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st ttribune thursday decembers 997 pas v lending a helping hand eightyearold gillian scott foreground gets some assistance from instructor debbie graham in completing this manoeuvre during mondayspracticc session of the stouffville figure skating club at the rcc centre photo by sjoerd ivitteveen major novice clippers sail off with three wins minor novices drop three the stouffville major and minor novice clippers squads ended up on the opposite ends of threegame streaks in recent ice action the lda major novice clippers continued their winning ways as they picked up a pair of league wins and an exhibi tion triumph but the birketthassard insurance minor novices suf fered through a threegame slide the lda outfit started off by blanking bradford 40 on the road last thursday nick maillet opened the scoring from brandon jupp and nick jago the line of luke mabley adam craig and taylor camp bell each scored to finish off bradford assists went to craig two mabley campbell and stephen brown on saturday the clippers took to the road and skated away with a 1 02 romp over the hometown oshawa black- hawks as chris schell netted the hat trick with two goals each from craig and jago single tallies came from warren taylcs jupp and mail- let assists came from mabley chris normandeau and maillet two each brown campbell jago and eric gainsbrook back in stouffville on sun day the clippers pulled out a squeaker edging clarington 2- taylcs netted both stouffville markers from gainsbrook two and normandeau rough going for minor novices the minor novice clippers fell 41 to the markham wax- ers as nathan james netted the lone stouffville score from michael bigioni evan tsiopoulos and jeff mcguckin found the range in a 33 loss to vaughan mitchell raithby mathew briggs and tsiopoulos assist ed the clippers dropped a 72 decision to markham when the two teams took to the ice in a rematch liam mcncely and kyle miller scored for the clippers mcguckin was credited with an assist osborne stingy in blues net again mr invincible randy osborne chalked up his fourth straight shutout to backstep the league leading blues to a 30 win over the fly ers in stouffville amateur hockey league over 40 division action sunday at the rec centre randy gray clicked twice for the blues while divisional scoring leader rick glen added to his totals with a goal and an assist herb forgie had the hat trick with dean tremaine adding a pair as the lightning moved into a thirdplace tie with a 72 win over the ducks gary husbands and doug pattimore also scored for the lightning steve dabous had three assists while dean tremaine set up two goals paul robin son and murray thompson scored for the ducks mike bossi and bob smith were the marksmen with frank jago setting up both scores as the black hawks upset the secondplace senators 2- 1 ray mountjoy replied for the sens bob mckinnon netted a pair for the whalers while the maple leafs got goals from wayne jackson and bob leger as the teams tied 22 peter turner set up both whalers markers in the under40 loop the devils held onto top spot by virtue of a 71 triumph over the flyers paul bergman clicked twice for the winners singles went to blair mcdon nell al currie brian lemay cam wallis and lee brown lemay had three assists with bergman currie dave beauchamp and mcdonnell each setting up two scores steve avoledo countered for the flyers dave barss and graham summer- sports hayes each lit the lamp twice for the nordiques as the nords hung onto a piece of second place with a 53 victo ry over the kings chris leonard had the fifth nords goal with john barnett and dave manilla leading the assist parade with three and two respectively the kings got two goals from troy cadaret and a single from chris miller mark savery netted a trio and dan maillet picked up a pair to help lift the rangers over the north stars 83 bill english doug marshall and allan boyd rounded out the rangers scoring with keith jupp and marshall each earning three assists english boyd and maillet had two assists apiece greg tarr jamie bell and naz nicastro replied for the stars paul jarko scored twice to go with solos by derek mayo and doug mcquigge as the sharks remained tied in second with the nords with a 4- 1 win over the red wings tim mcneil counted the wings marker the flames burned the ducks 64 as tom hammond and shawn leonard each netted a pair chris tymon and glen gibson also scored for the flames who got two assists from daryl may gary carr with a pair jamie showers and scott connor were the ducks marksmen greg roberts added to his divisional scoring lead with a goal and an assist as the bruins nipped the canadiens 4- 3 dave showers greg tait and tim folwcll had the other bruins goals with tait also assisting twice tourney titles on the line its tournament time as 24 rep hockey teams descend upon the rec centre pads this weekend the teams will be coming from as far as hanmer north of sudbury to contest the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association wsmha minor peeweemajor bantammidget tournament the action gets under way friday at 6 pm as all three stouffville clippers teams take to the ice for the first three games on pad a the competition runs through saturday and sunday championship games are slated for sunday afternoon on pad a beginning with the minor peevvee final at 1 30 pm followed by the bantam and midget title tilts at 3 pm and 430 pm respectively the tourney is to include a skills competition saturday at 1 1 30 am each division consists of eight teams the bantam division will include the hespeler outfit that advanced all the way to the omha semifinals last spring the wsmha is to hold a major atommajor peeweeminor bantam tour ney at the rec centre the first weekend of january tgwirginratfbitfmtfitf ittt walmart markville shopping centre v prizes photos 7 a markham waxers junior a hockey a shooting markham contest xna the russians are coming the only metro junior a team to play them in the toronto area mon december 22 at 700 pm s a pmtiq 3 star russia im rmyxwahis j r 12 next game monday dec 8 7 pm niagara chris isaac 8 points jason goldenberg 8 points mmmmmmm 7luiijz 4f04t lo all ac sfiotatvkt tfata au 1lolitlcci ian ftiajziuj tfastiiltt aliajtl a stcxaa markham centennial centre 8600 mccowan rd 905 2942699 mmmiimmn special events dec 7 waxer day at walmart shooting contest minor hockey players bring your jersey a raffle to win a skybox for 6 at the gardens for a maple leafs game plus a whole lot more dec 21 brunch at grisantis restaurant with the waxers highway 7 and warden 1100 am dec 22 russians are coming tickets are selling fast get them in advance 800 adults 400 studentsseniors 111