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ym i rekai johnson barristers solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 lv sports classified second section vjs t -ri- a metroland community newspaper y v i leasing iwas easj way f o dwve larry cotter leasing 6404541 am makes and motels wednesday april 6 1988 espeler r by blaine kaneko the visitors from hespeler played the stouffville squad for april fools friday at the recrea tion centre and clipper coach don reesor was not impressed in fact the fame international atoms coach was upset with the physical tactics employed by the green and gold from hespeler stouffville wound up with a 63 loss and a 11 tie in the first two games of the best of five ontario bb final series reesor did not necessarily hold the visiting players responsible but criticized hespeler coach brian maltby for what he thought was encouraging bodychecking in the noncontact league some of the cheap shots are coming from the bench said coach reesor thats not hock ey my kids arent going to play- that way we each have a respon sibility as a coach it was rough but we dont mind adjmitted 48 721b for ward john mckinnon they couldnt beat us any other way according to coach reesor hespelers strategy was a direct result of the drubbing they re ceived the night before in that contest stouffville embarrassed the homeside 93 and went back to town leading 10 in games and confident of their chance to make it 20 in the good fridayapril fools day match up what the clippers were not pre pared for was the chippy out come unfortunately the penalty filled contest took precedence over the highflying action and overshawdowed in all the hoopla was the individual per formance of geoff smith with hespeler on top 10 after marksman mike maleys goal early in the opening frame geoff controlled a pass from ryan jef ferson walked through the middle past three defenders and depo sited the puck past goalie brian warner five minutes later geoff bulled up the middle again falling and on his stomach managing to slid the black rubber under a sprawled netminder geoff might as well have stuck a bullseye on his back because midway in the second he turned from marksman to marked man and for his efforts received a shoulder under the chin knocking him to the ice dazed no penalty was assessed if the temperature on the bench didnt increase from a seething don reesor and assistant mike jones at that point players prob ably got heat rash when stalwart rearguard jason reesor was fel led by a highstick after attending to the injured player coach reesor and hespel er head man brian maltby ex changed pleasantries it didnt seem to diminish already high tensions as both teams continued to take needless penalties hespeler lead the way to the sin bin with seven to stouffvilles five despite the number of infrac tions coach reesor said more should have been called to control the abrasive flow of the game ryan burkholder snapped a wristshot to the stickside giving the clippers a 32 lead nearing the end of the middle stanza two stouffville penalties put them back in the hole and the visi tors evened the score such was the crowds displeasure a baby bottle was tossed onto the ice the punishment took its toll in the final period despite the acrobatic saves of goalie greg sanford as hespeler rifled three goals two in the last 33 seconds to wrestle the game from stouffville 63 next game is at the recreation centre friday april 8 at 730 pm stouffville goalie greg sanford stops a hespeler scor ing opportunity early in the third period to keep his team on track despite gregs outstanding play the visitors scored three goals in the final frame to grapple away the second game of the bestoffive series 63t after the contest the young goaltender said he didnt mind the opposition standing in his crease and was confident stouffville would comeback to win il novices take second by blaine kaneko some days are just too long and for the neil patrick novice clippers wednesday march 30 will be remembered as the day that was five minutes too long in less than five turns of the clock the homesides season took an untimely turn the rivals from bowmanville sank four consecu tive goals in the span to win 52 and the zone 4 novice cham pionship until those goals were scored the clippers appeared to be orchestrating an upset over the highly touted bowmanville squad goals by scott assinck and grahame smith assists going to kyle norton with two matt tur ner and danny armour put the local boys ahead 21 late in the fin al frame but 58 regular season and play off appearances takes its toll on even young legs we played really well but we ran out of gas said coach wally crowder we had some shots and we were checking well but bowmanville plays position and the boys tired themselves out after they scored the tying goal i knew we would cave in i told turner dave turner defen sive coach we had run out of gas we had a good year it was a different team now then when we started the season they have im proved a lot he concluded team manager gary hutchison agreed the kids played super mr hutchison said we just ran out of steam this is a good fore- checking club and it has been a good season we won our share of trophies in tournaments bow manville port hope and lindsay but for some of the young shin- ny stars in the dressing room afj ter the game those triumphs were years in the past ij bowmanville was the team they wanted to beat and despite the plaque they were presented as finalists they was a feeling of unj fulfillment i dont think i played so great admitted team captaiff adam crowder it wasnt one of my better games if everybody played their best we would have won h we had the game in ou hands added defenceman danf ny armour but scoring star kyle nortos may have summed up the game best when he remarked bow manville was the best team we ever played they are the best ip the league but if it was a kb minute period instead of the play offs 15 we would have won a clipper defenceman geoff smith is tripped but man ages to slid the puck under hespeler netminder brian warner it was the second goal of the game for the offensive minded atom and it gave his team a first period 21 lead mean greens ground jets after being shutout last week during the opening game of the stouffville amateur hockey league round robin playoffs greens restaurant gathered their composure and grounded the gr flooring jets 62 the north stars were paced to the victory by art nicholson and wayne jackson each notching