photolori emmerson practice makes perfect robyn sullivan left attempts to move the puck up ice while natalie hulshof tries to impede her progress during a recent stouffville- markham girls hockey league open practice at the rec centre on sunday spirit left feeling those of us with vivid recol lections of the old sixteam 1 national hockey league of the 1950s and 60s were faced with the reality of our advancing years last tuesday in the ban quet room of markharris crystal fountain restaurant for there on the dais at the athletes in action fundraising dinner sat an aging johnny bower gump worsley and glenn hall gerry cheevers who made his mak after the first nhl vjflbhi m rft syj jbbubm mm bswwgk fhplvi am 9h1 wk i tnftssfiwiifl o mmmm bruce stapley giving him aclecent income and extending his career v an edmonton resident who has worked as a parttime goal- keeping consultant- with the- calgary flames in recent years hall said hes disturbed by the trend today which sees so many goals called back due to video replays showing skate in the goal crease sure the goal should be called back if- theres contact with the goalie but theyre slow- ingthe game down hau com- f i also had theopportunity to talk with hall who made his name while playing 502 consec expansion m1967 rounded out utive game withthe chicago ped thequartet black hawks through the mid a hedsospokeofhowhistra- sitting around a table with a 1960s ditional willingness to sign coupler young guys in their the frequent nemesis of my autographs had lessened with- 20sat became clear that i had oldmaple leaf spoke of the the realization that the true fans become one of those old school p routine he became were bem replaced bymoney f hockey fans who would bore noted fof ma bringing up in hungry opportunists looking to j rt v wdswiuvtalesof king clancy the dressing room before skat- make a fast buck the spirit of stouffville will be look- 15th goal of feedeiv kennedy and howie j on the ice to assume his post twasfmewithjl until i start- ingto end a fourgame josing skid the season for the spirit withjustsec- morenz back in 1961- between the pipes ed getting all those r requests 4n while regaining fifth place whenthey onds to goin the second period 4 vvthese- youngfollowers of j was always afraid of play take to the dee mikvtucciaronecutthelead ing poorly he told me the mail and j knew it was a scam i against v- the wexford raiders thursday at the rec i centre- the spirit feu6 2 to the vi 11 collingwqod jslues on the road friday r an aprpvihcial jiinidr -a- hockey leaguecoritest s the s- fourth- placeblues built up a i0 lead before widihis eighth ofttneyearpna spirit pavel bure just smiled politely as hall talked ofhow the players power playfive minutes intothe third bower and his qld buddies 0 his era wouid harigout with crothers stingy in goal buttiieblpesddeda plumberswhowere making as- speaking of goalkeepers going to clinch me cplayeddurmg their time muc r tnaiiteiaiiac u fmthorc nawtplflislfn hail twn assirtrfnrthi vibaclctliendlaversearned v i davezelaskohadtwdassistsfothef vbackthen players earned were niore money tharithey r stouffviue s will crothers is v shaking shis niark with the kevin edgar leads spirit- in team the tagelin powerplay goals t and skates as the goalie 6000 and jots of players were district secondary school stu making thathe recalled i dent surrendered just 22 goals until he was drafted by v in his first seven games with the