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stouffville suntribune saturday march 24 2007 y firing shocked spirit coach want someone to develop kids owner says by mike hayakawa staff writer dan west thought direct ing the stouffville spirit to a provincial junior a hockey league northwest confer ence title last season and reaching the north confer ence final this past season should have warranted his return next season he was wrong just after the club had its annual team photo session tuesday evening spirit own ers zeev werek and dave laren informed west his con tract would not be renewed next season i was shocked to put it in better words i didnt see it coming at all west said i thought we did a good job for two years i guess they werek and laren wanted to go in a different direction west said he wasnt given a clear reason why he was let go but speculates it might have to do with both owners sons being on the spirit roster next season they might not see me as being the right guy for that west said although disappointed west said he has fond memo ries of his two seasons in stouffville we played a lot of hockey and i had a chance to meet a lot of great people and work with a lot of great people guys such as ken burrows spirit general manager he said it was definitely fun to be part of watching great players such as will acton corey trivino and randy johnston become better players and to have a hand in their progress west said he said he has received several calls from players and parents since the news broke of his firing the future i think ill sit tight for a week or two and pursue some other job i know there are openings around the league and ill check the ohl and try to get my name out there to see if i might be able to be an assistant coach at that level he said i think ill bounce back somewhere along the line and the spirit theyve got a good group of players coming back he said i told the guys after we lost to aurora in the north conference final that aurora was built for this year but were still growing and we dan west head coach fired by stouffville spirit owners following second season with jr a team hope to be champs next year theyve got a good base to succeed next year the decision was not made hastily and had nothing to do with the teams record or personality conflicts werek said the owners wanted a coach that would be more vis ible in the community it was a difficult decision not to bring dan back werek said dan is a real gentleman who knows the game inside and out im certain he will find a job quickly we would highly recommend him but we just looked at what we needed in the future and what we wanted to see was someone to develop kids and have them more com munity minded therefore we thought we needed a coach who could spend that time in the community with dan recently getting married and living in lindsay it would be quite a trek for him to do that the search for a successor is underway and the new coach could be in place in 10 days the clubs annual rookie camp goes may 6 and 7 at the stouffville arena we have two or three individuals on our short list now that are excellent and fit what we want to do he said we just want to make sure we dont go through what were currently going through notes it was a reunion of spirit alumnus when clark- son played umass in rochester ny during the sweet 16 round of ncaa hockey yesterday clarksons mike sullivan and umass for ward kevin jarman were spir it teammates four years ago for updates go to ncaasportscom for more on the spirit go to stouffvillespiritcom redshaw rocks newmarket bonspiel stouffvilles scott redshaw skipped his uxbridge curling club foursome to the main event tide at a litde rock york bonspiel during march break at the york curling club in newmarket redshaw skipped his club of vice matthew edwards second trevor roberts and lead patrick edwards to a 130 win in their first game and a 61 decision in their second match redshaws rink took first place on the basis of the two scores second on the scoreboard was another uxbridge team skipped by brooke buncombe vice lauren reid and second carmen stiller filled out the team despite having their fourth player sick the girls managed dominating wins of 62 and 81 coming in third was the other uxbridge team of skip andrew edwards scott redshaw stouffville skip leads uxbridge team to victory in little rocks curling event sports digest vice zac houston second aidan mccoy and lead danny wright they recorded 65 and 82 victories katherine brown coaches the young curlers at the uxbridge club mcwhinney uhl goalie of week stouffville spirit graduate dan mcwhinney was named united hockey league goaltender of the week tuesday the fort wayne komet netminder finished the week with a 300 record a 187 goals against average and a 935 save percentage he won on three straight nights last weekend defeating the port huron flags 52 rockford 43 and the muskegon fury 51 the 21yearold native of sault ste marie ont has won his last five deci sions and has a 930 record with a 287 gaa in 15 appearances this season mcwhinney graduated from the spirit last spring after two seasons with the provincial jr a hockey league club he led the spirit through five playoff rounds in 2006 to the north conference and northwest titles mcwhinneys only bad news of the weekend he was cut from the tv show making the cut last man standing on global saturday the reality series was taped last sum mer in british columbia atom ae clippers reach final the stouffville atom ae clippers advanced to the york simcoe league minor hockey finals after clinching their bestoffive semifinal series against orillia in four games monday with a 41 road win justin dube netted the hat trick while matt carrick added one paul hender son collected an assist patrick courts was solid in goal the clippers took the series opener march 16 with a 31 win at the stouffville arena carrick scored twice and dube once nathan kirkness and henderson each had one helper jordan clements handled netminding duties after orillia tied the series with a 42 home ice victory last saturday the clip pers regained the lead with a 40 win sunday in stouffville and set the stage for mondays finale henderson dube spencer tait and hunter davidson scored tait davidson mark gavrilov and jack porter assisted tournament weekend at arena the stouffville arena is a beehive of activity this weekend with the whitchurch stouffville minor hockey association hosting its novice novice ae minor atom minor atom ae and atom ae tournament the host clippers are fielding teams in the novice a novice ae minor atom a minor atom ae atom a and atom ae divisions the tourney opened yesterday games continue today and sunday the finals played on both ice pads run from 1235 to 630 pm admission is free winless last season tykes take us event daryl may remembers his stouffville clipper tyke select hockey players failing to win a game during the regular sea son as mites last year this season has been a totally different story for mays contingent of players aged seven and eight in york simcoe league piay the clippers finished fourth out of eight teams relegated to the consolation round of the playoffs after losing their firstround series the clippers eliminated markham and clarington and are in the bestoffive final against aurora butthafsnotall travelling to buffalo ny earlier this month for the pepsi hockey invitational the clippers skated off with the little nhl pacific select division crown they won 73 over the brampton battalion seconds in the final luke sear ignited the clippers attack in the finale with three goals while steele rodin added two goals vaughan mccusker one goal and two assists and connor may one goal one assist gerrit tiemersma austin meiliunas and rhys barker collected assists to reach the final the clippers defeated the buffalo regals 92 grimbsy super 7s 80 and brampton battalion 52 may the brother of veteran nhler brad may attributes the turnaround to several factors weve got a good group of kids to start with he saidits all about confidence and purring the kids in the right places right now any of our lines can be competitive other team members are adrian addante who recorded his second shutout of the season against grimsby defence- men camryn tait matthew hunt and timothy barker and forwards zachary roberts kyle kincaid jackson mistelbach- er chris gilmour kieran beaudoin and miller boothby may was assisted on the bench by steve mccuskeer and greg roberts brother of pittsburgh penguin gary roberts jay meiliunas is trainer and tamara meiliunas manager for the club sponsored by shoeless joes global pet foods and farmer jacks the clippers and aurora opened their consolation final series with a 11 tie wednesday the remainder of the series includes dates monday at the aurora community centre 6 pm wednesday in stouffville 610pm if required the series would return to aurora thursday at 6 pm and stouffville next saturday at 610 pm mikehayakawa know your consumer 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