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Growing up in Watcrmwn. N.Y.. Hall played most of his youth hockey them and was employed as a forward at the request of his father. a former netmindet himself. "Nothing haw maxed.“ he said. “I bust went fmm Wtomqmlity shotslo shots where dwrebomxdsamclemd out byour defence and (he oflcncc has played good defence." nng . mun-um round and taking: 2-1 IcadhtoGachIwithNewmarkatonightm the third round. He has played every minute ofallninepl‘ayoflgamm - Panama “When I was with Collingwood. l was aver- aging around 40 shots a game. but since coming to Stouffville I'm seeing around 25‘ to 30. It’s been a big differenm and mywork has been made far easier.” Hall said. While playing fo: the Cullingwood Black- hawksateamthatwallowedinmeNonh Division cellar, the 20-yearold naminder could easily have suffered shell shock after beingdehuedbyabanageofshotseach ageand.870savepercentagein29games MthCollingwood Bm since being dealt to the Spirit by the Blackhawks on (he league's trade deadline in early lanuary. Hall's workload has - Same for his Hall recorded a nifty la! goals against awrage and .919 save percentage while playingin nine regular season games with the Spirit. That's a vast improvement from a 6.25 goals «trains: aver- New Yark Slate native Ion Hall follows lb: flying puck as Stoufl’vilk Spirit [animate Trevor Cankk 4am out a Ncwnnrkd Hurricane during Hall's 3-0 shutout Sunday in Skoufl‘ville. 3 Early in the Ontario lunior Huclucy lfague regular season. km Hall could have sued his teammates for nonosuppon. Shell-shocked in Collingwood, Hall likes support in Stouffville fm 111888 days is far more enn- IV MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhavakawaflvmg mm WWMM7Jme a!th mlmsmwmmmwumm mmalaonmlsummnwldmm ammAmmMTJOpmAs-finmm mumummmmmm «enmmmammmm WMNMMWMWW “m'sabukidwhomnooveralmof net." Donovan said of fomâ€"lndx. 210- pound Hall. “His winning recon! and mks wimmhavebeengoodSumthete'smaybc twommreegmlshewouldhmlfiedback from the Markham series But he competes hard and he has a great personality around the dressing room. W3: enjoy having him. He's P‘W Pm good for us" “If vie're gtfingmbeat Newmarket. )on has to play well! he said. Hallhopeshisplaywillerublehimlocon- tinue his phylngcamer at drmflegiatelevel once he leaves theSpifl-t, who could retain his services f0: one more season. SincejoinhgmeSpiriLHaflwasgiven nodbyheadcoachCmigDonovanlobc club's regular netminder. he said. Hall's entry to the ()IHL began hm year when he for the Winn \vbya- gummtfidnolhaveaspotforhimon duhmsterbmwedhcgoto(bfling. muod.whouuhattimeneededagoalkeeper. Hallplayedwimtheteamlhenhimnas the Blues and saw action in 23 games and hada43lgxnlsagainstavemnmi.msave percentage: ' “My dad didn't want me to play in goal until I could learn how to skate and handle the puck." he said Bythe time Hallbeganplayingat {hopes- weele-Vcl.hedonnedtlwpadsandhasguud- cddrchwinecversince. sun: rmromxx mmvsuvu “Good teams Overcome adversity. Next game» we'll make more work for oursetves if wedlowmemtogetonamllmnigmgavc us a wakeup call. But if we stay focused on this game we'll forget about the game com ing up.” “We knew coming into the series there is no way we would sweep. Newmarket is too good for that to happen.” Said Spirit captain Declan Gunovski. a Nmmu resident. “'Ihe thing with Newmafiet is they come out hard in the first five-minutes and go from them/We have to learn to weather the storm. - For Hurticanes head coach Brian the victory was a step in the rig“ He lmaws h's duh still isn't out ofthc woods. Aftera seamless second period. Slouflvillc’s Pan! Geiger squecnd a powerplay goal past Hurricanes’ netminder limxny Sancant between Newma'rket tallies by Bowman WebstetandlanF-armll inxho third period to closg out the “It was a must-win game [or us so we had to main: sure we all were firing on all cyiinders.“ said Mavens. a 17-year-old for- ward acquired earlier in the season from the Hamillon Red Wingx “We were down in both the first two games so we needed it. Going down three games would be a tough hole (0 come out of. Going into their ham down 2-1 is better. I don't think we're in a bad situation." ‘ 'lhe finishE-d witha 31-:- shots on goal. Head shots irk Spirit coach “We got back to the way we. were play- ' While Hall was doing his thing. Neal set up Mr mnlingelbteduen's game-mnnmg goal inthe 12th minute of me second pcnnd with a nifty (1035.00886 passand was in (m a Christian tap-in from a rebound 36 sunnds into the third period. Andrew Duyiv added an ompty~nel goal with 59 seconds to go to complete the scoring.“ Donovan was Ii)! 3! all pit-used with big imerpretalinn 0f the Hurricanes physical play. including a five-minule maiur and [WU game'suspension to Kevin Baku fat 3 head check on Spirit rookie Drake Cagiula. “I‘m disappointed in the nuxfiBL-r of times our heads have been largelch J The Spirit skated m a 3-0 victory nn home; ice Sunday to take a Mrgames-mâ€"nmw lead in the series. , ‘ led by (he ISOâ€"save goaltending of km Hall and a pair of pomrplaygoals svt up by Matt Neal, the Spirit took command of the at Slouflvifle Arena with a solid Man to repel the OlllL‘regular seawn champion Hurricanes. ' . W 3, WMtO "We plath the firs! period as if it was going to be easy.” said Spiriticoach Craig Donovan. “Our guys played completely unprcparmi and put ourselves behind the Right-hall. Yuu can't do that in the playoffs." ' lng all year but we still have a lot uf work ahead of as going back to their rink." said the Whitchurch-Sloufiville resident. who was named the OIHL coach of the year Monday. still need better effort.” sentiments were expmsqx! by his opposite number down the hall. IJ'