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place blues who finished a full 37 points ahead of the spirit in the league standings we were robbed spirit head coachbrian perrin lamented he ref eree joe park gave them a goal that never went4n and he took one away fromjis perrin insisted thesixth blues goal scored from a scramble with three min utes remaining in the third period was ticked in by a collingwood player after the whistle had been blown when the brian perrin spirit coach upset with referees ruling on winning goal a w lw francone netted the initial stouffville marker ryan stovold arid phil barski scored before the second period was out to bring the spirit to within a goal barski knotted it at 44 on a spirit power play four minutes into the third period the blues regained the lead on a power play of there own a minute later then added their final marker with three minutes to go dayezelasko scored a powerplay goal with 21 seconds on the clock and spirit goalkeeper kevin boyle on the bench in favour of a sixth attacker but the spirit couldnt get control on the face off that followed and the blues salvaged the win kevin edgar picked up two assists for the spirit the blues held a 2927 advantage in shots on goal perrin said the spirit were the equal of the blues on the night other than the first five minutes when we had some nervousness i think we played with them the whole game it was just a few untimely calls that cost us the game perrin praised his players for their efforts against the powerful blues they didntgivcup they played with a lot of heart it was a real team effort j spirit assistant coach ken burrows hakonson said it will be essential for teams to adapt quickly to the new style of play s tliree lineasseyyill beconvthe norm as the j t ky arent willing to adjust you wont last knocked the net off ohtanbpfoviricialijuriiorah6ckey league looks j- long- t j j earlier in the period with the spirit ktogoiritomenewmmeriiumf- n spirit general manager dieter schmidt said trailing 43fandrewfraricone appar- withfea fastefn cleaner hil whue hes not convinced me new rule will make a ent goal was scrubbed after mitijdly s hugedifferehce it should weed out the rowdies i being ruled a goal iyiyy stiri not sure it will speed the game up as much j their goalie reached back and as they are saying it wul and the goons ban still pulled it out said perrin ive never belt people around in front qfthe net but theres v been so disappointed with a referee- pm at the rec centre r going to be an advaritagefor thv usually he park calls a good game but n perrin feels a similar as his skaters v j1 j v v i guess the crowd got to him players gavetuesday will send the schihidt saidwherf he attended an american thespiric who were playirigtheir series back to collirigwood tomorrow college game in albany lasf year thatthe first everplayoff game fell behind 21 night tied at one game apiece l approach to the game rmrivleague has voted 257 vvto eliminate ithe centre red- line 7 next season with the -jfinal- approval 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