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stouffville suntribune thursday march 29 2007 1 7 stouffville suntribune jhs staff photosteve somerville puck pugilists stouffvilles mitch buder in black jersey goes up against a unionville jets player in novice ae action at elgin barrow arena in richmond hill part of the stouffville clipper minor hockey tournament stouffville rebounded from a 30 deficit to tie the game in the final two minutes of play see page 1 8 for the story ken burrows had a feeling the writing was on the wall the question regarding the status of the stouffville spirits general manager and a member of the club for 1 1 seasons was when for the 40yearold burrows his tenure with the provincial junior a hock ey league club ended sunday after he was informed by spirit coowner dave laren his services were no longer required beginning as a scout before moving up to assistant general manager and eventually general manager burrows departure came on the heels of the club not renewing head coach dan wests contract last tuesday burrows noted his dismissal was not tied to what happened to west rather he said it evolved over the past five years during that time burrows revealed he had philosophical differ ences with laren who owns the spirit with zeev werek i wasnt surprised at all i dont think dave wanted me there from day one burrows speculated he gave me no reason why i was let go other than that we couldnt work together he laren said right to my face that we didnt get along and i agreed i think its time to move on burrows said he had plenty of fond memories that made him proud to be associated with the spirit among those included the clubs cin derellalike run to the league final in 2006 after upsetting the heavily favoured aurora tigers for the north conference tide and oakville blades for the north west conference crown another took place in the 19992000 season when the fifthplace spirit defeat- ed the firstplace newmarket hurricanes in the north conference semifinal in six games as well burrows said he was glad to be associated with players such as kevin jar- man and mike sullivan who were draft ed by the national hockey league ive met a lot of great people during my time with the team he said as for what his future burrows said he hasnt given it much thought while laren was quick to point out ken burrows i wasnt surprised at all after let being go by junior a hockey club burrows did a commendable job he thought the problem stemmed from a lack of communication within the ranks during the year we brought in a head scout and other people we thought ken could work with but i think it was hard on him and he didntthink we need ed them to be a successful organization you need more than one body laren said a general manager has to allow other people to succeed in their roles thats where the breakdown was maybe if we had communicated better laren and werek remain hopeful that down the road burrows might resurface with the club kenny was a terrific guy who had done a lot for the team hes been in this community stouffville his whole life and is respected by the hockey commu nity we still hold him in high esteem werek said the search for a new coach and gen eral manager is underway werek hinted when a new head coach is chosen an associate coach will also be selected and possibly be given the title of general manager or assistant general manager on a separate note longtime director jim mason announced his resignation mason had been associated with the spirit for 10 years for more on the spirit check out www stouftvillespiritcom wide selection of new used golf carts s3ss m p7w5st bennett golf cars is an authorized ezgo golf car dealer we sell and service new and used customized ljil golf cars and utility vehicles mm ljsluitsilf i mew carts and a complete line of accessories in our large showroom 4 paisley lane stouffville 18665522787 wwwbennettgolffcaisca bennett mondayfriday 8am5pm saturday 9am2pm a textron company