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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 4 2003 29 stouffville suntribune big decisions to make as spirit camp winds down stouffville spirit officials will have plenty of opportunities to make their final preseason assessments of the junior a hock ey club the spirit plays five games in four days starting tonight at 730 when the mississauga chargers visit me stouffville arena the spirit north conference finalists in the provincial junior a league last season opens the reg ular season next thursday at home to the newmarket hurricanes there are still training camp cuts to be made especially at for ward and a goaltender to name to the regular season roster spirit haul in muskies the spirit won its first exhibi tion game of the year last thursday 54 over the lindsay muskies in stouffville the spirit opened up a 30 lead then trailed 43 before com ing back to win in front of 150 fans doug henderson scored the game winner with 356 to play and had two assists grant buckley david del zotto lee maxwell and justin teakle had singles carson devine assisted twice the spirit is in the weekend st mikes shootout tournament in tprpnto after playing the mafkham waxers tomorrow at 4 pm it faces the georgetown- raiders or st michaels buzzers pwi i r js- smbws t aafev- f msb bbss jmkit 2n jr jpffib mnhihhw isik hh v- t 3sl v rfcm staff photobill roberts stouffville spirit forward mike commisso left skates against defenceman ian brunt in a cstride drill that the players were going through last saturday at the stouffville arena the spirit is winding down their training camp by playing five exhibition games in a stretch of four days starting tonight when they host the mississauga chargers at 730 pm the home opener is next thursday saturday afternoon that night the spirit plays at mississauga stouffville com pletes the preseason with a sunday afternoon game at lindsay 7 the heavy schedule will see me spirit use several players from its junior c affiliate the uxbridge bruins the spirits biggest challenge is replacing its top five scorers from last season gone from last years team are top pointgetters kevin jarmah university of massachusetts mike sullivan glarkson university jd smithson over age mike forgie wayne state university and ian staal university of guelph jarman columbus and sullivan los angeles were nhl draft picks this year a first for the stouffville organization other players at ontario hockey league camps this week include andrew dennis barrie mark versteeglytwyn guelph and jon daversa sudbury steven carota returns in goal leaving one spot to fill mark mitchell felice turano and ian brunt are back on defence stouffvilles grant buckley who played for the spirit four years ago returns after three years in the ohl also signed on defence is daniel maggio from the toronto red wings minor midgets local flavour up front at forward stouffville resi dents jordan mabley michael lombardo cale tanaka and kevin hayward return michael comrriissp and ty raine are also backup front yorksimcoe express riiidget teammates shane baxter and kevin lord are signed as are mississauga midget products carson devine and justin teakle spirited notes a dispute between hockey canada and usa hockey kept american plac ers off me ice at junior camps in ontario late last month two american hopefuls who watched workouts in stouffville one week end have been allowed on the ice after an interim agreement was reachedthe spirit hosts its sec ond annual terry fox run car wash sept 13 at houston ford the run goes the next day from the stouffville arena gibbons daps fourth checkered flag of gascar campaign peter gibbons and the canadian tire team showed the meaning of labour day last week- end at delaware speedway and their efforts were rewarded with a record fourth victory of the cas- car season in the great canadian 300 beginning the 300lap feature event irijbth place the stouffville- area resident hiade a couple of mechanical adjustments and a tire change with his canadian tire chevy on the firsttwo stops 3glli as the race unfolded gibbons manoeuvered his way towards the head of the pack and by the 200- lap mark was in the top five following the teams final pit stop for two fresh tires gibbons returned in second position with 20 laps remaining gibbons took the lead but the final verdict was nt decided until the final iapas he withstood a late challenge front markdilley what more can i say about my team a jubilant gibbons said we battled an illhandling race care all weekend and these guys kept making changes and we came away with this win among other results the stouffvillebased team 3 red entry manned by dj kennington fin ished sixth starting the race in sixth kennington took the lead by lap 118 and remained in contention until lap 220 when he brought his snapon toolscastrol canada intrepid into the pits for fuel and a right rear tire arid rejoined the field in eighth place kennington had made his way to sixth when he felt something break m the car as it slid wgh in the first corner kennington babied the car for the rerriaining 30 laps and brought ithome in sixth place with this finish kennington narrowed the deficit between him self and secondplace kerry micks to 18 points and 73 from leader don thomson jr who has 1648 in total gibbons occupies sixth place the cascar super series schedule resumes sept 21 at peterborough speedway for the leeland 200 event ivers fairway woods 274 1 ail t new address 8312 mccowan rd wwwdlmarcogolfcom clearance centre 9054795077