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p2tf weekenderjebruary 15 1992 mux minor atom clipperstake series lead the choko minor atom clip pers stood poised to clinch their playoff series with owen sound after taking two of the first three games in the bestoffive set last weekend goals by tyler markle and jesse wood gave the stouffville outfit a 21 win in the opener at the rec centre friday night shawn barton set up both markers with wood poking in a barton rebound for the game winner in the third period clipper goaltender brad miller held an owen sound charge to help preserve the vic tory the clippers fell victim to the longdrive to owen sound sat urday never getting untracked as they fell 61 tyler arm- strong from jeremy heyworth and richard cho counted the lone clipper goal but miller was perfect sun day providing shut out net- minding as the clippers triumphed 20 barton and cho looked after the stpuffville scoring with assists from wood and joseph lombardo the clippers were looking to wrap up the series at the rec centre last nightj pee wee tourney in uxbridge today it will be pee wee power at the uxbridge arena today as that towns two pee wee rep teams their own tourna ments f the brandon fordallright roofing pee wee us were to kick off the two tiered competi tion with a game against the oshawa canadians at 730 this morning the other two squads in the pee wee ii flight pickering and the oshawa red wings faced off at 830 am the tiers ida pee wee js were to face king city at 930 am with the remaining pee wee i outfits the markham- stouffville credit union pee wee clippers and port perry going to it at 1030 am the remaining games will be decided by the results of the opening matches both tourneys wrap up this afternoon bowler of the week aaron rihgwood was 112 points over average on his way to a 691 triple in monday night mens league play last week rihgwoods big night which included singles of 242 229 and 220 earned him the stouf- fville 5 pin bowlers associa tion bowler of the week award season brucesjapley correspondent the good news is that uxbridge bruins coach jim mcdowall will have lots of time to get ready for the upcoming golf season the bad news is that the uxbridge bruins were downed twice this week by the little britain merchants to fall four games to one in their first round central ontario hock ey league playoff series i guess the golf season is going to start- real early this season mcdowall said try ing to mask his disappoint ment after his club suffered a 71 home ice drubbing tues day followed by a 61 defeat in the scugog town wednes day the uxbridge squad deserved a better fate in tues days contest at the uxbridge arena the bruins took a 10 lead on an early goal by chris winn only to have the mer chants square things then go ahead with a power play marker with just six seconds left in the first period the bruins buzzed the little britain net in the second half of the middle stanza breaking in alone seyeral times on the- little britain net but they couldnt beat mer chants goalie kevin petrons- once again the merchants connected late in the period breaking the bruins backs with another power play goal with 19 seconds left in the third period it was all little britain as the mer chants scored times in the first 10 minutes to turn the contest into a rout the lone bright spot of the night for the bruins was when greg ferraro was presented with the central leagues rookie of the year trophy before the start of the game ferraro who had been side lined three weeks with a bro ken foot was given permis sion by this doctor to play in the match and had several good scoring opportunities from close in the game threatened to turn into a donnybrobk inthe closing minutes the final buzzer found uxbridges for ward john ashley squaring off with the merchants kevin francis in a fracas which had been brewing since francis was jostled in front of the bru- ins net five minutes before the game ended the bruins jamie showers had to be restrained by the game officials from engaging another merchant in fisticuffs but any fears that the bad feelings would carry over into wednesdays game were quickly dispelled as the teams stuck to hockey we went out with class acknowledged bruins coach jim mcdowall the bruins also went silent ly with greg cooks marker putting the lid on the disap pointing season mcdowall was almost relieved it was all over its been a learning experience he allowed i could never fig ure these guys out one night theyd play so well then the next night youd wonder what photosjoerd witteveen bruins greg ferraro chosen central ontario league rookie of the year handles the puck during a game with port perry wednesday it was the last game of the season for the team happened to the team you had seen the gahie before the coach concluded by say ing he was confident things would turn around next sea son im sure well be back in 1 it next fall and weve got a lot of time to recruit new play ers i bantam clippers get a hold on playoff series defencemen geoff smith and jason reesor each col lected four goals to power the edwards murphy paint ing bantam clippers to a pair of lopsided victories in the first two games of their playoff series with kingston last weekend the stouffyille squad start ed the set off by registering a 62 win in saturdays road contest before returning home to blank the lake ontario crew 70 at the rec centre sunday the clippers took advan tage of kingstons penalty prone position counting a trio of power play markers in each match p joseph van gelder earned the shut out sundaywith brad hackert performing adeptly in the clippers net in saturdays encounter ryan burkholder was good for a pair of goals and five set ups david giancoulps a goal and two assists john mckinnon a goal chris leonard a pair of assists and graham crowder and steve wilcox each chipped in with an assist the clippers were out to try to clinch the best of five series at the rec centre last night if a fourth game is heeded it will be played in kingston saturday with the fifth game set for 7 pm sunday in stouffville if required pee wfee clippers sweep playoff series with ajax it was a long time coming but theimarlchamstouffville credit union pee wee clippers made it well worth the wait the stouffville pucksters who were forced to wait two weeks for their first round playoff oppo nent tobe determined quickly disposed of the ajax crew they were eventually matched up with i tim smarts two goals enabled the clippers to edge ajax 21 sunday giving the credit union crew a three sweep of the best of five series andrew hutchison assisted on both tallies and evan boyd and jason brown were solid in goal for the clippers matt turner also turned in an assist the stouffville squad started off the set with a 42 victory with grahame smith returning from a shoulder injury to score twice to pace the win scott assinck and dan tardel la had the other stouffville goals with assists going to kyle osborne 3 tardella jeff has- sard and assinck 1 game two the clippers dom inated again skating away with a 52 victory h smart and turner each lit the lamp twice with osborne count ing the fifth clipper marker assinck adam crowder has- sard and smart had set ups the clippers hope to begin their next playoff series this weekend with a team from the kingston area howard s lee novice clippers win lose tie in exhibition it was a win a loss and a tie for the howard s lee realtor minor novice clippers in exhi bition action recently the clippers scored three times in the second period to earn a 41 victory over the visitors from east gwillim- biiry fraser smith clicked twice with jean francois bourqui and jeremy guest scoring as well brandon tardella smith bourqui and jason mcdonald had assists dylon harrison scored from scott mcdougall and tardella to give the lee outfit a 11 tie with bolton but the clippers surrendered a last minute goal to uxbridge to end up on e short end of a 32 score the novice clippers had scored twice early in the third period to square the game at two goals apiece with andrew lombardo and bourqui finding the range mcdonald assisted on both clipper goals