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st tribunfetuesday december 161997 p t9 the tribune sports leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 no horsing around here the greenwinds equestrian centre was a busy place on satur day as candace rahey foreground and her mount hal along with her sister carla riding bert were warming up their horses for a lesson the pair have been riding horses for 12 years photo by cheryl johnson heres the lowdown on minor hockey situation whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association wsmha vicepresident andy cartwright would like to clear up some mis understandings brought about by the recent settle ment between the ontario minor hockey association omha the met ropolitan toronto hockey league mthl and all other ontario hockey federation orga nizations these areas of the agreement effect the wsmha and residents of stouffville playing outside the wsmha notes andy i am hoping you can find room in the paper to print the following highlights of the agree ment as they affect players from stouffville andy you have the floor 1 the newly formed lake ontario region does not include stouffville 2 stouffville players at the aaa level must still try out for our affiliate the rich mond hill stars 3 players released by the aaa stars may then try out for any team in the lake ontario region at the aaa level only 4 any team outside of the omha signing a stouffville player at the aaa level must sports notes bruce stapley use one of their import cards 5 a player from stouffville who is currently in the mthl in order to stay there must have been playing for the same team in both the 199697 and 199798 sea sons 6 all other stouffville residents in the mthl must return to stouffville next season 7 stouffville residents cannot play at the aa or a levels anywhere else but in stouf fville 8 all players trying out for richmond hill stars must have a permission to skate form from the wsmha a big thank you to andy for taking the time to straighten out these grey areas hopefully this will help clear up any misun derstandings anyone who is still uncertain should contact andy at 6406796 bruins to hold new years eve dance bruins alumni are holding a new years eve dance at the uxbridge community centre which is part of the arena building for ticket information call tim evans at work at 1-800- 2632000 spirit come up empty handed bruce stapley correspondent the spirit of stouffville will be out to hand the nearinvincible colling- wood blues a rare defeat when the two teams face offthursday evening at the rec centre the spirit are looking to get back on track after a pair of weekend losses in provincial junior a hock ey league action the stouf fville crew was blanked 40 fri day night in lindsay by a muskies squad that has mas tered the art of boring but effec tive hockey at the rec centre on saturday night the spirit couldnt hold an early 30 lead as they were upended 85 by the sturgeon falls lynx in a northern ontario junior hockey association interlocking match the muskies who are owned by for mer national hockey league coach roger neilson caught the visiting spirit in the trap a term used to describe the defensive style of play made famous by neilson as a coach spirit head coach dan larmer said while the method may be effective for teams without an abundance of talent its the best way to kill both talent development and fan interest it wins hockey games but it doesnt develop hockey players mocked larmer it might keep you at the 500 level but no ones ever won a champi onship with it the spirit were done in by a pair of nbshow second periods in both week end matches the muskies outscoredthe spirit 20 while holding a 227 edge in shots on goal in the middle stanza friday while sturgeon falls collected a quintet of markers to carry a 54 edge into the third the spirit attempted a rally in the third but surrendered a pair of empty net goals in the dying moments the second period has been our nemesis all season lamented larmer we were okay in the other four peri ods the good news for the spirit on sat urday was the pair of shorthanded markers picked up by the teams bull dog centreman ed kearney the goals gave the player dubbed the fireplug five on the season as he continues to bedazzle the spectator and befuddle opponents with his hustling effective and entertaining style of play kevin edgar also netted a pair giving him 22 on the year edgar earned an assist as well darcy king picked up his teamlead ing 23rd marker while adding an assist defenceman jeff marshall had two set ups as well the spirit begin a fourgame week when they travel to ajax tonight to play the ruddock division cellardwelling axemen after thursday nights home date with collingwood its off to couchich- ing to play the terriers friday the stouffville team is in aurora to play the tigers sunday the spirit are in last place with 22 points just two behind the fifth place terriers bantam girls ice victories it was a winning weekend for the transamerica life bantam aa girls rep hock ey team gillian apps scored with just seven seconds to play as the stouf fville girls edged burlington 32 saturday on the road shannon ingall was perfect in the stouffville net in a 30 win n overaurora at home sunday xfijj l lindsay mccafferty and laura johnston had the other stouf- fville goals against burlington julia summerhill was called upon tr make several key saves in the stouffville net including one on a breakaway with 30 seconds left in the game against aurora on sunday christina anderson led the way with two goals mccafferty had the other