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@©| Happy days are here again! tonight‘s game but ironically it can work the opposite way. . The constant buzzing of players like Jeff Bender. Grant s« And that shauld moan we on inta the nlavailts na 3 said Siskin coach Jack Egers Musselman. Price ar%d C;mbbell paid off early for Waâ€" fi?r:e:ofenq that should mean we go into the playslfs on a *We came out flat and didn‘t think we had to work to win. terioo. Dale Wilson slapped Musselman‘s centering pass € There were only about two of our guys hitting in the first past Sweazy at 3:07 and Bender duplicated the play two _ Notes: Musselman earned four assists to give him seven period and when that happens. New Hamburg skates all minutes later after some excellent spadework behind the points in his last two games. . Siskins outshot Hahns 53â€"35 over the ice against you. net by Price. Then 38 seconds later Frank‘s point shot went with 22 howitzers coming in the third...Stratford took out its That the visitors did. but thanks to sparkling saves by Waâ€" â€" off a New Hamburg player into the net to bring the teams to vengeance on Elmira Sunday. winning 10â€"2 to virtually terloo goalie Dave Barrett on Al Gooding and Dean Bell. evyen terms clinch first place o 0 EY HASIHRLILIKRLR LN OR RN ANRE LRA NAAA ENY NNOYEY O Sssc x x Ks x uy Ca vs Ex V a i asa €e KA KURACQC€HKA e8 8 Aa 88 s 8@ ka 0« e8s t8 s t1 44 1221 + v.v,lj', Waterloo Siskin forward Al Boileau (14) raises his stick in jubilation after Dale Wilson (captain) fired Siskins third goal past John Sweazey in the New Hamâ€" burg goal. Siskins launched a tremendous comeback late in the second period But the gales of laughter were coming from the Siskin dressing room at game‘s end as the home team potted two late secondâ€"period goals and then staged an allâ€"out assault on the New Hamburg goal in the third which netted them four markers including the gameâ€"winner by Dana Saunders ith only 1:43 remaining. rThe unexpected victory came on the heels of Siskins bigâ€" gest upset of the year Friday night in Stratford, where Waâ€" terloo hit for five secondâ€"period goals and then hung on to hand the Cullitons a 6â€"5 defeat, only their fourth of the seaâ€" son The expression he who laughs last laughs best must be acâ€" curate. You see, New Hamburg Hahn players and fans alike must have been chuckling Sunday when they took a 5â€"0 lead over Waterloo Siskins with only five minutes left in the second period. The two wins give Waterloo a 19â€"18â€"2 mark heading into last night‘s game in Owen Sound. Siskins are four points ahead of New Hamburg and play the Hahns at home Saturâ€" day before closing out their schedule at home Sunday against Hespeler _‘"After beating Stratford we should have been high for tonight‘s game but ironically it can work the opposite way . said Siskin coach Jack Egers *We came out flat and didn‘t think we had to work to win. There were only about two of our guys hitting in the first period and when that happens. New Hamburg skates all over the ice against you. By Rick Campbell Chronicle Staff Writer But in the second New Hamburg jumped all over Waterloo early and pulled way ahead on goals by Jeff Brick, Rick Cressman, Terry Becker and Dale Hillar. o _ Hahns had only a 1â€"0 lead to take into the second. Mitch Latham scored the goal on a closeâ€"in scramble. |____ _ After Hillar‘s marker Egers yanked Barrett in favor of Ed Takamatsu in an attempt to turn things around and in hindsight it proved to be an excellent move. | _ At 17:20 Brad Schnurr converted his own rebound and two minutes later newcomer Pat Campbell jammed in Bongo Price‘s pass from across the crease. _ s Siskins almost scored again before the period ended and there was no doubt they had the momentum heading into the third. ‘"When their goalie (John Sweazy) had a shutout going. you‘re sometimes convinced you can‘t score against the guy. But he (Sweazy) got rattled and we just went out and played in the third the way we ended the second."" said Egers. Poor Sweazy must have thought he was at Custer‘s last stand early in the third as Waterloo exerted powerplayâ€"type pressure for almost 10 minutes. _ _ Do "I threw Craig Frank back on defence and told him if he got the opportunity to go with it." said Egers. ‘"He‘s like another forward and we just flooded their end and stood right up at the blueline. and early in the third to beat Hahns 6â€"5. Dana Saunders scored the winning goal with a minute and a half remaining. ~ Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, February 7, 1979 â€" Page 11 CHRONICLE SPORTSâ€"LINE ‘‘That game was certainly more important than the Stratâ€" ford win as far as clinching a playoff spot is concerned.," said Egers. In the Festival City Takamatsu was outstanding in the first period as the teams were deadlocked 0â€"0. We just played an excellent 60 minutes with 110 percent from everyone."" said Egers. "We‘ve really shored up some aspects of our game recently. "I don‘t anticipate a loss in any of our three remaining games and that should mean we go into the playoffs on a high note. But Saunders remembered that thievery and at 18:17 he broke around a New Hamburg defenceman, went in on the right side, faked to the center and cut back to tuck the puck behind Sweazy on the short side, sending 400 or so fans home happy. The game appeared headed for a sawâ€"off as Sweazy recoâ€" vered his composure and made three or four dazzling saves, including a slotâ€"shot block off Dana Saunders. Stratford opened the scoring in the second but Siskins rallied with three of their own and led 5â€"2 heading into the third. Bender notched the winner at the fiveâ€"minute mark and although Cullitons came back with three, Waterloo held on and even took the play to the home squad in the last few minutes. Other Waterloo goals went to Steve Graf. Musselâ€" man. Schnurr. Saunders and Ted O‘Connor.