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The facility, which is slated to open in December, will have four or five puck shooting lanes, 10-feet by 24-feet each. They will resemble sta- “We stumbled upon the world of synthetic ice and its many uses from skating shows in Las Vegas to hockey training facilities in the United States and Canada," Tamara said. “Our idea grew from many hours of research, meetings and discussions.” Their plans are to create a 10,000- square-foot practice facility in the Greenline Forest Products complex, on Hwy. 48 between Sam's Way and 19th Avenue, called The Hockey Lanes. The Pelowichs starting making plans for a centre where their son and other aspiring players could raise their games to the next level. There wasn’t much available, so theyigot busy. 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Temperature and refrigera- tion are not concerns with synthetic The Pelowichs hope local teams see their centre as an alternative to driving kilometres to other facilities, of the real or synthetic variety, espe- cially during the summer. “My husband, Kolya, decided that the puck shooting lane idea would be beneficial to players of all ages where shots can be practised on a level surface, as opposed to your driveway, with your skates on, using your regular ice stick,” she said. “The idea isn't new. But the convenience of having dedicated individual lanes for practicing is something we wanted to incorpo- rate in our concept." tions at a golf driving range, Mrs. Pelowich says. > For more information, log on to: www.thehockeylanes.com [Reshape the way you Vlew cellullte Many people « teens and adults, men, women and adolescents â€" struggle with acne. The results of this struggle are low self-esteem, low confidence and a feeling of unattractiveness. 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Full programs are slated to begin in early January. “A skating treadmill and puck drill area will complement our mis- sion to correct and add power to your skating stride," Mrs. Pelowich said. “An offâ€" ice stretch and strength area as well as board rooms, dressâ€" ing rooms and a pro-shop will com- plete the complex." Besides individual shooting sta- tions, the facility will include a 40- foot by 80-foot training rink, weekly classes and team training. ice which affords its users realistic training while on skates." Call 905-640-0092 today to make an appointment for your free initial consultation. In a first period that saw several momentum swings, the Spirit held the upper hand on three differ- ent occasions only to see the Cou- gars respond to tie the game at 3-3 “I thought if we stayed out of penalty trouble we would have won the game. Our guys have to learn we can’t take penalties.” loslin, apparently, wasn't taken seriously as the Cougars erupted with three second-period powerâ€" play goals, including two by Iobb, en route to a 6-5 win. NINE STRAIGHT MINORS “l preached for 10 minutes before the game that we had to play with discipline. During the game, we got nine penalties in a row between the first and sec- ond periods and we give up three power play goals," Ioslin said. Especially since the Spirit are among the league leaders in pen- alty minutes and the Cougars have one of the top power-play scorers in Patrick lobb. In his pre-game speech ’Ihurs- day, Stouffville Spirit general man- ager and head coach Mark Joslin warned his troops they had to be disciplined in their Ontario Junior Hockey League game against the visiting Cobourg Cougars. 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LAST PLACE The Spirit mounted a come- back in the third period as Jason Heydon scored a power-play goal and Dustin Laren lit the red light at the 17:46-mark to cut the deficit to 6-5. But that would be as close as the Spirit would get. through 20 minutes. Matt Viola scored twice for the Spirit and Myles Gomes once. When the Cougars tied the game at 2-2, loslin pulled starting netminder Michael D’Angelo in favour of Kori (loelho. It cIicks home Mike Hayakawa (h com ?()()8