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By an Campbell CW - Edttor Waterloo satin coach Jack Egers revealed Sunday night what he wants tor Christmas, A great big. fat lead in a hockey game - that won't disappear Stskins won their fourth game In a row Sunday by beating back Kitchener Ranger BS 6-4 at Waterloo Arena to im- rsh the first half of the Midwestern Junior B season In first place with a fashionable "3-4-1 record Their lead over second place Stratford In- creased to five points when Listowel Cyclones found the range four times in upsetting Cull" tons 4-3 Sunday. But de- spite the relative pro- sperity Waterloo seems to be enjoying. there is still the odd negative factor detracting from their over-all perfor- mance, "Of course Um pleased with our won- loss record, who wouldn't be after losing 11 players last year," said Egers. “But we've got a long way _to go yet. we've got to play a lot better than we are now if we plan to get out of t?tSrfM5%Eretmtae'me?rr. 'RMrT'tlp,, 13:"! Siskins According to Egers, the two main things grating at his nerves occur at either end of the rink, in the offensive zone his attackers Lack the "killer instinct". and defensively. have th'e bad habit of playing solidly for most of a period only to ruin their efforts with careless gi- veaways (go further tttant this league" - "You still get the Im- pression that they (Sis- Kitts) are only playing as well as they have to. wm." sand Egers of his club which has won all four of their recent' games by two goals when conceivably the spread could have been much higher, "Maybe it's unfair to compare this club to last year's at this point. but last year when we got a three or four goal lead. the guys would just want to take it to the other team that much more, This year. they get a lead and sit on it until the other team comes back. ICs nice to be able to win all these games, but it sure would feel nice once in a while to get a big lead and not have to worry about the It looked like Siskins were about to turn in one of their best defensive showings of the season against the BS, as Wa- terloo had them 5-1 early in the third. But then a rash of penalties, and the resulting mix-ups of lines finally took its toll The game featured the debut of yet another goa- lie for Waterloo, this time Tim McCullough. a London lad given per- mission to sign with Sis- kins since he did not fi- gure largely in Dia- monds playing plans this -i'iikir B controls od Other Waterloo goals went to Todd Loveday, Fred McEachnie and Brad King, who tossed in four assists to boot as he continues to dazzle with his outstanding team contributions, King set up the prettiest goal of the night in the second when he fed a centre ice pass to McEachme slipping in behind the defence, Friday against Owen sound. Siskins watched a 6-4 lead evaporate In the third before rescuing the win in the Cmal three minutes, Bender had three goals for Waterloo with singles going to Ber- berich, King, Mike Cop- polino. Todd Sheridan and Jack McSorley.