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rekai johnson barristers solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 second section bbgohbb hfjf flpbte iwa sports classified ametrold leasing jwas easj way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 all mafces aid models day mar 1988 gloria fires hat trick to down scarborough by blaine kaneko scarboroughs crawdaddys irestaurant was given a healthy serving of mintz meat and they found it hard to digest gloria my teammates call me borje mintz scored a natural hat trick in less than two minutes to lead the stouffville betz pool girls to a 53 win the sunday night victory at the recreation centre was the first game of the best twoofthree semifinal in the c division of the north metro girls hockey league gloria mintz made the differ ence in this game offered stouffville coach colin booth in a postgame interview gloria made this game it was the best one shes played all season she is talented but she has the tendency to pass off the puck too much we played well with a lot of good passing added the 23-year- old forward it was my first hat trick this year but the passes were there it was a bit of a sur prise because i dont score that ynany goals but everyone played so well off to an early first period lead courtesy of cathy hannahs indi vidual effort the homeside took advantage of a undermanned visi tors bench with a scarborough player in the penalty box gloria notched the first of her three goals on the powerplay about a minute and a half later julie thompson skated down the left wing hesitated freezing the oppositions defence and fed a perfect pass to the rushing mintz who pulled crawdaddys goalie debbie garbatt out of position and popped it over her only fifteen clicks off the clock when gloria knocked in what would eventually count as the winner after a scramble in front of the scarborough net when michelle coppins whis tled in an insurance marker half way through the second frame the home team had the game well in hand strong defensive play by goalie bonnie hollingworth and defence- man teresa mckenzie kept the crawdaddys squad from getting any closer than two goals the only incident to mar the skillfull and physical contest occurred about midway through the middle stanza michelle coppins was chasing crawdaddys defenceman karen allen behind the oppositions net when the scarborough player fell and crashed into the end boards injuring her leg she was taken by ambulance to scarborough centenary hospital where she was treated and re leased the two teams met three times in regular season play this year with stouffville holding the up- perhand two games to one coach booth was certain his team would continue their posi tional finesse play and advance to the ontario c division finals im very confident we will make it to the finals admitted coach booth the girls play well when they do their job scarbor ough will have more players on their team next game but we shouldnt have any problems player openings remain in stouffville hall leagues by denisemcdonald considering whether to pull that old ball glove out this sum mer but just cant get yourself geared to thinking beyond this present spell of slushy dreary weather well never fear ample reg istration vacancies are still left according to stouffville baseball association registrar kathy van koughnet theres lots of openings in the older levels especially in rep ball and the peewee levels on up she said we held the registration at the same time we always do but i plenty of hats should have been given out sunday as four out of five teams playing in the stouffville amateur hockey league had a player scoring three goals greens restaurant- 6 gr- fiooringl mike jones was the big gun ner for greens with his three goal performance as he led his teammates to the 61 win ran dy gray added a pair and bob leger contributed with one bob thornhill was the lone jet to put one past the goalline betz pools 5 century 21 meharg 1 neil newton counted three times and it was all the nordi- ques needed to get by the whal- ers 51 along with neil gord ness and pat coughlan tallied s while whaler bill ormson hit the score sheet with his single canadian tire5 smurthwaite heating 1 terry weatherill was the fea tured player in the blackhawks 51 trouncing of the bruins ter ry lit the light three times with teammate bob mckinnon chip ping in for a pair steve ellis was the only smurthwaite sniper towne restaurant 4 stouff ville travel 2 dave boyd rippled the mesh on three occasions which was a good thing for the kings as they needed his scoring punch to edge the flyers 42 andy cart- wright was the other king to score while bill wetheral and pat madigan put- stouffville travel on the map village landscaping 2 far- guarson realty 1 s in a rarity sunday player on either team notched the hat trick in the close contest rick glen and larry penny netted goals for the caps and it was good enough to narrowly get by the penguins with their only goal courtesy of don harnian think its a rough time of year to ask people- to think about base ball she said we also had two really rough saturdays van koughnet said the low fi gures were particularly surpris ing as they were expecting a lot more representation from the new subdivisons about 100 more will probably filter in over the course of the next few months she said although she estimates the ball association requires about another 150 players she said it wont affect establishing ball teams as well van koughnet said they are always in need of volun teers for coaching scorekeeping and other roles were also looking to recruit people to umpire and line the di amond she said