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wuuroo curiomcus - Wednesday. April l. 2009 - 1.3 Wm Wait till next year . Q O O C . Afier takmg their playoffsenes to the brmk, the Slskms look to the future BYBOBVRIMNM‘, nine gold rings and with the price of gold ChmnicIeSlafl . ’,:., _ . ' today. . A it‘slike900 bucks." he laughed. .. _ . ~-1r?»'.;.,jfr"f .-'_ The club hopes to hold a spring camp in aterloo Siskins general manager g g y ‘ ‘_ May to build on the lessons learned in this WPeter Brill admits he didn‘t get a lot . ' w -. , . l" “ " 32 - "if” ~- ”rebuilding" season. But the message for of sleep after his team‘s quadruple " A . â€" ff f everyone involved is that the Siskins are no overtime loss against the Kitchener Dutch» .‘ ," ’ _ I, , i . ' ' ' longer satisfied with second best. Or even men in the seventh game of the Mid~west- a ‘ y _ J " ' ,~ third, fourth or fifth best which has become em conference semifinals last week _" a ' -_f ' _ - . ‘ i ‘ F“ ‘_ f the norm during this past decade of disap- Bui his sleeplessness wasn't caused by ' '. F: l "h ' " l»: pointment, thoughts of what could have been if his H ._ ' 55V With the goal set. Brill said he was proud Siskins' had potted the game winner. . 7. fl. , ‘. of the efforts of his most recent group of instead he was preoccupied by what could 1 ' ‘- ~ . ' " ‘. , f ‘ ' "overachievers." be an even better team next season with that 3 a: ( ' «is: K , @ "They overachieved and i think that's experience now behind the 17 players who E??? ’ . ~ ”‘~ the ti a“: certainly a credit to our coaching staff' their could return to next year's club. f ~ : f. 1” . $323; ’ hard work and the systems that these kids "i just thought about next year," said " fig "' lift. " bought into,'said Brill. Brill. reinvigorated by the final that remind- ' '. "Ft: ’ 21 it ‘ “a "it was quite a sacrifice made by every- ed him so much of the glory days of his club. A' A ' . ~ “A, body to succeed." He singled out the fans and their undying 3." A , ‘c 7 ,‘ Brill said he hasn't talked to head coach support for the team. Most of them man- T if u_ - ‘ ’ ' w _ _ . Dean DeSilva â€" he wanted to give him a aged to stay to the bitter end and gave the i 13; «f- » .\ ' ' -1 _ _ "t... . Q is. $2; rt; - ’ ‘-'7~ chance to recover from the emotional team a standing ovation each time them Qtiig‘fgt‘fi'ng-Mf'. 353“ n l A; > , a “F? firm” y” 1 3', exhaustion that comes from the end of the came off the ice in a game that almost ‘ 71.4 "All“. .. ' '\ A '- \ - "O ,_ ’ ~ ‘25-3} $5352; season. But he has every intention of bring- approached five hours in length. $13: - _,â€" . £7 . A -‘ w j, 7&7 k “g; r 2, ing him back That was the type of atmosphere the a} , ,. ,. 7 '-" ..: I,â€" Q _ he? "a . ”There was a lot of emotion in the room Siskins had when the played at the old ,"‘;‘A;~.;:"""" 5. "',»,:-_u-'.':~" "if“ â€" 3 3; F5; ’ Qt: afterthe game which i really like to see," said Waterloo "Bubble" long<since demolished to vii??:'£3§$v}§§-Mgfiggvz§» * (“it ‘ "is? ?fia. Brill. make way for the Perimeter institute. ’ 455513 “er-v if“: j â€" - > - 5112? '_ â€", "That really shows you something â€" they Keith Gingerich. one of Briil's assistants. w? ' “I ‘ if :f ‘ a t? “1 all stuck together â€" and really wanted to said it was also the way fans responded ”A. ' ,f i ,- ‘ 1, c 5 ' ‘ j ' succeed. when the club last one a Sutherland Cup I, 'mwbmg§w 4”;ng ., .. "El . "Unfortunately, there had to beaioser." ‘ championship in 1994 when he was general A ~ 3 > « ' ' , _ ,, it A? ' ”a; f 153; . After the loss. DeSilva said he wanted to manager of the team. ' ”(2&5; ti" ' "' £2 ' _ ' ' ’ if; y a“? ‘. make up for his team's obvious lack of expe- Re~energizing the 55h“ brand was a big ‘tlf‘leN‘; Taffyfifl’.l" ' -, ‘ ,;’ ' . new _ ' g __ rience by creating a family atmosphere on pan of Britt's job this year, and it was a per- y?» zigtgjgtgiazifirv : 4K *’ {he} 5 .