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p 14 the tribune tuesday november 18 1997 st i a i i the tribune sports leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 i i muskies hurricanes dampen stouffvilles in junior action bruce stapley correspondent the spirit of stouffville ended up paying dear ly for their biggest breakthrough of the provincial junior a hockey league season falling twice over the weekend after recording their first win of the campaign over the secondplace aurora tigers earlier in the week the spirit depleted by sus pensions injuries and an early winter snow storm fell 53 to the lindsay muskies on the road friday they returned to the rec cen tre sunday where a secondperi od no show resulted in a 4- 1 loss to the newmarket hurricanes it was the stouffvilles clubs first loss in their last six home games fridays game saw the spirit with only 14 skaters on the bench front liners mike micheff philippe lakos and kyle chapman all sat due to suspensions incurred in the donnybrook that marred thursdays 65 win over aurora first line winger geoff keillor twisted his knee two shifts into the game when he skated over a piece of tape while rugged defenceman jason ellis missed the game due to a concussion suf fered in a game the previous weekend brian fish ended up snowed in while larmer himself showed up late after missing the team bus due to the wintry conditions we just ran out of gas said larmer we beat the second place team the night before but it cost us some guys we rely on the spirit took an early 20 lead against the muskies before running out of steam darcy king netted a pair for the visitors with dave zelasko adding the third the spirit appeared to be on their way to their sixth straight home ice win sunday jeff mar shalls early goal gave them a 10 lead while a heroic string of penalty killing efforts enabled the spirit to carry that slim margin into the second period but a combination of a spirit sag and the hur ricanes suddenly regaining their 199697 champi onship form resulted in the visitors striking for four goals the spirit had numerous power play opportuni ties in the period at one point holding a twoman advantage for a minute and a half but they were unable to apply any more than minimal pressure with newmarket goalkeeper pat herman making the big save the few times he was called upon the spirit regained their form in the third peri od but herman barred the door it was a bad period said larmer in reference to the sorry second we just broke down and you cant do that against newmarket theyre a really good skating team our first period was great but they came out in the second and just sat back and figured they had it won spirit general manager clive moody was a little more direct in his assessment of the spirits sec ond period effort our guys are just absolutely horrible he said mid way through the period a spirited addition to the lineup sundays game marked the debut of 20yearold winger paul zderic whose rights were acquired from shelbourne of the metro junior a league the sixfootfour inch 225 pounder who logged 200 penalty minutes in 27 games last season will play the role of enforcer said moody team officials realized they needed a police man after watching auroras jason modopoulos wreak havoc on their team thursday night we have to address that heed said moody he brings some different qualities the gm said zderic has a touch around the net as well but will need a week or two to hit his stride after seeing duty in only a handful of games this season things dont get any easier for the spirit who arc now tied in last place in the leagues phillips division standings with lindsay with 18 points the couchiching terriers have pulled ahead in fourth place with 21 points with newmarket holding down third spot with 22 points the spir it have games in hand on all three teams the spirit play a home and home set with the first place collingwood blues beginning with thursday night home date the two teams face off in collingwood friday with the spirit heading to newmarket to play the hurricanes sunday major novices sail away with two victories wins and a tie call it five points in three games for the lda major novice clippers in recent league play the clip pers started out with a 4- 3 homeice win over markham then scored in the final minute to earn a 22 draw with sutton on the road the clippers broke loose for an 110 win over picker ing at the rec centre in their final outing of the week luke mablcy and adam craig led the way over the stretch with mablcy counting five goals and four assists and craig adding four goals and three assists other clip pers point getters were chris schcll two goals two assists nick jago one goal three assists brandon jupp chris stewart and taylor campbell one goal one assist warren tayics and chris normandcau a goal each steve brown one assist the major novices will join the bantam clippers in fort erie this weekend for tourna ment play jesnx class is now in session dan haines a grade 11 student at stouffville district secondary school shows good form as he delivers this ball down the lane during mondays physical education class at the stouffville bowling photo by sjoerd ivitteveen lemay has devil of a time in helping team soar past red wings in sahl play brian lemay netted a pair of goals to help the devils down the red wings 5- 3 in stouffville amateur hockey league under 40 division action nov 5 at the rec centre the win lifted the devils into first place in the divisional standings one point ahead of the nordiqucs and canadiens brent brown al curric and lee brown also scored for the devils lee brown also had two assists ryan burkholdcr scored twice for the wing to give him 10 for the season leaving him in a three way tic for the goal scor ing lead with ed burkholdcr of the sharks and the bruins greg roberts steve ryan had the other wings score the habs stayed within a point of first place with a 52 win over the north stars gary moss derek hamilton bill anderson jim walker and ken mckay lit the lamp for the habs naz nicastro and jaimic bell countered for the stars the nords held the rangers to a 22 tic to remain one point back as well dave manilla and graham summcr- hayes tallied for the nords with mark savcry and keith jupp clicking for the rangers who got two assists from bill english ed burkholders pair helped the sharks to a 53 triumph over the flames paul jarko had the hat trick for the sharks who got two assists each from marty bauer and derek harrison jeff bower scored twice for the flames with tom hammond adding the third score al guncylcr had two set ups for the flames greg roberts made it a three way tie for the scoring lead when he scored twice to go with a twogoal effort by tim folwcll as the bruins downed the ducks 52 dave showers had the bruins other goal roberts also set up a trio of goals to give him 26 points for the season putting him way out front in the points parade showers had two assists brian hendersons two goals was the difference as the kings nipped the fly ers 43 rob campitclli and mike scar rounded out the kings scoring mark paganclli had two assists steve avolc- do clicked twice for the flyers with scott stccklcy adding a single