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bm aagfateftewftj eam6mist suhst6ufietrifaiin saturday febl 27 99 d9 s w i sports miscues ftaurii spirit in thursday loss to couingivodd a t -s- i ken burrows spirit assistant coach said team hurt by miscues i by bruce stapley correspondent three strikes and youre out that was the story as a trio of untimely spirit of stoufrville miscues led to a3l for the visiting collingwood blues thursday at the rec centre the defeat left the spirit holding on by a thread as they travelled to collingwood for the third game of its bestoffive opening round ontario provincial junior a hockey league playoff- series trailing two gamesto none v we made j mistakes and we paid for them- spirit assistant coach ken burrows lamented burrows was referring to an unnec- essary penalty s powerplay break down and a thirdperiod lapse that led tothethree blues goals he saidtheblues second goal scored during a spirit power play in the second period was the killer had just scored a goalto make it 11 and we wereon ithe power play f when they got the shorthanded goal jthat wasjhejturning point right there we were really coming on but that took the wind out of our sails i trie spirit simply couldnt solve the puzzle that was the defence as they were held toa mere 19 shots the were without three regular defencemen blues aimed 35 shots at rob zago who thursday missing were justin thickins was outstanding innet a f swollen ankle jpsmithson sore onthe few occasions the spiritwere back andbeau llewelyn who left the able to break thfbiigh blues goalkeeper game jfter first period with asus- rjoimthanwastneretojblomthie pectedcpncussiqn door he wasnt busy but he made the key saves blues coach tim dickey said dickey suggested forest who was named central conference mvp after posting a goals against average of just 225 on the season was off form in tuesdays 65 blues win in the series opener he speculated forest and the rest of the firstplace finishing blues were haunted in tuesdays game by the memory of being ousted in the first round in last years playoffs after finish ing first in the regular season after gillesbbudreau scored to stake the blues to a 10 firstperod leadtviike tucciaronetiedit wiuva goal from a scramble approaching the half way point of the second but a shorthanded goal by mike brito and an even strength tally by lee cousineau enabled the blues to regain a31 advantage through 40 minutes the spirit offence showed signs of coming to life in the third but any chance for a comeback seemed to evaporate when they failed to produce a shot on goal during a power play that left them with a twoman advantage for 28 seconds well into the period jburrows felt the veteran blues were simply better able take advantage of their chances its got a lot to do with experience theyre collingwood a good team a fourth game if necessary would be played atthe rec centre tomorrow at 530pm spiritually speaking the spirit vvwj v- v i v- v vr-o- aiiv v t r r vthe stouffyille stingrays wereon top we now 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