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Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 9 May 2013, p. 29

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With 120 youthful candidates showcasing their hockey skills at the Stoufiville Spirit's rookie camp-on theStouffvtlle Arena ice Fri~ day and Saturday. then: was definitely no shortage of talent on hand fut: Spin't head mach 191T Perrin and the nest of his coaching staff and team nmnagvment to ass-ems. When all was said and done. some 40 hopefuk were asked by the club to wtum Monday for the Spirit’s all-star game at the Clippers Sports Complex starting at 8 pm, in an effort to Whittle that number down further before their main training camp commences In fact. when :he’trials concluded. Perrin felt it was one of the more highly competitive camps hv’s been privy m witness. Wefkcting on the which was comprised of a mini tournament format of players which came from the AM or AA juve- pfle. mkfie‘. minor midget. luniur B. (I and D ranks last season. Perrin said what dmw his Ideally. Pcrrin Said he hopes to have some 20 players identified from that cast to take the next step (wards earning a berth on the 20l3-14 Spirit rmter. attention foremost was lhc overall intensity exhibited New M mm m Rod/ERR F35! wags swam. Tsar!) 'nuee‘Red/ When the Slmxfiviuebemed Team Three Red/Elm race team take to the track in the 2013 NASCAR Canadian Tim schedluc. they will span some new equipment. hm as imponam. they hope “I! will con- tribute to a successml campaign on the short track "fills and road mum-s. What has the Stoufiwllc-hasui team bub- bling with anticipation is the suppon they will nxrt'jw' fmm ‘nu- Harman (imup. l‘hc (diction-based company will be the Ivam’s official transptmalinn provider and will trawl wnh the team as thvy cmnpolc in 12 cwnts acrms ( ‘anada in utilizing one of their (nuts and krgistics ('xpcrtisc. Hw 'l'vam is gearing up m‘launch their 20” season with the firs: race May I? m l9 at the Vnm'x Bmh- Pads 2!!) on the 3.597-kik» Int-(n: mud course at (kmadian 1111' Motor sports Park near Btmnanvillc. Prospects turn heads against Spirit veterans That was one face! Perfin hopes Io_address some 40 hopejitls was asked the club to return Monday for the Spirit‘s all-star game m‘ the (flippers Sports Complex IV MIC m1. MYAKAWA mhayakawafiyrmgxom Kids get physical at Ir. A rookie camp “The kids competed ham there were even some scraps I! was nice to see they wanted to play. after his club failed to qualify for the, Ontario lunim Hockey league postseason last year. “It was pretty physical which was nice to “That's what we (coaching staff and man. agemcm) weré looking for.” Having mganizui numerous rookie camps in the past. Spirit comma and general man- ager Kenny Burrows felt this year’s crop of hopefuls was the best he's seen in terms of being physically prepared to hit the ice. “The kids came in great shape. better than what i've seen in past years." he Asameansofnreasurhxghowgoodme prospects were at camp. the Spirit had vet- erans Chad Bunms, nephew of the Spirit co-owner and general Dosh Car- rick. Justin Wain. Dakota Redshaw and Daryl Thomson on the "toe. From the all-star game. Burrows added one of [Mir objectives will be to make some deciskms as to which 16-year-old players they intend to main on the roster for the upcom- ing campaign. "The play was good right up until the end. from 3 am. to 9 p.m. â€"â€" that's a long time." mmmmmm As well. they hope to have a couple of pros- pacts inked to cardx. Of the talent observed from the camp. Perrin said there were a couple of players that dn'w his attention. However. he refused to tip his hand in terms of identifying specific individuals at this juncture â€"-â€" in part. since those prospects might attend mhev rookie camps conducted by rival Clubs or have aspirations of amending an Ontario Hockey League training camp HIR driver lashn Hathaway had a gmat mn. posting a sixth place finish. ' Matthew Yustin finished in a lhme0way tie for ninth place at the Canadian )unior Got! Association's Junior a! Royal‘Wxxihine event in l‘unmlu recently. (hmpcting in the boys 15-19 division. the (kmnk'y resident canicd a Mrmund Iii-over pm 160 (83-77) and was tied with Mitch- ell Macirod of Shanty Bay and WIN Iirb of Inmnlu " Yusnn finished eight shots behind win- ner Trent Abraham of Burlington. who was gagâ€"I, lU-(M‘f par at 152 (I r - I 5). l-‘nr mom nn the FICA, Ing rm m' (*jgarnm ‘ For more on theTcam Three Red/EHR rac- ing team. log on to: www.mam3redrum fiYAFF WOTOfIAME IAIIFW suttu controls the puck as he moves up ice during Satur- day’s auditions for the 2013- 14 Stouffville Spirit Ir. A hockey team. ogflaquw - Juan 1m

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