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30 stouffville suntribune thursday march 2 2006 stouffville suntribune sports spirit placed in mustwin situation last week saturday game two lost 21 vs newmarket hurricanes spirit trail second- round bestofseven north conference semifi nal series 20 coming up today game three at newmar ket 735 pm saturday march 4 game four vs newmarket at stouflville arena 730 pm sunday march 5 game five at newmarket 230 pm tuesday march 7 game six vs newmarket 830 pm wednesday march 8 game seven at newmarket 735 pm if necessary game notes its not officially do or die tonight for the stouffville spirit but a loss in newmarket would be hockey suicide the new market hurricanes lead the provincial jr a hockey league north conference bestofseven semifinal series 20 a 30 deficit would be close to insurmountable the spirit couldnt hold onto a 10 thirdperiod lead saturday at the stouffville arena felling 21 to newmarket newmarket leads the bestofseven provincial jr a hockey league north conference semifinal 2- 0 jake van allen scored for the spirit all three goals were scored on the power play newmar ket assistant coach kent hutton was tossed from the game for his lengthy verbal tirade on referee rob palm 827 into the third but it was the spirit that played the last two periods with the benefit of only one power play the spirit was called for 16 penalties to newmarkets 12 a postgame argument in the arena corridor between the spirit coaching staff and palm eventually involved the newmarket staff too newmarket was outshot 4229 stouffville goalie dan mcwhinney was injured during a thirdperiod collision but completed the game spirit general manager ken burrows spent a few minutes tuesday scolding the hurricanes for tar geting mcwhinney specifically burrows singled out hurricane forwards joey wilson and ben plater for running over the netminder without penalty from palm insider tonights game will be broadcast on whistleradiocom and rogers tv channel 63 game 4 goes saturday in stouffville all are 730 pm startsfor live scoring and updates go to pointstreakcom generally speaking were up against a wellrun organization that has a tremendous history of success and we anticipate a long hardfought series we have great faith in the character of our players and their intense desire to prove themselves as a legitimate contender for the north division title we overcame some early adversity against a determined seguin team in the first round and we are confident we will do the same against newmarket said mar shall starkman spirit director of hockey opera tions its going to come down to pure hard work and discipline a man to man battle where each player must outwork the guy theyre lined up against each and every shift said spirit head coach dan west on what it will take to turn the series around he goes right for him mcwhinney all the time burrows said of wilson who scored twice in the series opener to run his playoff total to 11 its definitely their game plan to run into our goalie minor atoms win omha semifinal opener the stouffville minor atom a clip pers got off to a good start in the best- offive ontario minor hockey associa tion eastern semifinal series against the belleville bulls after winning the first game last saturday 43 at the stouffville arena evan smith paced the clippers offence with two goals and one assist while spencer roberts contributed a goal and three assists and chris jarrett one goal jack porter jack english owen pearce and robbie armstrong each collected one assist for the clip pers who held the lead throughout the contest jake murray played a solid game in goal to earn the win the series will resume saturday and sunday in belleville should a fourth or fifth game be required it would be played the follow ing weekend in stouffville the winner of this series will face the west semifinal champions that could include oakville last years omha champions of the tricounty league or southpoint of the bluewater league the victory by the clippers came on the heels of a successful outing in the yorksimcoe regional championships as they defeated the innisfil winter- hawks in the bestoffive series in four games that was climaxed last friday with a 65 road decision robbie armstrong ignited the clip pers attack with two goals while mitchell smith had a goal and two helpers chris cadaret one goal and one assist patrick henri and jarrett one goal each josh burkholder and evan smith were each credited with two helpers while matt avoledo and roberts had one helping to preserve the win was some excellent goaltending by cameron nowikow junior stars earn bronze at owha provincials for the second straight year the markhamstouffville junior stars were bronzed at the recent ontario womens hockey association intermediate aa provincial championships in bramp ton in a gritty performance in which they suited up just 12 skaters for the final three contests the stars accom plished this feat with a 21 victory over- the junior sabres in the consolation final a goal by vicky wells late in the con test and just 50 seconds after the junior sabres had tied the score proved to be the difference hayley hughes earned an assist on wells gamewinning marker the stars took a 10 lead on a goal by alex moffat with assists from vicky wells and alex wells also helping to preserve the win was some strong goaltending by liz knox the stars earned their way to the bronze medal game after suffering a 1- 0 loss to the durham junior lightning in a quarterfinal contest still advancing to the semifinal the stars faced the eventual gold medallist toronto junior aeros but came out on the short end of a 20 decision in pool play action the stars defeat ed whitby wolves 20 and etobicoke dolphins 31 tied the oakville ice 11 and lost to the bluewater hawks 10 the stars will compete at the provincial womens hockey league championships march 1619 in wind sor staff photobill roberts clear sailing ahead jonathan menechella of lionels pony farm takes a pass from a teammate and has some open space as he moves in on a breakaway in last saturdays whitchurch stouffville minor hockey association peewee house league contest against golden mile at the stouffville arena lionels pony farm won the game 32 for more house league results see sportsboard on page 31 spartan girls advance to yraa hockey final the stouffville district secondary school spartans varsity girls hockey team advanced to the york region athletic asso ciation final after sweeping its bestofthree semifinal series over the markharn district high school marauders that was capped off tuesday with a 10 win at the stouffville arena hayley hughes scored the games lone goal while goalie liz knox helped preserve the win with a shutout the spartans took the first game monday at markharn vil lage arena with a 54 win over the marauders in that game ashley mclellan scored twice while hughes lauren barber and jamie sparks added singles the spartans await the winner of the sacred heartcardi nal 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