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p8 tribune january 27 1993 st stouffville clippers are still perfect the defending ontario minor hockey association champion edwards murphy bantam clippers are still undefeated after four playoff games the painters put away peterborough with a 61 seriesclinching victory last week before downing league power house cobourg 42 in the first game of their second playoff set sunday afternoon the clippers who defeated peterborough 31 in the first game of their bestofthree playoffopening series had to settle for a 22 tie in game two but the stouffville crew dominated game three with tim smart graham crowder and adam crowder each picking up a goal and an assist to lead the attack mike underwood john mckinnon and don wilkie netted singles for the clippers who also got assists from ian ellis 2 roger mcmann 2 craig wood steve wilcox and scott assinck mcmann ellis and wilcox counted the clippers goals in game one with wilcox and wood connecting in the second contest sunday against cobourg the clippers jumped into a twogoal lead on scores by mcmann from mckinnon and smart from david hutchison but cobourg fought back to square things before the first period was out smart gave stouffville the lead from hutchison before hutchison sealed the win with help from smart clippers goalkeepers brad hackert and evan boyd stood out throughout the four playoff encounters the clippers continue their series with cobourg on monday photosteve somerville roaming ranch hands of stus catcher michelle sorichetti right makes a gallant attempt in trying to snare this fly ball during action against whitby in the greens restaurant snopitch tournament on saturday sorichettis efforts in making the catch failed as this batter could not get out of the way in time a total of 15 teams took part in this event wolves prey on markham matt turners goal on a slap shot from the point six minutes into overtime gave the central ontario major pee wee wolves a 65 over the markham thunderbirds in a recent ontario minor hockey association eastern aaa playoff action the win gave the wolves a twogame sweep of the opening round bestofthree playoff series it was the second dramatic game score of the set for turner whos backhander late in the third period went in off a stick to direct the wolves to a 21 victory in the opening contest it looked as if the teams would be required to play a third game when markham took a 41 advantage halfway through the middle stanza of the second contest but with the wolves trailing 5- 3 and only three minutes left in regulation time stouffvilles grahafhe smith notched a pair of markers to send the game into overtime the wolves will now take on the firstplace finishing squad from brooklinwhitby in round two of the playoffs hell s bells ring up snopitch title it was more like slop pitch than snow pitch at the town park as 15 mixed teams contested the greens restaurant snopitch tournament over the weekend and when the last soaker had been endured hells bells had rung up five consecutive victories to finish off their comeback climb to the title the winning crew with male members coming mostly from teams in the yorkdurham mens slopitch league dropped its opener 70 to raisins on saturday but the local squad came back to qualify for the playoff round by disposing of nicastros landscaping 71 and the bad news bears 150 the bells edged the laurentian ice holes 75 in their first playoff contest the bells qualified for the championship match by sneaking past last years cochampions the best of the nest by a 63 count in a game that required two extra innings to decide the bells then overpowered pickerings john vos landscaping 134 in the championship contest to take the tournaments 500 first- place prize the team donated 100 of its winnings to the childrens wish foundation in memory of the late dan mcneil the john vos squad staked its claim to the 300 secondplace prize tournament coorganizer murray pattenden said the event which included a dance at latcham hall saturday night was a huge success there was a lot of slipping and sliding but everyone commented on how much they enjoyed it he said ice rules need toje consistant it would appear the folks who run the game of hockey from the lowest levels all the way up to the national hockey league have declared checking from behind and unwarranted stick work to be offside a recent letter from metropolitan toronto hockey league mthl president jr gardner printed in the toronto stars mthl page claimed checking from behind to be a cowardly act as such the practise will not be tolerated gardner continued henceforth players penalized for hitting or checking from behind or for major stick infractions will be hauled on the mthl carpet for a hearing a match penalty for same will mean a suspension whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association president wally crowder says the mthl is merely falling in line behind the ontario minor hockey association omha of which the local outfit is a part the omha outlawed checking from behind at the beginning of this season upping the old two minute sentence to a five minute major and a game misconduct there have been problems concedes crowder which require that game officials be right on top of things in order to call it right some players are turning their backs on the player checking them at the very last second the refs have to make a lot of discretionary calls but in general the message is getting through said crowder which is good for the game some kids have been paralyzed after being hit from behind he said theyre all jumping on it now even the nhl is on to it as for stick work the prez suggests the kids have started to sport notes keep the lumber on the ice ever since the omha started turfing players after their third infraction of the game if you keep your stick up youre gone said crowder crowder said however that there are still inconsistencies among the various organizations which can cause minor havoc at tournaments including mthl and omha teams the omha requires neck guards be worn by all players whereas the mthl doesnt at a recent tournament in buffalo our kids had to go out and buy mouth guards because they were required by the tournament organizers as for the question of body contact in general in minor hockey crowder is not overly supportive of the current rules which prohibit it before the peewee level his argument is that players should be taught how to check properly at an early age to prevent them from overdoing it when they are finally given the green light its a novelty and they can abuse it said crowder it takes two years to learn there is a time to check and a time to lay off as it is now many bantam level players are finding themselves out of position after administering a body crunching hit crowder argued better to learn young when the kids are smaller and the potential to do damage is much less that way theres a better chance theyll have the art mastered by the time they reach the higher levels qq having looked at the plight of the stouffville district secondary school sdss senior boys basketball team last week we should mention that coach rusty hicks sdss junior boys cage crew headed into the exam break sporting an overall record of three wins and five losses hick suggests the team should make up some ground in february when his spartans play five games against squads with a combined mark of 15 wins and 18 losses hick points to jason reesor at point guard steve uren at centre ryan jefferson forward and chris leonard forward as his standouts to date f h m ffi