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COMING UP: Tonight vs. Orangeville Crushers, 7:30 pm; Friday at Huntsville- Muskoka Otters, 7:30 pm; Sunday at Seguin Bruins, 2 pm. GAME NOIES: The Newmarket Hurricanes defeated the visiting Stoufiville Spirit 4- 3 in overtime in Tuesday's rescheduled Provincial Junior A Hockey League contest originally slated to be played Dec. 16. But if points were rewarded for moral victories, the Spirit might have claimed the two instead of the one earned in the overtime loss. What pleased Spirit general manager Tom Milne was the performance of netrninder Wes Annis, who was given theistaiting assignment when regular goalkeeper Trevor O’Neill had to miss the game due to family matters. Obtained from the Durham Fury earlier in the sea- son, Annis gave a good account of him- self in stopping 22 of 26 shots and gave the Spirit 3 chance to win the game. With the Spirit nursing a 3-1 lead just past the midway point of the third period, the Hurricanes rallied with two unanswered goals, including one by Jake MSTWEEK: Samrday - won 5-0 against Seguin Bruins; Tuesday - lost 4-3 in over- time against Newmarket Hurricanes. Now 27-12-5â€"59 on season, fourth place in North Conference. Jonathan of the Stoufl‘ville Spirit slips between Newmarket Hurricane defenders Riley Brand and Josh McQuade in the Spin't’s 4-3 overtime loss in Newmarket Tuesday. The Spirit hosts the Orangeville Crushers at the Stoufl'ville Arena tonight. 18 WSW-WI 1km [an 31,2008 Spirit not dismayed by DJ. loss McClelland on a power-play effort at the 16:21-mark to force overtime. The five- minute extra session did not last long as the Hurricanes' Brian 3050 took the only shot on net and scored at the 1:26-mark to end the game. Tyler Gubb, Ethan Werek, on a power-play effort late in the second period, and Corey Trivino, each scored once for the Spirit The Spirit directed 36 shots on Hurricanes goalie Matt Milne, son of Spirit general managerTom Milne. The loss incurred by the Spirit snapped a mree-game winning streak and was their second overtime setback in three outings this season. The win by the Hurricanes also enabled them to win the regular season series over the Spirit four games to two. The Spirit entered Tuesday's game after SPORTS a 5-0 win over the Visiting Seguin Bmins last Saturday. A power-play goal by Patrick McEachen in the first period staked the Spirit to a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. Second-penod goals by Jonathan Cristini and Matt Viola enabled the Spirit to pad their advantage to 34) through 40 minutes. The Spirit iced the game in the third pen- od Mien Darren Archibald and Viola. with his second, each scored once to round out the scoring. Trivino also collected two assists. O'Neill stopped all 28 shots directed his way to post his sixth shutout of the season. That mark tops all goalten- ders in the league. The Spirit directed 55 shots on the Bruins' goal. NOIEBOOK: The Spirit played both games without captain Randy Johnston, who remains out indefinitely with an upper body injury. Forward Dustin Laren was injured in the second period of Tuesday’s game and did not return. Trivino continues to lead the Spirit in scoring with 16 goals and 45 assists for 61 points. That places him in a tie for 26th in the league's overall scoring race. Werek is the club's second-leading scorer with 23 goals and 36 assists for 59 points. That puts him in 34th place in the league's overall race. Stouffville Sun-Tribune The workout club you’ve been looking for is now open in your community! 0 Clean, safe and secure mwwmnwnt â€"AA--- . A, _ INSIDER: For live scoring and updates, go to pointstreak.com For more on the Spirit, go to: stouffi/illespirit.com Listen live to Spin‘t games at WhiStleradio.com GENEMILY SPEAKING: “Wes (Annis) played a great game," Milne said. “He did everything we asked of him.The job of a backup is to give a team a chance to win and he did just that even though he hasn't played a lot for us. “At the end of the day we still got a point and psychologically we know we can play with Newmarket" Milne felt the difference in the game was the performance of his son, Hurricane goalie Matt Milne, along with his club's power play, which only generated one goal in six opportunities, and discipline that produced a late penalty that Newmarket capitalized on to score the game-tying goal to force overtime. “Matt stood on his head," Milne said of his son's performance. “It’s an awful feel- ing when I have to face him. But he's the enemy. When we were up 2-1, I wished the game" could have ended there.” 0 Stateâ€"of-theâ€"art cardio and strength training equipment 0 No contracts, no hassles, no risk 0 Open 24/7, 365 days a year 5892 Main St., Stouffville (Giant Tiger Plaza) 905-642-6300 - STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOMERVILLE Mike Hayakawa lake Espey potth the gameâ€"winner in the extra session. The Clippers then took a stranglehold on the series Ian. 23 when they skated off with a 3â€"2 road win. with a 3-2 road win. Iispey, Volpe and (Iarlin each SC()rC( once for the Clippers. who were f()I‘CC( to come from behind on two occasions. Atom AEs sweep East Gwillimbury The Clippers opened the series Iain. 20 with a 3-2 overtime win at the Stouffville Arena. Trailing 2â€"0 entering the third period, the Clippers rallied to force overtime with goals from Timewell and Volpe with six seconds remaining in regula- tion time. 'I‘he Clippers will advance to the quar ter-finals and face the Newmarket Red men. Dates have yet to he announced. Trevor Beaudoin collected the shut- out and received a stellar defensive effort from "lyler Moffat and Tritan Thompson. James Merksamer scored twice and collected two assists to ignite the Clip- pers’ offence while Liam Tnnewell and Quintin Volpe each added a goal and one assist. Josh Carlin, Braydon McNeil, lack- son Newlands and Ryan Daniels each scored once. Luke Burkholder, Daniel Renzoni, Nick Rabito and Aiden Clifford each earned one assist. ' The Stouffville atom AE Clippers swept their Ontario Minor Hockey Asso- ciation first round, best-ofâ€"five series against East Gwillimbury Friday with an 8-0 win at the Stouffville Arena. The top two teams from the round- robin will meet in a best-of-seven with the winner advancing to play Peterbor- ough or West Quinte. The Clippers resume playoff action Feb. 8 at Nobleking and then play at East Gwillimbury Feb. 10. Playing host to Nobleking Sunday, the Clippers got two goals from Nathan James and singles from Landon Mde- man, Nick Stmtos and limiel Selmanovsâ€" ki to skate offwith a 5-1 win. Eric Gainsbrook collected two assists while Paynter, Kyle Miller, Stratos and Steve Brown each had one. The Stouffville juvenile Clippers took the good with the bad last weekend in the first two games of their OMHA round-robin playoff series. The Clippers began the series on a low note, dropping a 1-0 verdict against East Gwillimbury Saturday in Stouffville. Juveniles earn split in OMHAs For playoff updates, to omha.net www.3napfitness.com