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stouffville suntribune stoi4jjvjlk suntribune b thursday aug 23 200721 sports h staff photosjoerd witteveen new stouffvillle spirit coach dave darnmizio is preparing his players for shootouts and a steady diet of north conference teams this year new by mike hayakawa staff writer when the stouffville spirit opens the 2007- 08 provincial junior a hockey league regular season they will take in the old along with the new in keeping with tradition the spirit will play the majority of its home contests at the stouffville arena on thursday evenings twenty out of 24 to be exact with the spirit opening its 49game slate sept 13 at the ninth line rink against the collingwood blues the four remaining home dates will be held saturdays including oct 13 versus the new market hurricanes nov 10 aurora tigers dec 1 newmarket and jan 26 seguin bruins all home tilts will start at 730 pm what will be new to the spirit and other teams in the league this year will be the disap pearance of interlocking games against teams from other conferences resulting from this the spirit will not play teams in south conference that includes the neighbouring markham waxers the lone exception will be one game during the leagues annual governors showcase weekend sept 23 in which the spirit is slated to play the george town raiders at the erin mills arena in missis- saugaat3pm spirit general manager matt gibson wasnt exactly in favour of the new schedule format as a former assistant coach in markham gib son felt the interlocking games eliminated the monotony of seeing the same divisional rivals on a regular basis i dont like it he said i like to play teams from the south especially markham since we get to see more teams and have a great appre ciation with how good our league is within their conference the spirit will be confined to playing newmarket aurora seguin huntsvillemuskoka orangeville collingwood couchiching who returned to the league after taking a oneyear sabbatical and firstyear entry villanova knights in an effort to add excitement and entice added viewership the league will introduce shootouts if a contest remains deadlocked after 60 minutes of regulation play and a fiveminute suddendeath overtime session the league will adapt the nhls version in which the two teams will start with three shoot ers apiece if a game remains tied after that ses sion they will go with one shooter at a time mything that will put more people in the stands is good its exciting and its now a part of our game were happy with it gibson said e canadian team tryouts on a separate note the spirit had several players attend the eastern canadian junior a team trials sunday in toronto forwards corytrivino james mcintosh and ethan werek defencemen trevor smith and daniel spivak and goalkeeper trevor oneill were among those invited to participate with fellow players from the provincial junior a hockey league who hope to earn a berth on the team canada east squad that will participate in the world junior a challenge nov 511 in trail bc werek a 16yearold from goodwood was a firstround pick of kingston in the ontario hockey leagues draft this year he has com mitted to play for the spirit before accepting a scholarship to boston university in 2009 tri- vino heads to the same school next fall gibson said the players who attended the oneday camp will be notified within the next month as to who will be on the squad i think it was a great opportunity for the kids to take part anytime you can be a part of an evaluation for hockey canada you get more notice on the radar he said in last years event spirit forward will acton was a member of the team the stouffville resi dent will play at lake superior state in michi gan this year on scholarship the spirits first preseason game is satur day against markham at the stouffville arena at 730 pm the spirit will then take to the road sunday for a game against the lindsay muskies the spirit will also take part in the oha pre season tournament at the al palladini com munity centre in vaughan as one of six teams in the event with three teams in each pool the spirit will play missis- sauga sept 6 at 6 pm and then face milton sept 7 at 6 pm and burlington sept 8 at 415 pm the pool winners will meet in the final sept 9 at 230 pm storm opens e canadians in nfld today the stouffville storm bantam boys quest to win the eastern canadian softball championship title begins today in torbay nfld entering the sixteam tournament as the number one ontario seed the storm will take to the ball diamond at 2 pm against nova scotia st josephs lakers the storm will then play two games friday starting at 1 pm against host torbay and 5 pm against ontario number two represented by archrival napanee on saturday the storm will con clude roundrobin play against new brunswick at 9 am and newfound land cbc at 5 pm the semifinals and final will be played sunday starting at 9 am for more tournament information log on to wwwsoftballnfca miller time at rugby nationals kyle miller was a member of the provincial under- 18 boys rugby team that settled for the silver medal at the national championships in st johns nfld ontario fell 100 to british colum bia in the final playing the hooker position the stouffville resident helped team ontario go undefeated through pool play before losing in the champion ship final jr hockey player entering his fifth year at stouffville district secondary school in sep tember miller was also a member of the schools ontario federation of school athletic associations aa gold medalwinning club in june in hockey miller split last sea son in junior between the stouffville spirit jr a team and its jr c affiliate the uxbridge bruins mike hayakawa i it scored 96 everyone at dinner raved exclusive imported wines i mm at qreat value and you cant gel them anywhere else visit yorkregionwineclubcom and check out our hondpicked selection i i j iis v or exclusive imported wines oil delivered anywhere you choose in ontario 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