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stouffville suntribune thursday nov 20 2003 19 stouffville suntribune sports staff photobill roberts it s a setup former stoufiville district secondary school student paul boynton 42 graduating class of 198081 attempts to set this ball up to a teammate during action in saturdays millennium cup alumni volleyball tournament at sdss the cecil clarke sandbaggers won the tournament with a 20 win over the dube and reesor attack team i bantam stars skate off with ottawa gold the markhamstouffville bantam aa stars skated away with the gold medal from the recent seventh annual nccp tournament in ottawa after defeating the host nccp capitals 21 in the championship final backed by strong netminding from danielle skoufranis and cassandra mcnichol the stars finished first in their pool after recording decisions over the capitals 30 vaughan 30 and whitby 50 the stars then faced nepean in a semifinal and prevailed 30 itekkbafriee scoring for the stars in the tourna- rv ment were hayley hughes five goals vs two assists corliss bean two goals four assists nyssa kuwahara four goals jamie tostik three goals one assist amanda fawns one goal two assists alex forsyth four assists vicky wells one goal alex wells kelly setter jenna callaghan and stephanie seggie one assist also making major contributions were natalie geiger trisha egberts and joirdanna peroff novices unbeaten in 4 the stouffville novice ae clippers took to the ice for four recent minor hockey contest and skated off with a pair of wins and two ties the clippers began its fourgame slate with a 30 win overorillia john anthony coscarello matthew- espey and owen pearce each scored once while michael rabey and matthew avoledo earned assists after battling ajax and newmarket in its next two games to scoreless ties the clippers defeat ed east gwillimbury 42 pearce had a goal and an assist while espey jonross newlands and coscarello contributed single tallies brendan clifford rabey and joel leuschner were credited with assists victorious spirit has to step it up against markham newmarket the stouffville spirit eked out a win monday night but it knows it will have to play better tonight and saturday if the provincial junior a hockey league team hopes to compete the spirit which won 32 monday over the vaughan vipers in maple hosts the markham waxers tonight and newmarket hurricanes saturday both games are 730 pm starts at the stouffville arena defencefnan chris gray chipped in a loose puck with 155 left in over time monday after assisting on the spirits first two goalsi both were scored by kevin hayward who set up the winner with a neat drop pass the spirit outshot the vipers 7- 1911 3217 but looked disorgan ized much of the night conway saves the day fifteenyearold goalie neil conway bailed stouffville out several times including stopping two vaughan breakaways and foiling for mer spirit scoring king anthony minicucci we werent doing anything right for a while but we pulled it out said hayward one of six stouffville resi- kevin hayward veteran fowarcf scored- twice and set up gamewinner irf spirits 3- 2 road win monday over vaughan dents on the spirit roster this season were going to have to play better as a team tonight and saturday spirit points leader ty raine had two assists fourday layoff showed it showed that we had been off for four days spirit head coach brian perrin said we worked hard but our timing was off markham is a bit of a rival for us and newmarket is definitely a rival if we want to move up in the stand ings we have to win decimated by injuries on defence and inconsistent netminding the waxers signed their fourth goalie of the season this week rob cundari a sault ste marie native was plucked from the roster of the huntsville wildcats who have ceased opera tions for the season the spirit 16910 is in third place in the leagues north conference standings four points back of newmarket 18610 markham 11924 is in fourth in the south see standings on page 20 spirited notes the spirit hosts its second annual toronto rock night next thursday stouffville resident glenn clark assistant cap tain of the national lacrosse league champions will autograph free rock photosexspirit winger jon smyth scored four goals saturday to lead colgate university to a 61 win over clarkson he was named uschocom ncaa division i offen sive player of the week the sopho more forward had just two goals and one assist in his entire rookie year mcneil receives surprise birthday gift former hockey colleagues travel from far and near to help expro celebrate his 70th by jim thomas correspondent during his hockey heyday over seas bob mcneil pulled off surprise manoeuvres on many an opposing defenceman and goaltender however none could equal the surprise pulled off on the stouffville resident saturday night on the arm of wife sheila he entered the amaretto restaurant anticipating a quiet evening meal with a couple of close friends instead he was welcomed by 130 wellwishers awaiting his arrival the occasion was the local elec tricians 70th birthday included on the guest list were five former teammates from the brighton tigers of the british hockey league they included harry pearson bill dummett and anthony wiltshire of brighton tony parisi now living in pittsburgh penn and gar vasey of clifford on near mt forest five other brighton friends were also in attendance along with a star- studded collection of the toronto and area hockey elite including brian mcfarlane pete conacher bob and bill hassard polly minton grant larmer and more bob mcneil longtime stouffville resi dent pictured during his pro hockey playing days in england party planned a year in advance reunion plans were initiated by bobs wife and daughter cindy near ly one year ago if we have it they will come cindy repeatedly said fully realizing the deep love felt for her dad during his playing days in brighton and retained over the past halfcentury sheila admits it was difficult shielding her husband from invita tion replies and phone calls i hope ill be forgiven for all the little white lies ive been forced to tell she says brighton friends began arriving a week before the event with more coming later we had to keep them in hiding sheila said a native of timmins mcneil per formed with several teams before heading to england including the gait black hawks the windsor spitfires and the south porcupine flyers memorial clip champions in 1953 hes played against such national hockey league notables as the late harry watson and carl brewer brian conacher danny lewicki bobby baun ivan walmsley and gordie howe played and coached overseas during his 10year stint overseas mcneil played in czechoslovakia and russia he also served as a coach in switzerland and austria he was brilliant said dummett then a stick boy with the tigers he had a fiery temper but everyone loved him fans and players too the fastest skater ive ever seen said parisi an exbrighton netmin der he could fly parisi admitted it was his good fortune to play with mcneil rather than against him a video forever young was creat ed by daughter cindy and shown to the audience of wellwishers bob and sheila also have a son tim and eight grandchildren a younger son danny died in a motor vehicle crash 11 years ago en route home from a junior hockey game in port perry bobs reaction to the whole affair unbelievable