its a paid position not much but enough to keep you in pocket money and the ball association of stouffville is looking for a person interested in doing the umpire scheduling for the season with remuneration we have very good ball here in town and the more support we show the more likely we are to have repeat competition said van koughnet players still interested in reg istering can do so at the recrea tion complex or by calling kathy van koughnet 6402803 frank van veen 8954337 mary myers 7275139 or nancy styles 7270444 scoring a four point night gloria mintz led the betz pool girls src team to a 53 victory over scarborough sunday at the recreation centre glorias natural hat trick in the second period insured the win novice clippers skate to consolation round title in between the playoff match up with port perry stouffvilles neil patrick novice clippers found the time and stamina to compete in the lindsay novice a tournament the hometown boys were prob ably glad they participated in the weekend competion as they skated away with the consolation championship after a 43 win over the host team it was quite an accomplishment considering the beating the team took at the hands of east g willim- bury losing 92 dropping the clip pers into the consolation round kyle norton scored the only stouffville goals in the defeat while goalie evan boyd was reci pient of the most valuable player award for his efforts in minimiz ing the opponents bombardment the next game featured a fired- up stouffville team the local boys eliminated port hope 30 on goals by andrew hutchison kyle norton and ryan king evan boyd collected his second mvp award and the goal- tenders shutout award the victory put the clippers in the consolation finals against the host team lindsay going into the game lindsay had the psychological advantage having beaten stouffville in two previous tournaments but it did not phase the clippers as they went on to beat their rivals in a tight contest 43 kyle norton ryan king and andrew hutchison were the goal- getters for stouffville with tim smart adam crowder and gra- hame smith counting assists not only did stouffville leave with the consolation trophy kyle norton garned mvp honors for his performance in the final game exclipper les clarke heads reunion by bruce stapley when the markhamstouffville hockey oldtimers reunion is held at the recreation centre on april 30 one of the people who will be able to take much of the credit for its success will be stouffvilles les clarke les who is on the committee organizing the big event has fond memories of his days with the stouffville clippers of the old in termediate a league the small yet aggressive de fenceman recalls the fierce rival ry that existed between the clip pers and the markham mil lionaires it got to the point where it was becoming difficult for the businessmen he says people from markham who had been doing business with stouffville stores would change stores be cause of the hockey rivalry recently retired after 35 years in the insurance business with birkett and hassard in stouffvil le les came to play hockey with the original clippers in the fall of 1948 it turned out to be more than just hockey he came here for i ended up marrying the daughter of bert bell the teams despite the intense rivalry with the markham millionaires in the 50s former stouffville clipper star les clarke was more than glad to help organize the reunion between the two teams manager he says referring to his wife audrey back in those days i was commuting to the games with austie baker who was the team captain we both lived in the east end of toronto it was while he lived in toronto that les teamed up with bob has sard on a local hardball team hassards athletic abilities eventually led to his playing for the toronto maple leafs les himself had played hockey for a toronto outfit called the q and l flyers before joining the clippers the flyers were coached by exmaple leaf hank goldup he had gone to oshawa to tryout for the millionaires in an early season practice when the stouff ville coach approached him about playing for the clippers he told me it was a new team and there would be plenty of open ings les says he recalls the first clipper squad consisted of several play ers who had jumped from the mil lionaires those included baker his commuting partner bob law- rie goaltcndcr jack harper and coach ernie lawric that is what started the war between stouffville and mar kham les admits so great was the interest in games played between the two archrivals you could hardly fight your way into the arena he claims i remember one game where the arena was so full that some fans went home to get ladders so they could watch from the window he remembers the games were always highspirited while the clippers first played on natural ice in a covered arena situated where the town pool now stands the coming of the new arena in 1949 provided a much better facility for playoff matches there would sometimes be as many as 1800 spectators on hand in the new arena which was demolished this past fall les recalls his career with the clippers spanned the years 1948 through 1957 with a two year stretch with the newmarket senior team thrown in between his years spent in stouffville he eventually moved to town in 1952 where he established a fami ly consisting of two daughters and a son he currently has five grandchildren while small in stature les al ways gave it his best effort and wasnt afraid to mix it up with the big boys i certanly didnt back away from anybody he smiles and the millionaires had some big guys despite the intensity of the ma r- khamstouffvillc rivalry les in sists the game