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Agreed, for all the hungry lions ready to jump on their case, Siskins ‘‘choked‘"‘ in their attempt to take firstâ€" place honors away from Stratford Cullitons for the first time since the Stratâ€" ford club joined the league half a decade ago. BULLETIN Brad King‘s second goal of the night at 3:35 of a 10â€" minute suddenâ€"death overâ€" time period proved to be the game winner as Waterloo Siskins beat New Hamburg Hahns 75 Tuesday night. Siskins, who take a 1â€"0 lead in the bestâ€"ofâ€"five series into New Hamburg Friday, also got a pair of goals from Bob Hague and singles from Craig Frank, Grant Musselman and Jeff Clark in the final minute of Wins over Cambridge and Elmira Sunday would have insured Waterloo of first place and a chance to thumb their noses at their archâ€" rivals from the Festival City, but Shamrocks buried Waterloo behind a 6â€"2 deficit Thursday that the local club could not quite recover from. And since Stratford But ‘the ramifications of Cambridge Shamrocks 8â€"7 upset over Waterloo Siskins hardly qualify as sequel maâ€" terial to the Day the Earth Stood Still. By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor The score out of Hespeler Arena last Thursday sent immediate shock waves around the Midwestern Onâ€" tario Junior B. â€" CV ‘~0O ~AALLE eC _ hm 1e o i hi‘ o « ‘ "ade e h AL Q@hUiCQ.. worthy of your confidence. UW Athletes of the Week Siskins find no game a cinch funeral home and chapel 621 KING WEST â€" 745â€"9495 Convenient Parking, entering Wellington or King Street In a game where they should have burst out of the gate seeing red and ready to sink their teeth angrily into the Elmira club, Siskins played for almost two Siskins 9â€"5 win over Sugar Kings Sunday, combined with New Hamburg‘s win over Cambridge, settled the final playoff picture. Aside from missing out on the chance to calt themselâ€" ves league champions, the loss in Cambridge cost Sisâ€" kins little in the glamor end of things. But a situation has arisen that no doubt is causing a few sweaty palms around the Siskin scene and that is Waterloo could not come up with a devastating return to form against Elmira Sunâ€" day, despite tallying nine periods with an enthusiasm that should be bottled and sold to insomniacs. It was well past the halfway mark of the game before Waterloo drew into a 4â€"4 tie with the spirited Kings and even an early deluge of goals in the third period which carried Siskins to the oneâ€"sided verâ€" dict could not eliminate the consternation on the face of coach Jack Egers. had won Tuesday, all they there is no way we‘re going needed to clinch first was a towin tie against New Hamburg I give Cambridge full Friday â€" and that‘s all they Marks for their win Thursâ€" got. 1 4 ?y. th:i{_ guys l:_ut.led their "I tell you we‘re going to have to play a lot better than we have the past two games if we expect to go anywhere in the playoffs,"" he said folâ€" lowing Sunday‘s win. "If we‘re not going to work, Only in existence for six years, the UW team the past two years has been at or near the top of the league and heading into next weekend‘s championships at UW, the team is tied for first Malcolm Murray a tradition since 1925. Ratz~Bechtel ‘‘Every goal they ‘scored you could see them getting higher and higher. And when you (Siskins) are sitting in your dressing room after two periods knowing you have to score five times to win, it‘s tough. We have been able to come back seâ€" veral times, but maybe.two or three goals, there‘s a limit to how far down you can get." with Queen‘s. Individualâ€" ly Gayle has not lost a varsity match and won most in three straight and is touted to win her ranked positionâ€" at the finals this year. *"I give Cambridge full marks for their win Thursâ€" day, their guys hustled their buns off," said Egers. Egers said he was more worried by the spirit shown bfv Cambridge than his own club‘s effort as the game unâ€" Alpine skier Malcom Murray is the male athleâ€" te of the week. The former Canadian Juvenâ€" ile Slalom champion finâ€" ished third last week in the UW Invitational at Georgian Peaks, less than a, second behind former national team members. Shamrocks jumped into a 2â€"0 first period lead and upped it to 6â€"2 entering the third. But Siskins were plaâ€" gued by bad goals as they furiously attempted to get back into the game. Malcolm, who was always in the top five last year on the Molson Uniâ€" versity circuit, . also coaches the Division I racers at Kitchener‘s Chicopee Ski club. Especially noticeable were the hustling displays of Mike Coppolino and Roy Russell. Coppolino, the odd man out in many games this year, kept his mates alive "Goaltending was the difâ€" ference, definitely,""‘ said Egers. ‘‘*We allowed too many of what you might call ‘*suspect‘ goals. Each time we started a comeback, they‘d get another bad goal." » Although the overâ€"all efâ€" fort was tainted, Sunday‘s game did see several fine inâ€" dividual performances by the notâ€"asâ€"often heard from members of the Waterloo club. "*with the first two Waterloo goals of the game, while Russell had a pair in the third. Defenceman Eric Elmira‘s Brad Bain clutches hold of Siskin Brad Lund as he tries to break through the defense during Sunday‘s final regular season game. Siskins need a better effort in the playoffs than they showed in their last two games, says coach Jack Egers. Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, February 13, 1980 â€" Page 19 Calder, whose name is popâ€" ping up on the scoresheet more and more in recent games, also had a pair while defencemen Wilf Rellinger and Craig Frank and Brad King added the others. Dean Oberle had a pair for Kings.