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18 stouffinllesuntribuneu thursday jan 25 2007 stouffville suntribune ports out of reach staff photosteve somerville wild wing winger vaughan mccusker escapes the stick of austin meiliunas of packpro systems in whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association novice play at the stouffville arena saturday for more on youth hockey go to wsmhacom minor bantam clippers on tear not bad stouffville minor a bantam clippers not bad at all the clippers swept east gwillim- bury in their firstround bestofthree ontario minor hockey association playoff series then finished second in the international silver stick in the omha series opener the clippers received a stellar netminding effort from gabe grunwald and a two- goal effort from josh machesney en route to a 60 win steven tait david beloff and taylor clifford each contributed a goal and one assist while chris smith scored once joseph palladino earned two assists while robbie acton michael bour geois curtis crago daniel perry matthew miniaci and brett hembruff each had one in the second tilt the clippers received a twogoal one assist effort from machesney in a 61 win palladino and miniaci each had a goal and two helpers while chris smith and daniel mcmahon each had single tallies beloff and cadaret each earned one assist kyle pontone handled goal- tending duties the clippers wrapped up the series with a 52 win tait scored twice while clifford had a goal and one assist miniaci and michael bourgeois each scored once daniel perry cadaret hembruff and acton each added single assists at last weekends silver stick cham pionships the clippers advanced to the final before coming out on the short end of a 32 decision sunday against the dallas jets in the final at newmarket acton and clifford each scored once for the clippers in reaching the final the clippers were buoyed by a twogoal effort from miniaci and one from pallidino to earn a 33 tie last thursday with host new market playing the jets friday the clippers got goals from tait and mcmahon in a 42 loss the clippers rebounded from that effort to down woodstock 52 and earn a berth in the playoffs machesney recorded the hat trick while beloff and clifford added single markers facing aurora in a semifinal tilt the clippers had a well balanced attack as clifford smith miniaci and machesney each scored once in a 41 victory clipper ae team needs win the stouffville minor atom ae clip pers are off to a slow start in their first round sixgame ontario minor hock ey association playoff series losing twice to aurora in the first contest jan 17 in aurora liamtimewell scored a goal and added an assist in a 42 loss ryan nelson scored the other goal while nicholas rabito collected an assist playing in stouffville last weekend the clippers came close but were on the short end of a 32 verdict quintin volpe and josh carlin each scored once for the clippers james merksamef and jackson newlands col lected assists resilient spirit team hosts ajax tonight last week saturday won 42 against newmarket hurricanes friday won 106 against collingwood blues now 25-15-2- 2 on season second place in north conference coming up thursday vs ajax attack at stouffville arena 730 pm friday at aurora tigers 730 pm game notes a week that start ed on a low note for the spirit concluded on a positive one after they recorded backtoback provincial junior a hockey league victories friday and saturday to launch a new winning streak after being drubbed 82 last thursday by the north conferenceleading aurora tigers at the stouffville arena the spirit rallied to defeat the host collingwood blues 106 friday and the newmarket hurri canes 42 saturday on stouffville minor hockey night at the stouf fville arena in fridays tilt veteran 20yearold defenceman steve kapolnas who missed last thurs days contest against the tigers delivered a goal and three assists and was named the games first star spirit team captain and lead ing scorer randy johnston also scored once and collected two assists while linemate corey trivi- no lit the red light twice other spirit marksmen were corey ful ton ryan oliver james mcintosh tyler gubb donivan munro and peter drikos second star mark sullivan and brock van dergulik assisted on a pair apiece spirit netminder trevor oneill earned the win the spirit chased north conference most valuable player akos agardy from the collingwood net scoring six goals on 12 shots in 2448 the blues were outshot 4025 including 164 in the third period in saturdays game a tired spirit squad received a twogoal effort from randy johnston who notched his 32nd and 33rd tallies of the season mcintosh and myles gomes contributed one goal apiece trivino and oliver had two assists each mark kubicz was sharp in net for the spirit which outshot newmarket 3938 john ston was farmer jacks player of the game the spirit is 7100 since the christmas break notebook johnston was the lone spirit rep that was chosen to take part in the leagues annual allstar game which was played last night at york university john ston was part of a contingent of players representing the north and west conferences which faced a team representing the south and east conferences corey fulton is expected to miss the next two games after incurring a hitting- frombehind penalty during satur days game forward josh domingues is expected to make his longawaited debut tonight after going through a long rehabili tation process from a knee injury he incurred during the summer c dont think theres too many teams that can lose 82 one night and go into one of the toughest places to play the next night in collingwood and score 10 goals generally speaking weve always talked about our character i dont think theres too many teams that can lose 82 one night last thursday against aurora and go into one of the toughest places to play the next night last friday in collingwood and score 10 goals and then play again satur day and win after hanging on in the third period i was happy with the way we played i think you can attribute that to our character spirit head coach dan west said of his clubs reversal of fortune i give credit to the players they chose to work hard insider for live scoring and updates go to pointstreakcom listen to live playbyplay at whistleradiocom for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouffvillespiritcom community looking to acknowledge a simple act of character nominate someone who has made a positive difference for the 2007 visit wwwcharactercommunitycom faffi5sv zisk