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f SPORTS: Stouffville pro prospects meet in OHL playoffs BY JIM MASON jmason@yrmg.com KINGSTON â€" Even their names rhyme. Sam Garrick and Ethan Werek are on opposite sides in Ontario Hockey League playofis, but they have a lot residents got their first taste of the game in the Whitchurch-Stoufiville Minor Hockey Association. They played on the youngest of Clipper A-level rep teams as six-year-olds before advancing through the AAA ranks, the highest level of minor hockey in North America. Both played in the Greater Toronto Hockey League. SECOND-HALF IMPRWEMEN! Born one year apart, they were firstâ€"round draft picks of OH]. teams, Werek to the Kingston Frontenacs in 2007 and Garrick to the Brampton Battalion a year later. The teams are meeting in a first-round playofi series. av .deifference? Werek was selected in last yean’s NHL draft. in the second round by the New Yogk Rgpgers. wan, ul ulw WWII“ -v..-_ .) v.7- Garrick, 18, is projected as a third or fourthjround pick in yeafo in Angeles this June I I, , J_A-J " nn:A Dram“, rw“ -- ---~:"â€"â€"â€" ., “There’s no doubt Sam will be drafted," said Brampâ€" ton head coach and director of hockey operations Stan Butler after his team's 4-2 win here Friday. “It's just a matter of when and his playoffs will determine that." Illul§V| u. uu..--- â€"-._ ____ r ,,1 “He had a very good second half to the season and that’s very important in your draft year." He finished with 42 points in 66 games, second highest on the Battalion. Carrick has talked to veteran teammates Cody Hodgson (Vancouver) and Matt Clark (Anaheim) Just Married! “I try to keep it out of my mind and concentrate on each game, but it’s always there,” Garrick said. “Clark said you can’t think about it or you'll screw up. ‘Work hard, play your game’ was his advice." It!,,.. _._ :_-â€"=‘n about playing through qne'S Year- Favourite team? 5 “rum-w "â€"â€"_. On Friday night here, he had an assist, came close to a goal of his owned and played on the top power- play unit with Hodgson, last year‘s national player of the year. His parents, lane and )ohn Garrick, were in the stands at the spectacular K-Rock Centre. lieâ€"gâ€"(fia goal Sfinday and was a plus-2 as Brampton opened aAZâ€"Opd in_th¢ best-of-seven. 7 A_.__. L- ALA LnJ‘n' valm â€" â€" â€" -vw" Garrick will needrat least one trip to the barber before draft day The Battalion players took the scissors into their own hands in a bout of post-season team bonding. " ’ ‘ Lâ€"â€" _ Aamk: LIV-- Uuk-e-Umany of his teammates, Carrick has a combi- nation mullet and pony tail. FOUR BRUIHERS IN Ol'll 0R MA The Carrick clan is the Stoufiville version of the Sta- als, with four sons playing high-level amateur hockey. Sam's older brother lake is also in the ()HL. with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds: A--- I p. ibafigfirame; "Item is in his OHL draft year with the Markham Majors AAA minor midgets. Young- est brother iosh also plays at the AAA level. with the Toronto Red Wings minor bantams.