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18 stouffviue suntribunewrhursday feb 15 2007 stouffviue suntribune photorobert henri hayden gibson of the stouffviue clippers and bradford bulldogs travis crutchey collidein a minor pee wee ae game at stouffville arena monday the clippers won 52 ae clippers win 2 in round robin the stouffville pee wee ae clippers won their second yorksimcoe round- robin playoff contest against one loss and one tie monday when they defeated the bradford bulldogs 52 at the stouf fville arena alex popper netted two goals and added an assist while hayden gibson and andrew baggs each had a goal and one helper caleb winders and daniel szabo contributed one goal apiece helping to preserve the win was a solid netminding effort from alex manuel juvenile clippers undefeated the stouffville juvenile clippers advanced to the next round of the ontario minor hockey association playdowns after going undefeated in the preliminary round that was capped off with a 43 home ice win over east gwillimbury friday and a 22 tie sunday in sharon in fridays win gabe barnett stephen mollar josh spang and luke mabley each scored once jon wonch and landon wideman each collected two assists and len spi- terione in sundays tilt the clippers rallied from a 20 secondperiod deficit on goals by spang and mabley to earn a tie kurt brillinger and spang each earned helpers shawn gibson handled netminding duties in both games for the clippers although the clippers will advance to the next round of the playoffs against peterborough or south quinte they will complete preliminary round action this saturday against innisfq at the stouf fville arena at 9 pm and sunday in sharon against east gwillimbury at 7 pm minor atoms help cause the stouffville minor atom ae clip pers did themselves a big favour for seeding in the york simcoe playoffs by winning a game last friday in the three- team roundrobin series playing host to the east gwillimbury eagles the clippers received a solid net minding performance from trevor beaudoin and a twogoal oneassist effort from liam timewell to emerge with a 30 win ryan nelson added a goal and two assists and nicholas rabito one assist for the clippers now 11 in roundrobin contests the clippers resume round- robin play saturday in sharon sport scholarship available the canadian olympic committee is now accepting applications for the 2007 carol anne letheren leadership and sport scholarship the scholarship is a national three- year 1500 per year university award presented to one outstanding female high school graduate for more information see wwwolympiccaenfundingletheren awardshtml applications must be received by april 5 stouffville ready to break out brooms against cobourg by mike hayakawa staff writer for the stouffville spirit its three down and one to go to capture the first round of the bestofseven provincial junior a hockey league playoff series against the cobourg cougars the spirit skated off with a hardfought 32 road win mon day to take a three games to none stranglehold in the series the victory came on the heels of a nailbiting 43 double overtime verdict sunday at the stouffville arena while elated to be in the dri vers seat spirit head coach dan west acknowledged the series hasnt exacdy been a cakewalk especially since the spirit fin ished the regular season with a far superior record second place in the north conference with a 281632 mark the cougars finished in ninth in the east conference at 152941 i dont think weve played our best hockey yet weve had to gut out two of the games he said in mondays tilt which marked the spirits first visit to the old cobourg memorial arena veteran forward mark sullivan scored the gamewin ner in the third period defenceman tom kokelj scored the games first goal for the spirit who led 10 after 20 minutes before the cougars ral lied to tie the game at 11 through two periods rookie forward mike cud- more staked the spirit to a 21 lead in the third period also playing a vital role in mondays win was goalkeeper trevor oneill celebrating his 19th birthday sunday he was forced to be at his best during the waning moments of mondays game as the spirit had to kill a penalty oneill was named the player of the game the spirit outshot the cougars 34rl9 about the only disappointing aspect west said was his clubs inability to score on the power play as they came up empty- handed on 15 extrastrength opportunities staff photobill roberts spirit captian randy johnston challenges for the puck against the cobourg cougars monday at stouffville arena sunday the spirit won 32 and leads the series 30 the cougars meanwhile had seven powerplay chances given to them by referee darryl hancock but failed to score the power play aside im happy with the way were play ing were pretty solid and not giving up a lot of chances west said the younger brother of for mer spirit and los angeles kings draft pick mike sullivan mark feels the club has given a good account of themselves thus far in the series and remains confident they can win the series we should be fine there have been lots of penalties called but weve all stuck together and everyone is doing theirjobhesaid the spirit had the opportu nity to sweep the series with yes terdays game in cobourg a fifth game if required would return tonight to the stouffville arena at 730 pm for more go to stoufmllespititcom listen to games at whistleradiocom f ja tiaracter- community looking to acknowledge a simple act of character nominate someone who has made a positive difference for the 2007 visit wwwcharactercommunitycom