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fit wmtbidmtaimowimvjmiwiw8fcn spirit spare no rrierey against axemen bruce stapley correspondent the ajax axemen turned the hatchet on themselves thursday night at the rec centre the visitors took an endless series of penal ties over a 10 minute span in the second period with the host spirit of stouffville pouncing for four power play markers to break a 11 tie on their way to an 82 triumph it was the 14th win of the season for the stouffville squad their highest victory total in three seasons of provincial junior a hockey league play darcy king kevin edgar and jeff marshall were the point men for the spirit king scored a goal and added four assists while edgar and marshall each scored once while setting up a trio of markers king and edgar are second and third respectively in the eastern conference scoring race just behind david deeves of the collingwood blues king downplayed his playmaking prowess for the game suggesting that the ruddock divisions hapless cellar dwelling axemen were less than a formidable opponent hey even marshall had four points he joked about the spirit captain spirit head coach dan larmer was equally nonchalant theres not much to say after a win like that said larmer it was a good effort spirit general manager clive moody noted the continuing resurgence of his teams power play they were value for the victory said sports he scores spirit of stouffville players darcy king 24 and kevin edgar 17 look on as the puck goes past a fallen ajax axemen goalie patrick herman and into the net during thursdays ontario hockey association provincial junior a contest at the rec centre the spirit of stouffville won the game 82 photo by lori emmerson moody it was nice to see the power play working eight players shared the spirit scoring brian fish opened the scoring in the first period with the host team holding onto the 10 lead until the axemen tied it on a shorthanded goal short ly after taking a sevenminute penalty five min utes into the middle period but the spirit power play came to life three minutes later with edgar netting his 29th dave zelasko geoff keillor and jeff marshall followed with power play scores giving the stouffville crew four goals in less than five minutes king counted his team leading 30th of the season before the period was out to send the spirit into the third leading 61 rickey rideout made it 71 with his second of the campaign in the third before losing a tooth with seconds left in the game scott martin collected his eighth to round out the scoring the spirit held a healthy 5332 advantage in shots on goal outshooting the axemen by a whopping 295 in the one sided second period former stouffville clipper andrew harper picked up his second win in the spirit net looking sharp when tested the win left the spirit five points behind the lindsay muskies in their pursuit of the fourth and final phillips division playoff spot king expressed confidence his team is equal to the task weve got a lot of games we can win com ing up if we play the way we can well make the playoffs moody said hes still looking to make the right deal to help the spirits playoff push before todays trading deadline theres lots of balls up in the air but theres no point making a trade just for the sake of making a trade said moody the spirit are to host the kingston voyageurs if the ruddock division leaders canget out of kingston today at the rec centre game time is 730 pm bantams ice tourney title and two league wins two league victories and a tournament title thats the take on the edwards murphy bantam clippers in recent action the clippers won all three games played to take the hardware at the recent uxbridge tourna5 ment as goalkeeper george papazoglou stopped 15 shots and two breakaways in the third period of a 31 win over orono in the final the clippers started off the day with an 82 win over erin then blanked the host squad 20 in game two it was the clippers second tourney win of the season dave brown had four goals and four assists for the clippers ryan fontanna had four goals and three assists other point get ters were lucas williams one goal two assists matt sullivan one goal three assists casey maude and matt prentice one goal two assists each ryan jones one goal one assist jeremy morris two assists mike vandervoort and dylan harrison one assist each in league play the clippers raised their season record to 23 wins two losses and two ties with wins of 72 over noble king jan 2 and keswick 61 jan 4 scorers were fontanna four goals two assists brown three goals two assists williams three goals one assist brent meyer sullivan one goal one assist each maude one goal geoff dunn and ryan zonnekeyn two assists each vandervoort and prentice one assist gficn major peewees in two finals the barker roofing major peewee clippers were finalists in two recent tournaments win ning all three round robin games to advance to the playoff round in both competitions the clippers were finally stopped 42 by the host squad in the title tilt of the ajax tourney dec 30 the clippers advanced to the finals with wins of 51 over the toronto timberwolves 42 over oshawa 21 against hamilton and 21 over hamilton rosedale in the semifinals clippers mvps for the tourney were lucas hunter jesse miller cody bennett andy gib son and tyler mcmaster point getters were marcus dannunzio five goals two assists miller four assists robert hooper gibson one goal three assists each bennett one goal two assists mcmaster two goals matt wright two assists josh brillinger two goals- anthony tsiopoulos one goal one assist kyle sandiford and andrew mckay one goal each the clippers were flying at their own tourna ment jan 24 at the rec centre as well they defeated keswick 52 aurora 30 and ted reeve 50 to advance to the championship game where they were nipped 32 by leaside hunter posted both shutouts while justin cheshire was also strong in the clippers net mvps were hooper mcmaster and brillinger the clippers relay team of gibson bennett wright and mcmaster was first in a skills com petition clippers scorers were hooper three goals four assists miller two goals four assists wright three goals dannunzio two goals two assists mcmaster two goals one assist mckay sandi ford tsiopoulos and gibson two assists each bennett one goal one assist brillinger and robert steckley one goal each mike cornac- chia one assist the clippers downed bradford 64 in their final league game of the season dec 30 as tsiopoulos and miller each netted a pair dan nunzio and mckay also scored selects edge markham nicholas singh scored his second goal of the game on a penalty shot midway through the third period to break a 11 tie and send the minor atom select clippers on their way to a 41 win over markham in a recent contest it was the second victory over markham in one week for the stouffville squad which squeaked out a 32 win when the two teams met earlier brenden mcneely with his first goal of the season and justin brugger sealed the 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