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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 4 Mar 1981, p. 16

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Take it from Jack Egers, a man who in the past year has experienced both the ecstacy of victory and â€" especially last night â€" the agony of defeat behind the bench as coach of Waâ€" terloo Siskins. Siskins, the defending Midwestern Junior B champions, were rudely shunted to the discard heap by the upstart Kitchener Ranger Bs last night at the Aud when Rangers won 5â€"4 to take their semiâ€"final three games to one. _ _ But while, as Egers himself stated, a thousand scenarios could be written about the Cinderella Rangers club of coach John Baker, the Kitchener victory in the series boiled down to one simple fact. The game of hockey, despite its surface complexities, is acâ€" tually a very simple sport. ‘‘There‘s no secret to the game of hockey, Kitchener played better than us and deserved to win,"‘ said the disappointed but philosophical Waterloo bench boss. "I told the guys in the dressing room before the game the team that wanted it more would win, and once again Kitchener came out and proved they wanted it more. They got the breaks early, they outskatâ€" ed us, outchecked us, outhustled us â€" and that‘s how to win hockey games." Despite finishing neckâ€"andâ€"neck with Stratford at the top of the Midwestern heap during the reguilar season, Siskins were running into no slouches in Rangers, who won 11 of their last PAGE 186 ne Moeser of Waterico hunts a rebound. Kitchener Ranger B goalie Brad Murray makes a big pad save on Siskins Sunday. Murray made the difference in Rangers 4â€" 2 win as Siskins outshot Kitchener 41â€"18. Fending Waâ€" terloo‘s Fred McEachnie (8) off is Arnie Bronson while Duanâ€" â€" WA TE RLQOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 The puck stops here __ RICK CAMPBELL Siskins: see you in September Across the other side of the arena, the overjoyed Baker talked about the series win as his "biggest thrill"‘ of his brief coaching career. That‘s all the spunky Blueshirts needed. They continued to jump on Siskins right off the bat Tuesday, grabbed an early 2â€" 0 lead, then hung on despite a sporadic lateâ€"game assault from Waterloo to ice the game, the series, and a slot in the finals against Stratford, with that series beginning Friday. Don McLaren, Mike Ertel, Steve Dunn, Scott Stevens and Larry Bower with the eventual winner in the third scored for Kitchener Tuesday while Fred McEachnie with two, Paul Berberich and Brian Kehoe tallied for Waterloo. ‘‘*Hey, Siskins have been beating Kitchener with regularity over the years, it‘s a big moment for them (Rangers) tonight, they deserve a lot of credit for the way, they played," said Egers. "I‘ll tell you, those guys are going to give Stratford a tough time in the finals." . 12 games during the season before bouncing a good Owen Sound club in four quarter final games. After knocking off New Hamburg Hahns in the minimum number of games, Siskins got off on the right foot against Rangers with a 3â€"2 victory in game one in Waterloo. But, aided by Siskins enigmatic apathy, Bs rebounded to win game two 5â€"3 in Kitchener Wednesday, then took the series biggeee 4â€"2 in Waterloo Sunday night before 1,500 fans. ‘‘Same thing as here (against Waterloo) we‘ve got nothing to lose," said Baker. ‘"Sure we‘re going to have to do some things, neutralize guys like (Dave) Randerson, but don‘t forâ€" get, we had three guys in the top 10 scoring â€" how many did Stratford have? We also had 10â€"11 guys with over 30 points. So who‘s going to have to stop who?" Good question. One which Siskins obviously didn‘t ponder a week ago. The Rangerâ€"Stratford final should be a dilly, as Rangers have shown over the regular season they can hold their own with Jack Naim‘s classy club. ‘‘These kids just have so much heart, and they‘ve just been executing like crazy the past two months. And that is with 13 rookies in the lineup who have never played B hockey beâ€" fore." It couldn‘t help but be a heartwarming milestone for the 28â€" yearâ€"old grad of WLU, who overcame unbelievable turmoil in the early stages of this season to make believers first of his players who had sentiments to an earlier regime, the orâ€" ganization, and now the fans, who are jumping on Kitchener‘s bandwagon faster than it takes to pump a dollars‘ worth of gas. *‘*For sure this is my biggest thrill, if you had told me at the beginning of the year we‘d be playing Waterloo now I‘d have told you â€" sure we‘ll give it our best shot. Mahler‘s Hairâ€"a monium 886â€"7520 WESTMOUNT PLACE (BEHIND DOMINION) Hairstyling Limited

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