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r- swvc e- fwr w btte stftfatne thursday january 19 1978 lose to bowmanville n clipper play unpredictabl the ken may clip pers had an up and down week last week as they played terribly against bowmanville but rebounded for a big win in cobourg to go along with an earlier win against port hope in the port hope game played last thursday clipper goalie brad steel kicked out 43 shots en route to his teams 72 victory the may boys took a 21 lead in the first after port hope opened the scoring mike whelan assisted by perry brown and tim quinn tied the game then ted assinck from doug taylor moved the clippers in front the second period saw the clippers add two more by geoff roy from jperry brown the second by perry brown from tim quinn and geoff roy the final frame had doug taylor ramming one in with ted assinck and rob mcbeth assis ting- geoff roys second of the night from scott connor and doug taylor and perry brown unassisted goal closed off the scoring the following game last saturday proved disastrous for the clip pers as they went up against league leading bowmanville stouffville ran out of steam in the final period and bowmanville scored four goals to take a 73 win positional play was obviously lacking on the clippers part and they were once again unable to hold a lead they were up 20 in the first on goals by steve schell and ted assinck in the second bowmanville tied up the game before tim quinn from perry brown and geoff roy game stouff ville a shortlived lead bowmanville tied it up again 30 seconds later and the final period belonged to bowmanville scoring three goals past rick marshman in the first four minutes however the clip pers were able to turn their game play a full circle last monday as they trounced cobourg 10- 3 the team was lead by perry browns three goal and four assist effort brad steel put m a strong game in the nets stop ping 36 shots perry brown opened the scoring with mike whelan and steve price assisting after cobourg made it 11 tim quinn from perry brown and steve price scored two minutes later mike ryan of cobourg evened it up on a goal from the short side after that brad steel shut the door and tim quinns second of the night from mike whelan and perry brown put the clippers into a 32 lead geoff roys power 1 play goal from tim quinn and perry brown in the second period gave stouffville a twogoal margin it stayed that way until the third when perry brown scored his second from geoff roy and tim quinn doug taylor from perry brown and geoff roy then doug again from harold wideman made it 73 steve schell then popped one in from andy leitch and owen hiese followed by ted assincks score from steve schell and andy leitch perry browns hat trick assisted by doug taylor and harold wideman finally closed out the game the clippers next game is at uxbridge on tuesday jan 24 at 8 is pm next home game is on january 28 with cobourg novice team hands markham first defeat the novice neil patrick polar bears handed markham their first defeat of the year with a 43 win on monday jan 9 at markham you could say tim evans 4markham 3 but while tim provided the scoring punch it was a charged up team that won the game markham opened the scoring with a goal at the 31 second mark of the first period with ritchie scoring from huggins tim evans evened things peewees earn 44 tie the towns peewee b tteam met the top ranked whitby squad last friday night and with just a little more luck would have taken two points out of the match as it was the whitby team tied stouffville 44 getting their tying goal with just 49 seconds left to play whitby had pulled get organized whitby scored however the team was satisfied with the tie in this exciting end-to- end game the first stouffville goal was put in by mike anderson with the assist going to rod boudreau stephen small shot in the second score from scott sutherland and the if their goalie in favour of third goal saw scott an extra attacker and before the peewees could stouffville softball meeting scoring assisting with stephen the final stouffville goal was put in by stephen small unassisted the next two games the peewees play will determine what position they end up in for the playoffs the team will play a thome and home series against markham the first game this friday jan 20 in stouffville at 8 pm they travel to markham the following night up to end the period 11 the second period saw markham go up by two with goals by harding from crawford and higgins unassisted tim evans then took control of the scoring by potting one unassisted goal at the 523 mark of the second period and then two goals in the third period one assisted by lee vautier the stouffville boys held on to bring home a 43 win on wednesday jan 11 the polar bears came away on the short end of the 21 score against bay ridges the boys lacked the desire and drive they had against markham and bay oridges outhustled and out- muscled stouffville numerous times both teams had several good scoring opportunities bay ridges opened the scoring at 514 of the first period with sean mcquigge of stouffville replying to end the period al one apiece the third period saw bay ridges break around stouffville defence to notch the winner with only 136 minutes left to play stouffville applied the pressure but were unable to score playing three games in one week didnt slow the polar bears down as they blasted ajax last saturday 71 captain tim evans was flying again as he potted five goals and roamed the ice freely daryl may had a good night as he opened the scoring on a fine pass from evans then tim went to work scoring first unassisted then from sean mcquigge from paul sinclair from russ beaton and lee vautier and finally another unassisted goal daryl may capped off the stouffville scoring with a shot from paul sinclair and sean mcquigge bruce fifields shut out bid was spoiled m the third period as ajax caught stouffvilles defence up ice and scored next game is on wednesday jan 18 on home ice- against markham clipper number 15 tim quinn has a lot of room as he scores stouffvilles third goal saturday night against bowmanville tims goal tied up the game but bowmanville then went on to take an easy 73 win the clippers had a lot of trouble playing their positions in the game midgets beat peterborough led by a pair of goals by kelly burrows the stouffville midgets trounced peterborough 5- 1 last friday night after a scoreless first period kelly burrows pocketed his pair both set up by doug sanders peterborough scored their only goal late in the second period the high scoring line of scott brown gary carr and brent nichols clicked for two in the third and kevin mcguckms unassisted effort ended the scoring the last scheduled home game for the midgets will be friday at 9 pm when stouffville hosts