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18 stoufivitte suntribune thursday july 19 2007 i i 1 1 stouffville suntribune sports to check cardinal sports basketball carrrodlfec- loi rid maloney during the annual time for sports camping see page 19 tory on teachercoach jim fletchers p in stouffville staff photosjoerd witteveen spirit resigns 1 3 players deals goalie for dman good chance to win our division gm bymikehayakawa staff writer the stouffville spirit doesnt open training camp until aug 14 but theres already a sense of anticipation with the provincial junior a hockey league club as it signed 13 returning players at shoeless joes tuesday for the 200708 season they include goalkeeper trevor oneill defencemen corey ful ton tom kokelj trevor smith and daniel spivak and forwards josh domingues mike foy tyler gubb mark sullivan corey trivino donivan munro randy johnston and james mcintosh firstyear general manager matt gibson couldnt be happier with the returning cast from the roster club that finished second in the north conference last sea son and reached the conference final before losing to the eventual national champion aurora tigers the spirit will retain its top four scorers from last season led by johnston with 35 goals and 34 assists while trivino was second 24 goals 34 assists sullivan third 12 goals 28 assists and mcintosh fourth 19 goals 19 assists johnston entering his final year of junior was the teams cap tain last season trivino has a scholarship to boston university for 2008 we feel their return will give us a good chance to win our divi sion he said and with the addi tion of our highend rookies i think we can be a competitive club randy johnston team captain and leading scorer returning for final season with stouffville spirit johnston and mcintosh are key theyre two of our top three forwards and they will be expect ed to provide leadership to our club they will be the goto guys and we will be counting on them a lot gibson said new faces include defenceman mike gillen who was obtained in an offseason threeway deal that sent former spirit goalie mark kubicz to the toronto junior can- adiens of the leagues south con ference gillen 20 played last season with the st marys lincolns of the western ontario hockey league and was their fifthleading scorer with five goals and 34 assists in 48 regular season matches he will help us with our puck movement and leadership gib son said in preseason games the spirit will host the markham waxers aug 25 at the stouffville arena at 730 pm and then go to lindsay for a game against the muskies aug 26 lind say will visit stouffville aug 30 at 730 pm the following day the spirit will visit the waxers the spirit is looking for families to bil let outoftown players for more infor mation call gibson at 4162757567 notes ex- spirit player rick schrank will play division 3 us college hockey this season at elmira in new york state he spent three years in stouffville before demanding a trade to his hometown newmarket hurricanes last season the spirit eventually obliged goaltender dan mcwhinney hero of the spirits north and northwest championships in 2006 is here training he had a suc cessful pro season with fort wayne of the united hockey league for more on the spirit go to stouftvillespirilcom 1 i r ii i si ik 1 luv a pizza vfcv etf new summer hours great food iiio mon thurs 1011 friday 311 saturday closed sundays 13 felcher blvd 9056420991 battantrae li i