Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 14 Mar 2009, p. 12

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The Stouffville peewee Clippers were forced to work overtime in the first game of their bestâ€"of-five or first-to-six-point Ontario Minor Hockey Association A final against host Oakville Wednesday. Unfortunately for the Clippets, they took an untimely penalty which Oakville capital- ized on with just under two minutes remain- ing in the 10-minute extra session and fell 3-2. ‘ Trailing 1-0 part way thro the first period, the Clippers rallied to tie e game on a goal bylusfin‘Dube. _ _ VAfter'Oakville scored the lone goal of the second period to ,xegain a 2-1 lead. the Clip- pers countered in the period on_a‘goal overtime. Mitchell Smith and Eric Zambri each earned assists The series will resume tonight at the Stouffville Arena at 7:30 pm. and return to Oakville March 20. Stouffville would host a fourth game, if necessary, March 22 at 5:10 pm. A fifth game, if required, would be played in Oakville March 24 at 7 pm. Should a sixth game be needed, Stoufville would play host March 29 at 8:10 pm. The winner will represent the OMHA at this year’s Ontario Hockey Federation cham- pionships. Mlnor peewee AEs In OMI-IA final In making their recent debut in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association semi- Smith to tie the _game and force finals against Aurora. the Stouffville minor peewee AB Clippers exhibited no signs of stagehight, _ In fact, the Clippers required just four games in their best-ofâ€"five or first-to-six- point series to dispose of Aurora. which cul- minated with a 5-3 road win last Thursday to gainaberthin'thefinalforme first time. v A balanced scoring attack paid dividends for the Clippers as five different players lit the red light including Taylor Peterson, Josh Carlin, Jackson Newlands, Tyler Moflatt and Ryan Daniels. ' Tfitan Thompson, Jason Mistelbach- er, Peterson, lake Espey and Mofiatt each earned one assist Trevor Beaudoin played a solid game in goal to help pnesgrve tpe _ _ The drew first blood in the series with a 3â€"1 road win over Aurora Feb. 24. Peterson, Daniels, Liam Tunewell, Thompson and Mistelbacher each drew assists. In that game, Lukas Burkholder, Espey and Peterson each scored once. After Aurora rallied to even the series with a 6-0 win in Stoufiville Feb. 28, the Clippers regained the upper hand in the series with a hard-fought 2-1 win in Stouffville March 3. SPORTS Mofiatt earned two assists while Espey and Nicholas Rabito each had one. Beaudoin handled netminding duties for the Clippers. I The Clippers will now face Oakville in the best-of-five or firstto-Sixâ€"point final, which began yesterday in Stoufl'ville. The series will resume Sunday in Oakville and return to Stoufl'ville March 20 at 7 pm. The fourth game would return to Oakville March 23 and a fifth game, March 25 in Stouffville. A sixth game would be played in Oakville Marth 28. Wereksavesbestforlast Ethan Werek scored his 29th goal of the season with .00 remaining in regulation time to force overtime and a subsequent shootout as the Kingston Frontenacs defeated the vis- iting Barrie Colts 4-3 in an Ontario Hockey League contest last Sunday. fiie 17-year-old Stoutfvilie-area resident and first-year forward with the Frontenacs scored the game-tying goal after teammate, Richmond Hill resident and off-season workout buddy Bobby Mignardi thought he deposited the equalizer with just 17 seconds remaining. ’ But viaeo evidence revealed Mignardi's stick to be above his shoulders when he made contact with the puck But the Frontenacs perservered and got the eventual equalizer from Werek. who has 29 goals and 27 assists in 56 regular season Thnewell scored both goals for the Clip- Eggxperts is located at 5812 Main Street ' and can be reached by calling 905-642-9983. games and is eligible for this year’s National Hockey League entry draft. Weiek played for the Stouflville Spirit, the Jr. A team co-owned by his father, Zeev Werek, last season. More honours for anton The honours keep pouring in for Henry Brunton. The Stouffville resident. who also serves as Royal Canadian Golf Association nation- al men's team coach and a golf instructor at Eagles Nest Golf Club in Thornhill, became the first Canadian to be named as one of the Top 50 Kids Teachers as chosen recently by US. Kids Golf. Golf professionals who focus much of their time and energy on developing young golfers are eligible for this award. The list was accumulated by nominaâ€" tions from golf professionals and others in the golf industry. The teachers are judged according to 16 criteria, including percentage of time devoted to kids programs, creativity, com- munication and efforts to grow the game. Creator of the Canadian Professional Golf Association’s Teaching and Coaching certification program and earning CPGA Master Professional status in 2008, Brunton was also the first Canadian instructor to be listed among GOLF Magazine's Top 100 teachers.

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