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Heavyweight battle ends in a draw for Siskins _ By Rick Campbell Round four ends in a draw. The two heavyweights of the Midwestern Ontario Junior B hockey league, the Stratford Cullitons and Waterloo Siskins, met head on for the fourth time this year at Waterloo Arena Saturday night. And for the second game in a row, they tied, this time 4â€"4. At different points in the game Saturday it looked like both teams would get the victory and the valâ€" uable two points. But they traded goals in the final minute to force the sawoff. "I have to be happy," said Waterloo coach Pete Brill after his debut beâ€" hind the bench. ‘"We haveâ€" n‘t played for a week and Stratford is probably in better condition, so we‘ll take the tie." Waterloo won the first meeting between the clubs 42 in Waterloo. Cullitons took the next contest 5â€"3 in Stratford and the teams tied 3â€"3 several weeks ago in the Festival city. at 18:58 of the third. Deâ€" fenceman â€" Pete Nichol dumped the puck into the Culliton end, Dahmer chasâ€" ed after it and chipped an accurate backhand past Terry Wickham in the Stratford net to give Waâ€" terloo a 4â€"3 lead. But with only 30 seconds left â€" Steve Johnston of Stratford took a low shot that Waterloo gaolie Don Beaupre failed to comâ€" pletely smother. Paul Dahmer appeared to give Waterloo the win Brian McGuiness raced in and jammed the puck inâ€" to the comner of the net as Beaupre grasped in vain. Waterloo _ started the game â€" like gangbusters, forechecking the Cullitons to death in their own end with a spirited attack. ‘‘That was our game plan, to forecheck them," said Brill. "The guys had a team meeting before the game and they knew whai they had to do. As you saw, they came within 35 secâ€" onds of doing it."‘ Siskins missed several good chances in the openâ€" ing minutes as Wickham came up with solid saves. Ironically despite Waterâ€" loo‘s momentum, it was Stratford that opened the scoring, at 8:44 when Paul Barton wheeled in the slot and blazed a shot past the outstretched Beaupre. Wally Baumgartner, who has slumped early in the season, played a sensationâ€" al game for Waterloo and scored two goals. "I had a talk with Wally, and told him how I wanted him to play," said Brill. ‘‘The way he used to play, and the way we know he‘s capable of playing. He showed us tonight he can do it." They were new lines for Siskin fans too. Holbrook was moved from right wing to center between Kevin Konings and Wilson. Mark Harris centered Joe Young and â€" Dahmer. _ Saunders pivoted Baumgartner and Bongo Price and Murray His first tied the score 1â€"1 at 10:21 of the first when he took a perfect pass from Dana Saunders across the crease and tipped the puck high past Wickham. At 16:27 Siskins caught Stratford napping while Waterloo was shorthanded. Mark Holbrook broke in two on one with Dale Wilâ€" son, fed the left winger a neat pass and Wilson made no mistake by beating Wickham along the ice to the stick side. Shortly into the second Baumgartner was credited with his second goal. He slapped a high shot that Wickham partially blocked but McGuiness, in attemptâ€" ing to clear the high reâ€" bound, inadvertantly batâ€" ted the puck into his own net. Stratford drew within one a 4:33 when Jim Benn scored on a powerplay and Stan Plocinik tied it at three at 8:29 when his shot from the side deflected over Beaupre. From that point until the final minute of the game it was strictly a goaltenders battle as the teams engagâ€" ed in endâ€"toâ€"end crowd pleasing hockey. While the Cullitons were reduced to 12 men due to an early injury to Dave Otâ€" to, Siskins had great depth as Brill opted to go with four lines. Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, December 21, 1977 â€" Page 15