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1 8 stoufiviue suntribune thursday jan 1 1 2007 stouffville suntribune sports staff photobill roberts stouffville clippers zack mcmahon eyes the puck next to bradford bulldogs goalie kurtis linton during minor peewee a division action in the whitchurch stouffville minor hockey association tournament at stouffville arena saturday the teams tied 33 the clippers won the championship game 43 over bradford sunday eewees take title s to lastminute midget clippers also champs at stouffville tourney two stouffville clippers rep teams skated off with top honours from last weekends whitchurch stouffville minor hockey association minor pee wee minor peewee ae midget midget ae tournament at the stouffville arena the clippers minor peewee a entry received a goal by connor miller with just 51 seconds remaining in regulation time to edge bradford 43 in last sun days championship final ryan peterson tied the score at 33 with his second goal of the game with 458 remaining in regulation time zach mcmahon accounted for the other clippers marker in reaching the final the clippers defeated agincourt 60 and woodstock 50 and tied bradford 33 advancing to the semifinal the clip pers blanked ajax 20 bradford reached the final after downing west hill scarborough 50 in the midget a group the clippers received a twogoal effort from mitchell raithby and stellar netminding from brad whittingstall to shut out east gwillimbury 40 in the title tilt pat salvagna scored the eventual gamewinning marker and matt raguseo also scored once the clippers reached the final after posting victories over leaside 50 bracebridge 10 and east gwillimbury 10 in semifinal action the clippers nipped pickering 21 while east gwillimbury edged previously unbeat en bradford 21 in other tournament finals lome park mississauga won the midget ae title with a 32 win over caledon in a shootout georgetown won the minor peewee ae crown with a 10 victory over whit by in the title tilt a total of 32 teams took to the ice for the threeday event ntimidation tactics cant halt spirits 07winnin last week friday won 64 against pickering panthers now 211422 on season second place in north conference coming up tonight vs seguin bruins at stouffville arena 730 pm friday at orangeville crushers 730 pm game notes the spirit extended its winning streak to three games last fri day with a 64 win over the host pick ering panthers but it didnt come easy the spirit trailed pickering 42 in the second period before captain randy johnston got down to business the provincial junior a hockey leagues north conference player of the month for november scored once and assist ed on two others to ignite the spirit offence james mcintosh netted a pair including an emptynetter defence- man trevor smith netted the gamewinner at 1533 of the third period donivan munro and corey fulton accounted for the other goals mark kubicz picked up the win in goal the win by the spirit enabled them to sweep the twogame series over pick ering as they claimed the first game 32 dec 2 at the stouffville arena notebook the spirit played fridays game without forward joel sheppard who was out with the flu spirit head coach dan west expects sheppard to be back for tonights game also missing friday was veteran forward will acton who incurred a mild concussion in last thursdays game on his first shift of the contest west said actons situation is daytoday forward josh domingues has been skating in full equipment but no decision has been made about his debut generally speaking fridays win against pickering was a char acter one for our guys west said pickering tried to intimidate us it was an emotional game for our guys and i thought we answered the bell in explaining the clubs threegame winning streak since christmas west said the club has been paying atten tion to doing little things right we had some tough onegoal loss es just before christmas but now the guys are working a little harder and were looking at it as a new approach to the new year insider for live scoring and updates go to pointstreakcom most games are broadcast live at whistleradiocomspirit grad dan mcwhinney now with fort wayne of the united hockey league regis tered his first professional shutout last weekend junior a teams across canada had until midnight yesterday to finalize their deadlines rosters had to be trimmed to 23 players there was little trade activity as oftuesday night playoffs begin the week of feb 8 for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouffvillespiritcom i11ss9bbe iipibffi raj e1ssr2e3 bb h i br em 13 belfc hhpv wh nnfl ei w til hi jm i is ilk randy johnston spirit captain led to team to comeback victory in pickering last weekend qalomlt a sfoty submit a jpoeiivd yorkregion com it clicks home v a wv y