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It came from the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the Quebec Major lunior Hock- ey Hague. mm) he signed with Friday. Nathanael Halben had every intemkm of wtuming to the Smuffville Spirit for (he upt‘uming Ontario Junior lludwy lust": wawn. _ But the l7year~u|d Richmond Hill maiden! who toiled on the blueline for the Spirit last war and for pan 0! their championship season two seasons age. n-ceived an offer that was 100 enticing In turn down. ' In an effort to malu.‘ sure his final deci- sion was the right one. Halben mmrned to Richmond Hill late last week to talk things over with his parents. He had until Satur- WMNWM llalben smpects he was scouted in April at the College ( Lup showmse tour namcm whet? he played for an entry directed by P3! Arbour. the South Central Coyotes AAA midget coach who operated a gymnasium Halle attended. Al Mason. a scout with Blainville- contacted his superiors about Halbcrt. who attended the club's summer camp and lctt a good unpressmn. “l was hfiitam to do it at first. I really thought I would be back in Smuflvifle." Halhcrt. who amassed lhmc goals and 10 cums” in 48 magma" games lasl season. said? 7' But this (ofier) was a good opdo for me." ' The Spirit will [revive a devehpnwnl ice (mm - "And missing out on the ()I ll. draft, you furgm about the “ML but you always have .ullt-uI11ufplayillgill hum nf Lug? t mwds (-wry night." Spirit head coach MT Perm) felt he was going 10 km Halben upon hearing he would attend Blainville-Boisbriand's sum- mer camp. ffSum. it's a I095 for us But it's good for him and [m us sinu- um mamle is to mow guys onto the next ladder and who- ever takes Nathan's spot we hope to we move on as. well.’ Perri" said. Al the same time. the allure 0f peflOmr ing on a larger stage was enticing to Hal- bcn. who was ignomd by Ontario Hockey league clubs during his draft year. Boisbriand) offered so much. The Quebec Major lunior Hockey league '55 a fantastic Icaglc and the mganimtion is gmat. void on the bluelinc. He promptly rmumnd (0 play in an exhibition game against (hatinmu last thn I lalhrrt juincd the Spirit. his goal was‘lo try and [mxrum a mUeg‘e scholar- ship offer. “lawn up to three m {our days ago it was my plan. to try and an a wilege scholarship offer. But I didn't have any. thing going in the N( 2AA.” he “It took a lot of persuasion to change my way of thinking.” he '(Blainville- day to make a decision Pcrrin acknmvledgtd there will be‘a a Michael Hayukawa '1'he main thing was we wanted from who played was to show us (Spirit [coaching stafl‘) what they had. The guys really haven‘t been taught anything yet.” Pem‘n said. “I waspleased.meyplayedwefl.meymm- paedhardandd‘leykepldwiromnposum when Pickeringstated toflayalimecrazy.” (‘nflpk‘ of moi: Pvn'ifi's adviu: In hear! and might have solidified their éhanoes to garnering a spot on the 015 year’s edition of an‘mlabty. Penin mulled, mm a pair of forwards + Mac Hewefling and Caner Cummings. When the Smufivflle Spirit launched their Ontario Junior Hockey [vague preseason schedule the host Picken'ng Panmezs Friday. head coach k-fl Perrin offered one bit of valuable pregame advice In those hop~ ing to garmnone of 23 regular-season roster Taking into account his entire rdstct for the game was mmpn‘svd uf untested and Putin has ya to install his system of play. that's about what the first game - a 6~2 Spirh win ' was all almul. A member ofthe Stayner It. (: dub last season, Hewelling scored twiceand col- twn in the Spirit’s win over the _> Playing two games last scaxm with the Spirit as a call-up fmm the South Central (‘03th AAA midgm‘z. Cummings. 17. run- tributod a pair of goah ' lust play to the of your abilities. the second-year Spirit head mach summed. “I didn't know anything about him.” Pcrrin of the 18:year-old. five-fun. sewn-imh Harrie native who had 14 goals and 1? assists in 3! games last season. Whilepieasedwithflrfioverafiefinha “Hr a couple of games with us his! Unsigned rookies draw Spirit coach’s attention BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhayakawafiyrmgrnm FOUR-POINT GAME Konmd Pbrkmvski also ammbuled a goal and three assists While [jam Folkcs added the other market for the Spin}. whu hold 4: LOW after one and padded it t0-1-1 and Brandon Klérer split time in goal for the Spirit. who outshot the Panthers 37-20. MEI. GMAT! BROTHER Conway is the younger brother of Neil Conway. whu played in the Spirit he! as“! lSjnear-old in Neil. who won a (lib title with the Saint Mary's Huskies in 2010. played fouhe Quad City Manama of the ( 'rn traileagmrlast season. With the players given the Ml‘kt‘nd OH to savour the win. the Spirit n'lurm'd m th‘v Stoufiville Arena ice Monday. “It definitely hurts when you have in un kids because 3 kn of times you're reieasing guys who can play at our Incl." he said. year and we knew what we was all about." Pemn slid 0f the Richmond Hill native. Funher rostet reductions am expected afterithis games Those include a road till against the defending league champion St. Michael‘s ( ‘nl legc Buzzers in Toronto tomormw at 7:30 pm. followed by home games against the Whitby Fwy at 730 pm. and the Panthen Sunday at 2'30 p.m. : Perrin began the process of paring down their taste: by releasing six players. It's the wprst pan of his job during traitfing Pen-in said he intends to dmss his mum- 'mg mm and emute that Path player sot-s icetimein at least twoofmosetihs. With some players attending Ontario mickey league camps that open next week he win have to keep enough bodies around to fill a mter for their remaining prewan $111108. Conway. from the (Jew-lam! aifl'il. Fammmmmmmmcw