â€" a; ;' , a _ 4.» ‘x A. . . the club And Brill thinks he succeeded. , sonal challenge for him. 7“ “ctsaégif? 4134 . it j” , a. - ' f. _- 2. a] 11.ti ”a? " - 1" ”g .» ' wfgjfi‘» "All the championships l've been a pan His dad Eddie played with the team and Maggy f: I“ gate. ., ,, 233i , - t ., x» 3 of everybody bought into the family aspect Peter himseifwonachampionshipas a play- ~5 5 fe‘gs’fi . j ” if 1, f?" {$3331 «Q; Jhyfw" , a. . "i‘ wilt. a. ' "A -. “” of the team." said Brill. “it's a team game er with the club in 1961-62. Eli‘fgpi-Sifizfl . gig}; t _~x-.3 f, “fittifg - . . if...“ x" - ‘ :'- page; and everybody has to support one another. . He was also instrumental to having the it i *f§¢:~f’:‘%‘=‘uth ‘ figat’fi jév<»~t‘ ”flag: ‘ 5) . and I think that's the only way you're going Siskins named the iunior B team of the last ‘M' of; , jig-"t ’- . tfifléfi . {rug f 3 i. ' “M" to suweed.” century by guiding them to four Sutherland ”if ;* Q») at; ' . This“; ,~ -_ ft ~ rag; .,. '° ‘3 , "Kt y, '.‘3;..f'<A..; a Brill hopes to extend that family feeling Cups in the 19805 and early 1990s. And he ima;;§j:g “M455 ”13“??? a“ " " " into next season by introducing his club to has just one goal for the team as they head if“ fezrffizifl f . £21; 1A}. , some of the Siskins championship teams of into the organization's 75th season. if??? ”1” '~ ‘;:.';-,t,»\,?t if}; fits i - $5145; _ the past. All great franchises. from the Monâ€" ”Whether it was the 75th or not i'm . .“" 25.25 -. 1 .’:,’f.m"'.~"%;_~:..iÂ¥i {fifff-fs .- 9» , V" . treal Canadlens in hockey to the New York geared up for a championship team." said l' ' i ’ ”ii ""‘ ah” i " (”w ' ' * ”fin“ * Yankees in baseball. have that tradition and Brill. We've been working extremely hard to Siskins goalie Colin amen faces a shot by the Kitchener Dutchmen’s Mike Donn during the pass the torch on to the next generation of get the Siskin identity back and it appears seventh game of the first-round playoff series last week; Breen faced 91 shots in the toss. player. that it’s working," “NB-"mm it shouldn't be any less a tradition for the Brill has a more of a leg up on putting a meet and greet. The team didn't really new players he started recruiting in the fill. Stakins who boast ll provincial junior B that team together for next season after have the pieces iripiooe to start the season, They should help put the club over the top titlesln the dub‘s Ionlgkleiistory. rejoining the Siskins late last year and find and only kept seven players who participab in their diamond anniversary season. Brill "There's nothing] winning.“ said Brill. ing the cupboard almost bare of returning edinthatonmp. said. 'lt's something that a lot of these kids piayersandpmcpectscmningin. ' That won't happen this year, as Brill And with nine Sutherland Cups rings. haven't been through. it's just something that August’s training camp was more like already has firm commitments from some Brill said he wants to add one mom Tim got that theycan't take my from you.“ \ ‘y' ‘ g ' t are ' it; {to Q it“ "5:1 ‘ a! . - - [1 lawnsmm Daffodils save lives. 1 Cancer canadienne (“New “we" Buy a bunch. _, a a. it a m . ,, , \!