a pairof goals potting singles were bernie mcginty and randy gray dave farlow and brent stachel were the sharpshooters for the jets smurthwaite heating 6 cana dian tire 4 the black hawks continue to have their troubles despite their potent offence losing to the bruins 64 in their sunday contest at the recreation centre scoring for the bears were ken may with a pair steve ellis wayne mcmann ron vauticr and bill anderson counting singles bob mckinnon fired a pair for the blackhawks with dave wicksted and over 40 regular season top point getter terry weatherill adding ones century 21meharg 6 bctz pools 3 the whalers keep rolling along doubling a troubled betz pools squad 63 in their playoff game for the second week in a row the whalers have unveiled a powerful offensive attack scoring 12 in the past two games unloading for the whalers was ron arends with a pair ron brooks lionel vil- leneuve ted spice and roy ire land scoring one apiece neil newton chester cengarle and gord ness were the nordique gunners village landscaping 2 stouffvil le travel 1 in a defensive struggle the caps edged the flyers 21 in the close checking meeting henry stevens and al parker were the two caps to light the lamp while pete turner was the lone flyers sniper farquarson realty 3 townc restaurant 0 the penguins surprised the kings with their strong effort and downed the towne restaurant club 30 it was sweet revenge for the penguins after being shutout last sunday by village landscap ing marking the score sheet for the pens were martin dupuis murray thompson and don norton disappointment may show in their faces but the novice clippers accomplished a tremendous amount this season they were awarded the finalists trophy for their fine play top left to right coaches gary hutchison wally crowdcr and dave turner middle left to right ryan king danny armour clint glover matt turner and scott assinck front left to right michael wood grahame smith kyle norton adam crowdcr andrew hutchison evan boyd and tim smart jf 4 future optimistic for loea stouffville d girls coach ted lowery fmeqntaria women hockey association isrone of he backbones of womens hockey in the metro toronto area mr lowcry intends on expanding the girls nouse league in w by blaine kaneko with six ontario womens hockey association titles hanging from the ceiling of the whitchurchstouffville re creation centre and the hope of expanding the junior and i mite division from four to six teams in the fall of 1988 the future appears boundless for womens hockey i but whats on the surface doesnt always represent vvwhai churns below in the case of womens hock ey a sport that has paid its dues but not always received the goods the outlook is just the opposite on the eve of the playoffs including two stouffville rep teams owiia president fran rider is more than a little bit j upset by the events prececd- log the annual event fk 1 stemsrfrom the justine blarney case which she refers to as unjust for womens hockey right now we are threatened r is a shame a successful program is run by external forces trying to in tegrate womens hockey with mens hockey could destroy it we now have to compete with mens hockey for players even surviving is a question- j able issue rider said according to the president its a small group of radlc- aiswho are dictating what is good for womens hockey they are not conferring with the experts people like slouff- villes cliff dunkeld and ted lowery who have beenvin- volvcd with the league for 14 and nine years respectively rider said in the case of jus tine blaiiiey who was given theright to play for the scar borough east endcrs this sea- isonvafter a human rights commission decision partici pated at the boys minor ban- tarn level because she- could not compete at the higher calibre of hockey at the senior level of the womens league and although rider doesnt hold the i5ycaroid blainey responsible for the turmoil the league could face she did say sometimes people must conv sidcr the individuals rights with what is good for the team and the sport in general what particularly raises the ireof rider is the legislators undermining the efforts of dunkeld lowery and george taylor due to their dedication and effective administration stouffville has become a in fluential force in ontario which is the strongest centre in the world for womens hock ey with close to 80teams scat ered around the province cliff dunkeld refers to stouffville as a role model for other womens squads in he jareathe town has proved iwith its dominant record in the 80s that a strong execu tive and the proper develop- merit of players can produce a highly skilled club we used to have the odd player tlat was godd but now there are a lot of quality play- ersioffcred dunkeld the i coaches are super great cn- thusiasm and great coopera tion from the minor hockey volunteers you have to watch the oppositions organization no matter how old you are as a coach you can always learn from other areas with six championships we have to he doing something right they have worked too hardlo see it fail he concluded helping to make matters right fs the senior d non- contact coach ted lowery basically the sponsors of the whitchurchstouffville hockey association help pay for the sweaters and help with the replacement of equip ment ted lowery said the uniforms arekept for three or four years partially to defray costs we operate on a v shoestring to keep costs reasonable the boys lea gee receives practice time and sweaters but the women still managed to hold more than 50 games in league play and tournaments this season what id like to see is the availability of girls hockey offered ted lowery it would be nice to see more girls try it if they try it they might like it theyll learn it is not just a boys game they canhavea keck of a good tjme learn fer- lowship and play a good win- ter sport but girls may never get the chanceto play if current trends result in more girls de ciding to play in boys leagues and although the quality arid skill of hockey has improved greatly over the past few years with the possibility of one day a woman playing in thenational hockey league fran rider said they dont want to compete with the nhl image it may be one of the reasons bodychecking has been ell- mlnated from theworld championship as well as the canadian championship in the very near future it prob ably will be completely eli minated from womens hock- cy dunkeld said if we have our way girls hockey will be around stouff ville for a long time i i