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The Hawks‘ Brian Devlin will be kicking off Laurier‘s postâ€"season e snap is good, the I ball is set, the kick is up... and it‘s good. It might be muscle memâ€" ory that helps loft the ball through the uprights for Wilâ€" frid Laurier Golden Hawks kicker Brian Devlin, but it‘s the power of positive thinkâ€" ing that helps him do it with the game on the line. Devlin hopes to make a difference It _ was _ 26â€"yearâ€"old Deviin‘s first game winner for the Hawks, and the first game winner he hit since his days at Sarnia‘s St. Patrick‘s. "We won the Metro Bowl when I hit a kick with 50 secâ€" onds left in double overâ€" time," said Deviin, who also played a year at Simon Frasâ€" "As a kicker, it‘s someâ€" thing you think about all the time in a clutch situation like that," said Deviin. Just like he did against the McMaster Marauders early this season, handing the Hamilton team its first loss in 39 OUA games with a lastâ€" minute field goal to win it. By Bos VRrBANAC Chronicle Staff | So is preparing for the Hawks‘ first postâ€"season games against Ottawa this weekend any different? Not with the Marauders game already under his belt according to Devlin. er in B.C. before returning to Ontario. If there was ever a regular season game with a playoffâ€" type atmosphere, it was the win over McMaster that put the Hawks on the road to a perfect regular season. "It was pretty much a playoff game," said Devlin. "It had a lot of playoff impliâ€" cations for homefield advanâ€" tage. "So there was a lot riding on that game. which was exactly what it‘s like in the playoffs." And Devlin has a lot of confidence after the regular season when he established a number of new records in the kicking department. They include the number of kickoffs in a season with 51, kickoff yardage with 2,493 vards and converts in Continued on page 24 Halloween matchup Aiguills[ the leagueâ€" eading Listowel Cyclones gave the Waterloo Siskins a chance to prove they just weren‘t masquerading as Midâ€"western Junior B hockey contenders Sunday. They spooked the compeâ€" tition at the Waterloo Memorâ€" ial Recreation Complex and jumped out to a 3â€"1 lead in the first period. And after a scare of their own in the third, when the tying goal by the Cyclones was disallowed because the net was off its moorings, John Thiel and Duncan Snyder scored to put the final nails in the Cyclone‘s coffin in a 5â€"2 win. Vikings earn an invite to postâ€"season Especially after two tough losses to Listowel, 3â€"2, on Friâ€" day night, and Kitchener, 4â€"3 in overtime, last Wednesday, left them a little short. Siskins scare up a win against Cyclones Last week also featured the return of Paul Mcliveen, the Siskins‘ leading scorer from last year, from the dead, or at least from the jnjured here was not much I separating WCI and the top two teams in WCSSAA play last week except for a playoff spot. But the Vikings changed that last Friday with a 28â€"7 win over the Sir John A. MacDonald Highlanders, made up of a bunch of forâ€" mer players from WCI who had moved on to the new school. So now that they‘re there what‘s the postâ€"season about for Vikings quarterâ€" back Dillon Heap? "Revenge." said the gifted athlete who saw his Vikings lose by a lastâ€"second field goal to unbeaten Bluevale 37â€"34 Oct. 14, before losing to unbeaten KCI by 10 points a week later in a 17â€"7 loss. Those two losses left WCI on the playoff bubble last week, but Heap threw for a SPORTS By Bos VrBANAC Chronicle Staff â€" By Bos VrBANA Chronicle Staff The Siskins‘ Eric Martin ties up the Listowel Cyclones‘ Mark Cranford in Sunday‘s 5â€"2 win list, as a bum shoulder cost him the first quarter of the season. Mcliveen didn‘t waste any time making, an impression on the Siskins revamped lineâ€" The Vikings‘ Dillon Heap avoids the rush against the Highlanders. touchdown and ran another _ for the Vikings. When asked in to assure his Vikings a _ which was the tougher of spot in the postâ€"season the two unbeaten teams dance. "We needed to win to _ WCI faced, Heap gave the get in, and it was definitely _ nod to Bluevale. good to win today," said "I would say Bluevale Heap. was tougher," said Heap. And with the second seaâ€" son comes a second chance up, scoring in his first game back last Sunday against Owen Sound, and scoring the opener again in the Siskins win over Listowel. "I hated just watching." "I would say Bluevale was tougher," said Heap. "KCI played us really well, and their defence did a lot of www.vwwaterlioo.com CLICK HERE Volkswagen New & Cortified Préâ€"owned Cors Volkswagen Waterloo said Mcliveen, who also stars on the rink in the summer time as a member of Canada‘s national inâ€"line hockey team. things we hadn‘t seen before, but 1 think Bluevale beat us in that game, and against KCI we beat ourâ€" selves." On the Highlanders sideâ€" line, the goals were more modest as some of the WCI expatriates and players from other schools were just tryâ€" ing to build a tradition at the new $21â€"million school in Heap, who comes from a football playing family of brothers, said it‘s no secret what the Vikings have to do if they face either the Knights or the Raiders in the playoffs. They have to cut down on the mistakes. "We just have to play as more of a unit, the offence has to click, and we have to eliminate turnovers." said Heap, 17 in his final year with the Vikings. "That‘s defâ€" initely a problem. "We have to play misâ€" takeâ€"free football." Continued on page 24 Continued on page 24