cobourg clipper fan urges team togetherness in other midget news the team recently completed a tournament in pickering where they won one game and lost two oshawa edged stouffville 10 for the consolation prize rick ryckman was in net for stouffville in the low scoring game in the first game i the tourney stouffville was beaten 73 by a fired up richmond hill team hard working defenseman tom miller came up with his first goal of the season other goals went to steve newman and steve spang kevin mcguckin scotty brown and steve newman picked up the sssists following that loss the team went into the consolation series where they opened up against bramalea garv carr led the stouffville attack with a four point effort as the midgets won 73 scott brown and brent nichols each had two goals with brent also picking up an assist dave raymer and keith mcguckin had two assists each kelly burrows tallied an unassisted goal to round out the scoring goalie mark forrester played a fine game in the nets to the players of the stouffville junior c- team- as a spectator i am s- there will be a stouffville softball meeting for the boys and girls all stars teams next jan 25 at 8 pm at the town office ivthe meeting will be to decide whether or not to have all star teams t i however help is heeded and those in terested are urged to come out for more in formation call bill kamps or cliff dunkeld also anyone in terested in becoming an umpire for the 78 season must apply to softball ontario and write an exam anyone who wants to umpire send your name to bob jones executive director softball ontario 559 jarvis st toronto ontario m4y 2j1 stouffvilles peewee team ran into the tough whitby team last friday and played a great game coming away with a 41 tie above is whitbys final goal scored with only 49 seconds left in the game the stouffville goalie and player watch helplessly as the puck just inches past the goal line keith bolender napanee silver stick champs behind you 100 per cent i feel thatyou can be and will be the ontario junior c champs this year but you must play together as a team each player must give their best each game forget your personal differences and get down to business the fans know that you can do it therefore they expect you to do your best your sponsor coach and the faithful spec tators have put out a lot for you to play hockey here you therefore owe us an honest effort i hope the players will not take this too personally what i am really trying to do is get the team spirit back together again come on team lets pull together this letter was written after the disap pointing loss to uxbridge one spectator cliff dunkeld hockey dance cedar beach pavilion hosts the next minor hockey dance on february 3 between 9 pm and 1 am tickets are 6 a couple and available from all executive hockey members rit- the above competitor at the cross country ski championship held at dagmar last sunday really felt the cold weather as evident by the ice on his moustache he was in the mens open won by t dest croix the winner of the veteran mens went to u kretsman bantams second in tournament j stouffvilles bantam a team continued their play in the silver stick tournament held in bramalea recently and in their second game they defeated meritan con vincingly with a 50 score kevin berry did not have a lot of work but held the anderson squad in the game until norm mckenzie scored the opener a short handed effort in the second period also scoring for the stouffville squad was tony leger kevin bartley larry fockler and tony herold the anderson team held a wide margin in shots on goal and big future stars on ice in hockey showdown stouffvilles hockey players will be testing their oneonone skills this saturday jan 21 for the minor hockey i showdown competitions showdown spon sored by cocacola ltd is patterned after the successful nhl showdown and is taking place across canada there are 181 stouffville boys trying out and the top shooter and top goaltender in each division will advance to the regional playdowns in february after that it is the national competitions in maple leaf gardens the team showdown schedule is as follows 8 am atom house league 9 am atom all stars 10 am novice house league 11 am novice all stars 1230 pm peewee house league and all stars 230 pm bantam house league 3 pm bantam all stars 430 pm midget and juvenile house league and all stare every boy will receive an award for participating in showdown defenceman robert gierkink was awarded the truck of the game award for his crushing check on an unfortunate meritan forward in the third period in the third and final game of the series stouffville met their old foe napanee for the first time this season since last years playoff the game was a close affair from the start and was tied 22 going into the third period norm mckenzie and kevin bartley scored for the anderson squad and then robert gierkink drilled in a slapshot from the- wueline to up the score 3- 2 for the home team early in the third however a long shot eluded goalie kevin berry two minutes later and the stouffville team visibly sagged napanee surged into the anderson end and dded four more goals for a 73 win stouffville ended up with a 2 and 1 record and second place while napanee won the division and a trip to sarnia in april the anderson squad can how look to the playoffs and hopefully a second chance at napanee in regular season play the high flying markham team came to town looking for an easy game after an earlier 50 victory over stouffville markham started out strong with two goals and that held up until the final period mike rehiu made some great saves to keep the game close and then norm mckenzie drilled a high shot to bring the home team within one larry fockler then picked up the puck in his own end and skated to the markham blueline where he unloaded a terrific slapshot that beat the markham goalie the anderson boys then put on the pressure but failed to get the winner despite several hit goalposts the game ending in a 22 tie stouffville travelled to ajax for their next game and dropped a 20 decision stouffville failed to capitalize on thei r scoring cha nces and j that proved to be the difference kevin berry again performed well in the net but also had a bit of luck on his side as ajax hit the post several times and outshot the bantams by a large margin norm mckenzie was lost early in the game with an injury and several boys played despite assorted hurts and sprains one bright note for stouffville was the work ttii racer is just starting on his cross of larry fockler who country race at dagmar last week it was a improves with each game beautiful day to hold the races which have on defence become an annual event at the ski resort winner of the junior ladies race was t opsal and winner of the junior boys was n con- nacher r