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Stouffville Sun-Tribune | Thursday, December 1, 2016 | 32 sports Struggling Spirit drop fifth straight John Cudmore jcudmore@yrmg.com Stouffville to 1-0 and 2-1 period leads against Markham. The Royals forced overtime in the final minute of the third period and won the game on Laine McKay's tally 82 seconds into extra time. The Skinny: Stouffville has lost five straight games and managed just one of a possible 10 points in that period to fall four points behind the North Division-leading Markham Royals. The Spirit enters the week sitting one point behind Kingston Voyageurs for sixth seed overall in the North-East Conference and two back of fifth-place Wellington Dukes. Goaltender Hunter Jones and defenceman Kyle Thomas are among 40 players attending the final selection camp to be held Dec. 3 to 7 for Team Canada East. The squad will compete at the World Junior A Challenge to be held Dec. 11 to 17 in Bonnyville, Alberta. The Spirit acquired Connor Rider from the Markham Royals in exchange for Justin Bennett in a swap of forwards last week. Record: 14-8-1-2 2nd in North Division, 7th seed in North-East Conference. Log on to yorkregion. com for more Spirit news and updates. York Region Santa Fund If you would like to become one of Santa's special elves and help a family in need during this holiday season please contact, Courtney Atherton at 905-943-2452 or email her at catherton@yrmg.com Last Week: Saturday - Lost 4-3 vs. Kingston Voyageurs Friday - Lost 3-2 (OT) at Markham Royals. Coming Up: Saturday vs. Whitby Fury, Stouffville Arena, 7:30 p.m. Game Notes: Kingston built a 4-0 lead by the 24-minute mark and held off a Spirit comeback bid that included second-period power play goals by Andrew Hughes and Brett McInall. Joseph Teofilo netted a third-period goal to close out the scoring. Goals by McInall and James Waldron staked Time to let it go? cut the clutter. Scaring off dates? Discover where you can get rid of unwanted stuff using the Bindicator, a helpful online search tool. Visit york.ca/Bindicator to find out where it goes. To see the whole story watch our Bindicator videos at youtube.com/YorkRegionGovt For more information visit york.ca/waste or call 1-866-665-6752 at Swan Lake yorkregion.com Sign up for our newsletter yorkregion.com/newsletter