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fi w n i v v r v f 44 stoujfvibe suntribune thursday september 7 2006 stouffville suntribune sports ay for keeps regular season begins sunday at home to huntsville otters by mike hayakawa staff writer for the stouffville spirit its now what head coach dan west describes as go time having concluded its preseason slate last friday with a 62 win over the visiting lindsay muskies the spirit will start the provincial junior a hockey league regular season sunday at the stouffville arena against the huntsville otters at 430 pm the spirit will be presented with its 200607 north conference and northwest championship banner and plaques during a pregame ceremony concluding the preseason slate with five wins and two losses spirit head coach dan west isnt about to complain but he said that wasnt the primary purpose of training camp we never set any goals in terms of numbers of wins during the presea son its nice to have that record 52 though he said more significant to west is to see that each of the players are on the same page when it comes to executing plays i think we prepared hard through the preseason and now weve got one week of practice to work on some little things before we start sunday camp went well and were happy with the way things went i feel were ready to go one concern west has but should be clarified within the next few days is which players will be returning from ontario hockey league training camps as of tuesday several were still in camp including shawn frank and randy johnston in barrie donivan munro in kingston and trevor smith in owen sound camp went well and were happy with the way things went i feel were ready to go the spirit were banking on the return of recently acquired forward josh domingues but the markham resident and for mer pickering panther sustained a bro ken leg last week at owen sounds camp fearing for the worst west said domingues is expected to be out from two to three months staff photobill roberts stouffville spirit defenceman daniel spivak unleashes a slapshot on the st michaels buzzers net during last thursdays provincial junior a hockey league exhibition game at the stouffville arena the spirit prevailed 32 and will open the regular season sunday against the huntsville otters at the stouf fville arena at 430 pm hes back in stouffville west said of domingues but he wont be on our active roster west is hoping the clubs late week opener might enable some of those at ohl camps to return in time for sun day in fridays victory spirit rookie phe- nom corey trivino collected two goals and an assist curtis johnston and steve kapolnas had a goal and an assist each other goal scorers were 1991 minor midget ethan werek and mike cud- more matt hansell had another steady night in the spirit net playing host to the st michaels buzzers last thursday three newcom ers scored to lead the stouffville spirit to a 32 win mike cudmore trivino and brad knapp scored will acton had two assists hansell earned the win both teams the finalists in the provincial jr a hockey league playoffs last spring dressed rosters dominated by firstyear players the win by the spirit came- on the heels of a 64 road loss to the lindsay muskies wednesday kapolnas tyler gubb daniel spivak and paul duncan scored for the spirit for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouf- mllespiritcom minor hockey gets more active wsmha establishes programs to give back to community by jim thomas correspondent mike humphreys feels theres more to minor hockey than just the action that transpires on the ice as president of the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association the stouffville resident suggests its time the organization which includes close to 850 house league and rep players in 12 age groups should give something back to the community instead of asking we should be giving the 44yearold father of two said this school of thought will take place in several forms humphreys said one of which he hopes will be in the form of participating in communityrelated activities the first of which is slated sept 17 when the annual terry fox run takes place humphreys and the association execu tives are encouraging minor teams to challenge each other and see who can raise the most money the association is also encouraging teams to become involved with a drive for the whitchurchstouffville food bank during the christmas holiday season the association will work in close cooperation with me stouffville lions club col lecting food and toys for underprivileged families the top three teams will be awarded prizes our entire office program will be teamdriven humphreys said workshops for coaches to assist coaches become better at their trade the associa tion will introduce coaching workshops these twohour ses sions will provide information on how to impart pregame talks to players handle a bench plan and run a practice communicate with parents and more importantly to manage a hockey team but of prime importance is to create equal playing time for all players overseeing this task are house league convenor bruno derocchis and rep coach mentor greg roberts regardless of ability we want everyone to have a fair turn at playing humphreys says gary courts the leagues refereeinchief will have his hands full in enforcing the new standard of play and rules emphasis humphreys says rules emphasis for this season will positively impact our game courts says another area the association will address is in emergency first aid the presence of a defibrillator in the stouffville arena thanks to a donation made by the stouffville amateur hockey league could help save a life but the lifesaving device is really of no use unless someone knows how to properly use it humphreys said to do this humphreys has obtained the services of fire fighterboard member ross newlands who will organize training for executive members and parents wishing to enrol the cost will be paid by minor hockey while the association wants to teach youngsters how to properly play the game humphreys says its main goal is to make them better citizens once they leave the game we want our kids better prepared to face the real world long after theyre through playing minor hockey he says check out whats happening everyday kids eat free 1il01sslms a 2 for 1 wing nite 5pm every wing order a chance to win a world series game 3 getaway every tuesday nite aug 1st oct 3rd 2006 wlsbsssfissslejims all u can eat baby back ribs nite 6 5pm every day is game day sunday sept 10 430 stouffville arena onice promotions every home game shoeless joes stouffville 5892 main st stouffville phone 905 6404282