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MST WEEK: Saturday: Stouflville Spirit 4 vs Undsay Muskies 2. Sunday: Toronto Junior Canadians 5 vs. Spirit 4, OT. Spirit record: 15-12-2-1-33. sec- ond place in North Division, Ontario Junior Hockey League. comm UP: Saturday vs. Pickering Panthers at Stouflville Arena, 7:30 pm. Sunday at North York Rangers, 3 pm. GAME NOTES: The Stoufiville Spirit have been taking care of business at the Stouflville Arena. What the Ontario Junior Hockey League club has to do now if they hope to remain in the upper echelon of the North Division standings is to find a way to do the same when they’re on the road. in the club‘s last four road outings, including a 5â€"4 overtime loss to the Toronto Junior Cana- diens Sunday, the Spirit have come close only to be denied a win. In that contest, the Spirit dug themselves into a hole when Toronto got goals from former Stouflville defenceman Ryan Kniss on the power playvarid Justin Maiolino on their first four shots on rookie netrninder Aaron Taylor just prior to the midway mark of the first period. But before the period concluded. the Spirit battled back to tie the game on goals by Chad Burrows and Brodie Tut» ton on the power play. The Spirit carried that late momentum into the second period and took the lead on a goal by Nathan Hudgin. But Toronto battled back to tie the game entering the second intermission on a goal by Anthony Repaci. The Spirit regained the upper hand just over three minutes into the third period on a goal by Colton Sansom. Toronto. however, countered with a goal by Sal Filice just past the midway mark to set the stage for overtime where Aaron Spivak deposhed the game-winning marker at the 1:53-mark of the extra five-minute session. Salvaging one point from the contest, the Spirit outshot Toronto 31-2 7. The Spirit entered the game on a positive note after they doubled the count on the visiting Lindsay Muskies 4-2 Saturday. Chad Burrows netted a pair of Spirit goals in the second period. Playing an instrumental role in the Spirit win was their special teams play in the opening period as defenceman Michael Giacometti opened the scoring wrth a power~play goal just under three minutes after the opening face-off. After the Muskies tied the game on a goal by Stuart Fierheller, the Spirit got a Shorthanded goal from Joseph Deveny to regain the upper hand entering the first intermission. Burrows then gave the Spirit a 31 lead with a goal early in the second penod and delivered his second of the game late in the stanza. The Muskies cut into the deficit just past the midway mark of the third penod With a power play goal by James Allen but could get no closer. Defeating Lindsay f0r the second time in as many outings this season, the Spirit held a 41-39 edge in shots on goal. lNSlDER: Nick Thomakos continues to lead the Spirit in scoring with 12 goals and 20 assists in 28 games while Tutton is second with 12 goals and 17 assists and Deveny is third with 15 goals and 11 assists. Spencer Rob- erts was a scratch from Sunday's game and will miss one more due to an instigator penalty he incurred during the third period of Saturday's tilt against Lindsay. Former Spirit forward Drake Cagglula Drake Caggiuila's performance on the ice with the University of North Dakota men's hockey team during the month of November drew plenty of attention. Especially from those who select the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's Player of the Month as the former Stouffville Spirit forward was bestowed with that honour for November. the conference announced last week. Currently in his junior year at the University of North Dakota, the 20â€"year~'old Caggiula led all National Collegiate Hockey Conference olavers in scorian in November. During that time frame. he JR. A NOTEBOOK Spirit wants to take home play on road reached the scoresheet in eight of nine November games and finished the month with six goals and seven assists. Former Spint defenceman Brennan Servrlle collected three assrsts in the Unrversrty of Michigan's 8~3 pasting of The Ohio State University Buckeyes in Ann Arbdr. Mich. Fnday. Currently in his senior year and a draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets in the 2011 National Hockey League entry draft. the 21year old Serville has four assrsts in 10 games wrth the Wotven‘nes. Stouffville resident and former Spint forward Chris Porter had one assrst in American International College's 44 tie against host Camsrus College in Buffalo Saturday. The junior forward and assistant captain IS fourth in the club's scoring with one goal and nine helpers in 15 games. Former Spirit forward Matt Neal had one helper in each of Rensselaer Polytechnical Institutes weekend contests that results in a 5â€"2 road loss to Yale Univer srty Friday and a 4-2 setback against Brown University Saturday. GENERALLY SPEAKING: “We played good enough to win." said Spirit head coach Jeff Pernn after Sunday's heartbreaking overtime loss. “But we got one point and to get three out of four on the weekend was good.” While pleased in the club‘s ability to bounce back from a two-goal deficit in the opening period from Sunday's tilt. Pem'n said it's now a matter of finding a way to close out games when they are on the road. “Maybe it's panic,” he speculated of his club's inability to win the close games on the road. "Once we figure that out or win a couple of those games... "They‘ve been a hot and cold team. but they're quick and they work hrml‘ Perrin said. In recording his first twoâ€"goal game of the season. Burrows tools the (‘llill is definitely making inroads. To that. the thudyear lorward was llillltk to credit the chemistry that now encompasses the team ‘There's a lot more confidence this year; everyone gets along.“ Sdld Bur rows. as Taylor Swift's Shake It Off blasted from the dlt‘SSIllg room after Saturday's win. ‘lt's been a lot more fun." “There aren‘t as many individual efforts as there were below.“ - Michael Hayakawa With files from [Ill] Mason 'Right now we know we can get better and that's what we‘re stnvmg for every day.‘ In rocking ahead to their upcoming schedukx that rncludes a home game agarnst North Drvrsion nvar Pickenng Panthers Saturday. Pernn sand It represents another bug opportunity for hrs club to put add some breathmg space between them and a team that's heprng to overtake them m the standings. “We've got to keep them below us. It‘s a bug game that w0u|d ennhte us to separate us from them.” Next wilt be a road game agamst the North Yont Ranger‘s. a team they have not yet faced thrs season. STA" PHOYO/SYEVE SOMERVIHE Tyson Bruce of the Stouffville Spirit tries to cut between two Lindsay Muskies dur- ing the Spirit’s 4-2 win at the Stouffvillc Arena Satur- day. The Spirit hosts Pickerâ€" ing, coached by cxâ€"NHLcr Paul Cutie)" this Saturday at 7:30 p.111. 41