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If that wasn't enough; two Clip- pers teams also skated 03 with York-Simone championships. The Clippers minor peewees feated Aurora Tuesday to win eir final in three Straight games. The Clippers midgets claimed their York-Simcoe title, beating the Markham Waxers at Markham Centennial arena Monday. 7 Mike Humphreys, outgoing Whitchurch-Stouffville Minor Hockey Association president, was elated with the most successful season he’s been a part of. A third team, the Clippers, is playing Unionville in the York Simcoe final. “It’s pretty exciting. This year we had 13 of our 19 rep teams reach the OMHA or York Simooe semi- finals," he said. “That’s close to 60 per cent of our .teams that were still alive at that point. That’s pretty impressive." Whythisyear? “We've worked hard on our communication within the organi- zation and use TOtal Hockey Skills for our training and even power skating. That’s helped us. Especially with our younger teams," said Mr. Humphreys, who coached an AB team this season. “Giving informaâ€" tion to our coaches so they can communicate better and work together. Our success comes from that,” he said. A hot stove club for coaches featured guest speakers, includ- ing Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach Keith Acton, sharing tips. Mr. Acton, who won a Stanley Cup dur- mganNmmrofmoréman 1,000 games, is a Stouffville resident and a graduate of the association. Huinphreys is optimistic bigger and better things are in store for the METROW‘D 57"" MTM‘Z'ERO VERTOLL' Stouflville’s peewee AE (additional entry) Clippers enjoy their Ontario Minor Stouffville’s peew‘ee A Clippers and fans celebrate their OMHA championship in Oakville Wednesday. Hockey Association trophy after a 6â€"0 win in Milton Wednesday night. Parade being mapped for OMHA hockey champs HELP FOR COACHES From pay 1. association with new training facil- ities at the privately owned Hock- eyLanes onHwy.‘48andthenelN double pad arena near Stoufl'ville Distn’ct Secondary School, which will open in early 2010. In the peewee A final, the Clip- pers held leads of 2â€"0 and 3-1, but Oakville fought back in front of a big crowd, including a large Stoufiville contingent. Evan Smith, iustin Dube and Cody Femia scored for the Clip- Also playing a key role was goal- tender Iake Murray. ' Serving as an assistant coach with the team last year, Lombardo felt this year's championship was more difficult to attain. “Our kids have something you can’t teach them -â€" they refuse to lose, they never say never," he said. For most of thé players. it's the second straight year they've won an OMHA title. “He played unbelievable, he made some timely stops," Clippers head coach Joe Lombardo said. In analyzing his club's victory, Lombardo was quick to credit his, players. “It certainly is dificult to defend the title since other teams are gun- ning for you and they add a few new players/he said. “The first title was hard to win, this one was even harder." The Clippers will represent the OMHA in the Ontario Hockey Fed- eration A tournament during the Easter weekend in Sturgeon Falls. Other teams will include Port Credit from the Greater Toronto Hockey League, Woodstock from the Alliance, Tuniskaming from the Northern Ontario Hockey Associa- tion and host West Nipissing. In the peewee AE finale, the Clippers set the tone in the first period when Mark Gavrilov scored T0 OHFS IN STURGEON FALLS Justin Dube celebrates his goal for the Stoufl'ville Clippers in the deciding game of the OMHA peewee A diampiâ€" onship series in Oakville Wednesday. Stoufi'ville won 3â€"2 to advance to the Ontario Hockey Federation tourney. the first of his two goals on a short- handed efl‘ort. David Maikawa also deposited two goals while singles came from Matt Armstrong and Austin Peddle. lack Porter had three assists while Peddle, Jesse McSwiggan, Spencer Tait, Sam Miller, Hunter Davidson and Taylor Peterson each had one. Also making a big contribution was netminder Alex McKenzie and strong defensive work from forward Paul Henderson. “Wednesday was truly a team win,” Clippers head coach Chris Miller said. “It was a great effort by all, great attitude and focus by all." AETEAM HAD INCEN'I'WE The victory by the Clippers atoned for a heartbreaking 4-3 over- time loss at the Stouffville Arena Thesday that evened the series at two games apiece and set the stage for the dramatic fifth and deciding game. ‘ Miller felt that setback gave his group of lZ-year-olds added incenâ€" tive. “The boys were disappointed about the loss on Tuesday. It was a good game and exciting. But the loss left them upset and we (coach- ing staff) told them to forget about it and move on. We used those feelings to focus on Wednesday’s game,” he said. It was the end of a nice run. “We wouldn’t have guessed this kind of success at the start of the year. But the kids progressed so quickly over the year that we started to feel something good was going to happen," he said. Jack Porter had three assists while Peddle, Jesse McSwiggan, Spencer Tait, Sam Miller, Hunter Davidson and Taylor Peterson each had one. Also making a big contribution was netminder Alex McKenzie and strong defensive work from forward Paul Henderson. METROLAND STAFF PHOTO/RIZIERO VERTOLLI SUBMITTED PHOTO