points in that game, Paul Boyce scored Larry Scrubb scored 14 for Vikings and Phil Ohl netted 'Most outstanding' pair jonored to hockey bragging 1 fenceman with Wilfrid Laurier Guldv , "r t rights baske sins as a complete surprise of the University of similarly honored. At 1 McCrae was named is was also named an etball snmv the outstanding Wale of the ,rloo's " best .5" V: ' ' ' [I _ 5‘ Res 'il _ f . k Ti q TCarp' 'it '"-_i.. _' Todd Loveday added a pair of late goals to put the game out of reach. Einwechter. who was especially tough in the second period, had a good effort from teammates who were eager to try and block shots although that meant some of the shots that did get through were screened. Dave Caron Rave Siskins the winning goal Friday in Stratford. Tim Norman. Ron Pearson. Aebersold and Lovefay had Siskins' other goals. Siskins went into the lead early in the first period when Steve Aebersold deked goalie Dan Kwilas on a breaka, way. The score stayed at 1-0 until midway through the third period when John McKerrow scored. For Flanagan. it was a case of too many chances down the drain. "When we got a good shot off Einwechter was there to stop it," said Flanagan. "But give their penalty killers credit. They blocked a lot of shots. Our guys weren't disciplined enough to give a fake and go around them." Nelson Emerson had two goals as Cullitons outshot Siskins 41-33, Jim Hughes and Boyd Sutton also scored. “I thought our defence played extremely well tonight," said Siskin coach Gerry Harrigan. "The penalty killing units were just super and Einwechter was superb to- night." "tAnd) Dan Kwilas. though we got four by him, didn't play that bad a game." Siskins have aVchanu- to wrap up the/series in Stratford when the teams meet at 8 p.m. A fifth game, if necessary. would be played Sunday at 7: 30 at the Waterloo arena. “The series with the Russians was very important to Rob's development and I think the exposure to intern» tional hockey and the exposure of his skills to a number of coaches across Canada was the main mason for his selec lion. “He's always shown it at Wilfrid Laurier. He Just hadn't shown it to enough other people." Siskins had 21 minor penalties compared with " for Stratford. That, plus a charging major to Al Kimmel in the first period, adds up to a long time that Siskins denied Cullitons goals while playing Shorthanded. Rob WhistIe . chance to show his true skills." Whistle and Savich could both represent Canadian in the 1988 Olympics in their respective sports, In fart, Whistle excelled with the Canadian Olympic development team that played a series of games with Moscow Dynamo this winter. On a more positive note, Warriors finished the season with an overall 30-7 won-lost record, the best of any university team in Canada. With a large number of good players returning in the fall, Warriors should be a threat again next season. 18 and gathered 12 rebounds. Froese netted 19 and Norris also had 18. Friday in Stratford, Siskins took game two by a S-4 score. With goaltender Don Einwechter's shutout goaltending and a strong effort from a variety of playersjn a penalty killing role, Cullitons were held off the scoresheet despite a 26-22 shooting edge. penalties in the first two periods. never trailed in game. Peter Savich