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st the tribune wednesday december 24 1997 b1 the tribune leisure feet dont fail me now brent ncilly a member of the newmarket minor novice select team gets some words of encouragement from power skating instructor gary unitas right as he turns the corner during this power skating drill that he participated in at the rcc centre on saturday n cheryljoiissox savery nets three to help rangers cool off flames mark savery took over the under 40 divisional goal scoring lead when he netted a trio of markers to power the rangers to a 43 win over the flames in stouffvillc amateur hockey league play at the rec centre on dec 10 savorys outburst gave him 17 goals on the season dave mcnaught notched the other rangers marker dave mchaffcy had three assists with dan maillet assisting on two goals tom hammond jeff king and shawn leonard had the flames goals steve schneider earned two assists the devils got a pair from brent brown and a single from dave beauchamp as they managed to remain in first place with a 33 tie with the kings lee brown assisted twice for the devils mark paganelli had all three kings goals with chris miller and mike sear each assisting twice the sharijskeptpace yith ay tie against the jbruins ed burkholdcr paul jarkoandross geigcr scored for the sharks divisional points scoring leader greg roberts had a goal for the bruins who also got scores from brad stevens and dan mcnaught scott connor had two goals to go with solos from pat madigan scott dunsmoor and gary carr as the ducks downed the canadicns 52 madigan and carr each had two assists terry porter and dennis zuccolin had the habs goals the red wings upset the nordiqucs 43 as steve balsdon bob smith steve ryan and steve schell clicked for the win ners ryan burkholdcr picked up two assists fro the wings scott taylor dave manilla and john barnctt replied for the nords ian billich joe oconnor and lee widcman scored to lift the flyers past the north stars 31 steve avolcdo set up a pair for the flyers brian zciglcr had the lone stars score blues drown ducks in over 40 division action sunday the blues continued to run off and hide with a 42 win over the ducks steve del zotto bruce gribbon wayne mcmann and divi sional scoring leader rick glen cjicked for the blues bill corner and paul robinson were the ducks marksmen with dave vick assisting on both scores frank wildman had both flyers goals in a 22 tic with the sec ondplace senators dave farlow and al mcnaught countered for the sens gary husbands lit the lamp twice to go with singles by dean tremainc and graham williams as the lightning harpooned the whalers 4- 1 doug gornall earned two assists for the lightning peter turner had the whalers goal the black hawks got a two goal effort from ron martyn in a 52 win over the maple leafs frank jago joe infumari and don lloyd rounded out the hawks scor ing bob smith and dave deelcy each collected two assists for the hawks the leafs goal came from charlie ramsey and bill anderson athlete of the week 7k k k andrew harper andrew a stouffvillc minor hockey product was razor sharp in his first ever provincial junior a hockey league goal tending start as he helped the spirit of stouffvillc to a 63 win over the phillips division leading coliingwood blues dec 18 at the rcc centre the puck stops here andrewl sponsored by stouffville 6 main st igr sloufrville spirit tame tigers in aurora bruce stapley correspondent the spirit of stouffville played the grinch in aurora on sunday but it didnt seem to bother spirit coach dan larmer and his staff at all the spirit closed out 1997 with a well played 6- 5 victory with the upset sending the provi ncial junior a hockey lea gues phillips division secondplace tigers and their fans home feeling less than festive it was a good game gloated larmer once again we proved we can play with anybody in this league the triumph was the second in three games for the lastplace spirit against divisional front run ners the stouffville crew knocked off firstplace coliingwood last thursday night at the rec centre however the spirit missed a glorious opportunity to pull even with the fifth place couchiching terriers when they fell 52 friday in a road game larmer described as comatose it was a very boring game there was no emotion said larmer noting that each team took but one penalty in the lack lustre affair the fans should have been given their money back the spirit showed they came to play sunday in aurora when they took a 20 lead just five minutes into the game the tigers made it 21 by the end of the period with each team netting a trio of goals in the mid dle 20 minutes the spirit extended their lead to 64 in the third with the tigers closing out the scoring on a goal with just 13 seconds to play after adding a sixth attacker larmer said the two big wins against the top teams in the divi sion proved what his team is capable of when theyre focusscd youre not going to have a tougher weekend than coliingwood and aurora we can stick with anybody we just have to show up kevin edgar had two goals and two assists to lead the way in sundays win linemate darcy king also had a pair of goals geoff keillor who has been put on a line with randy stolec and joe byles scored twice as well giving him 1 1 goals on the season despite missing numerous games due to injury cory lloyd was sharp in the spirit net facing 40 shots phil barski and jeff marshal each had two assists on friday it was king and edgar scoring for stouffville king leads the team with 28 goals while edgar is one behind him edgar has pulled even with king in second place in the east conference scoring race harper tough to beat andrew harper was back in the spirit goal friday after posting his first junior a win the previous night the rookie saw 27 shots and was solid said larmer who has been impressed with what hes seen from harper he plays the puck better than any goalie in our division the guys have confidence in him the spirit have now won 13 games five more than all of last season they sit four points behind couchiching six back of the fourth place lindsay muskies the spirit will take part in the 1997 newmarket junior a showcase tournament which gets under way saturday the stouffville squad plays bramalea of the west conference 1 1 am saturday at the ray twinney complex they face off against the cobourg cougars at 6 pm the same day at the aurora community centre then close out the preliminary round sunday at 230 pm in newmarket against georgetown of the west conference the playoff round goes monday and tuesday with the final tuesday night at the twinney centre the spirit return to league action jan 2 public skating this friday and saturday the stouffville amateur hockey league sahl is playing santa claus the mens hockey league has decided to cancel its christmas week tournament and offer the ice time for free public skating and some pick up hockey for its members as a result there will be free family skating this friday from 58 pm and saturday from 57 pm sahl players will be invited to play some pick up hockey from 810 pm both nights with enrolment light for the sahl tour nament league president don moore said his executive decided to cancel the event and donate their ice time for public skat ing and for league players to have some fun the ice time was all paid for so we thought it would be nice to do something for the town said moore real service real selection real value waterloo 4 aticaster markham oakville o a k v i ll e m i s s i s s a u g a anastrfmeadowund power ct winners square maia oakvtdetowncentre hyde park gateplaza 1945 dundas street e sowettmount road north hwy403mohawkrd s22i highway 7 1 290 nservke road 2501 hyde park drive a 905 6020926 5191 s886388 90513 0 43777 905477039 3 9051151530 905 s293397 a shoestrings superstores over 1 0000 square feet in size featuring a full selection of brands and models and a kids entertainment area dynamic boxing day blast m0 m llfllflllr jwtz see markhawi store ad on page a8 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