was played pri marily for fun we played to win but if you lost tough luck he says it was strictly recreation it was fun les would become captain of the clippers his last few seasons with them but for him one name will always stand out in my opinion the best all around player that ever played for stouffville was nick bangay les says he was a super guy bangay would go on to play pro hockey with a team in portland oregon as for les clarkes career he admits to having had professional aspirations i went to the training camp of the cleveland barons of the american league in brandon manitoba in 1948 but i didnt make the team he says it was right after that i started with the clippers while nick bangay stands out foremost in his mind he gives honorable mention to the likes of ike hodgson joe lewis polly minton and gord lewis since hanging up the skates in 1957 les has coached and re- ferccd in the towns minor hockey system in the 60s tried his hand at curling and played some golf he still gets the blades out periodically for some pleasure skating but hasnt gotten in volved in oldtimers hockey theres no sense pushing yourself too much when you get to be my age he says sixtyyearold les now does volunteer work for parkview and helps out with the mcals-on- whcels program now that hes retired he plans to spend more time at his cottage in haliburton as for his interest in hockey these days he says he still follows the leafs and edmonton oiler keith acton whose grandfather was once los neighbor and the captain looks forward to a fruitful retirement with wife audrey who will always be his favorite momentoof an illustrious career with the stouffville clip pers port perry lose in overtime to stouffville by blaine kaneko there was a crime monday night at the recreation centre and the neil patrick novice clippers were involved they managed the larcenous act of taking a divisional playoff game from the red and white of port perry 21 on an overtime goal by kyle norton the win gives the hometown boys a 21 lead in their best-of- seven series they may be ahead in the series standings but the game could just as easily slipped to the opposition if it were not for the exceptional play of goalie evan boyd i was a bit worried admitted evan after the game i felt a bit nervous when it was tied i didnt know if they were going to score they had a lot of pressure on us we played average added teammate danny armour we can skate a lot faster and play a lot better it was the fifth game in four nights for the nineyearold net- minder who faced 17 shots in the game three on breakaways with the game on the line the clippers played wideopen positional hockey in the opening frame even outshooting the oppo- siton 43 but port perry goalie mike moran was equal to his counterpart at the other end of the ice and the period ended score less seconds into the middle frame kyle norton accepted a pass on the right boards from andrew hutchison and labelled one along the ice to the shortside with the other assist credited to grahame smith but from that point until kyle nortons overtime goal the play was dictated by port perry steady evan could not have played any better stopping two breakaways in a row and preserv ing the dicey 10 lead with 113 remaining in the second stanza todd parry stuf fed it by the boyd backstop to knot the contest at one goal apiece whether it was the weekend tournament or simple listless- ness the novices couldnt get in gear being outshot in the final two periods of regulation play 122 stouffville went into the game knowing they would be sacrificing a portion of their offence due to coach wally crowders decision to move forward adam crowder to defence testing a four man defensive unit instead of the usual three man system was decided on the weekend at the tournament in lindsay the transition was effective as the defence blocked several shots but the offence suffered its a problem coach crowder hopes to remedy our guys are going to have to shoot more they want to get in too close he offered if we play our top game and they do to we can beat them but we have lapses coach crowder admitted the game was closer than it probably should have been he said at this stage in the series the port perry players want the games more but he assured his team is beginning to realize port perrys intent and hes confident they will get by the scugog rivals mqss downed- fyfy girls aetiok i bunnies flowers continued their improved play following up fast jweeks draw with a z1 win over their georg ross photo rivals in the mite division of girls house league hockey after a scoreless opening period of endtoend action thanks to tho efforts of goalie cheryl norton for bunnies and katie white for the george ross squad i it wasnt until late in the middle frame when nicole bardell put one in from sabrina denomme giving bunnies a 10 lead but tho george ross team fought back pressuring bunnies until laura winterstein tied the contest with about five minutes remaining in the game j3l another tie between thetwo teams appeared likely but julio comlto had other ideas with 51 seconds left on the clock julie pounded one into the net to give bunnies a 21 victory t in the junior house league divi sion on the strength of four first period goals the kinsmen routed the mcneil girls end pulled ahead of their rivals by four polntsfflh- bonnie talt led the way wfifi three markers and an assist jodl denney counted for a pair and amanda devlin and ecfcy watson chipped in for singles 1 r amy ormson and kylie gonial pocketed a couple of assists each to carry the team to the win r i carrie stewart scored the final 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