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Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff Waterloo Siskins had to play three games with one foot in the grave to do it, but they finally buried Kitchener Ranger B‘s Sunday night at the Waterloo arena. Siskins were nearly given up for dead in the fifth game of the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League semiâ€"final series last Wednesday when they were down 3â€"1 in games and the score was 4â€"2 for Ranger B‘s late in the third period. But Jeff Sittler scored with 28 seconds remaining, about twoâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half minutes after Steve Aebersold had made it 4â€"3, and Siskins came back to life to win 6â€"4 in overtime. Never looking back, Siskins continued with a 6â€"4 win Friday at Grand River arena to tie the series at 3â€"3, then won 5â€"4 in overtime on Sunday. All told, five of the seven games went into overtime. The win left Siskins elated while Ranger B‘s were left to mourn the chances that slipped away. â€" o _ "If somebody could write a book to tell people the right thing to say at funerals and things like this to make people feel better he‘d make a million," said Jim Jenks, Ranger B‘s disappointed coach. Greg Munroe, never before known as a goal scorer, sparked Siskins‘ win with his first threeâ€"goal game. Scott McCulloch also scored for Waterloo and Roger Carlaw netted the winner on a rebound at 6: 12 of the 10â€"minute overtime period. Munroe, who had 23 goals with the Waterloo midgets last season, said he didn‘t get as much ice time as a midget as he gets now. "I‘d like to thank coach (Ross) Yantzi for a chance to prove myself," said Munroe. Siskins‘ Wayne Barnard (7) tries to get at a rebound in front of Kitchener Ranger B‘s goal Brad Martin while a teammate watches from the other side of the net during playoff hockey action last Wednesday. Siskins have new lease on hockey life Carlaw, a fourth year veteran, was asked to compare the series with Kitchenâ€" er with other series Siskins were in on the way to two consecutive Ontario champiâ€" onships. "The series we played with Streetsville (in 1984) was a hardâ€"fought series," said Carlaw. "I‘d say this series was just as exciting because we were facing sudden death." ‘ Siskins were trailing 4â€"3 on Sunday before Munroe went around the Ranger B‘s defence to put the tying goal past goalkeeper Paul Porter at the 8: 50 mark of the third period. After that, Siskins started shooting the puck in the Kitchener end instead of trying to carry it over the blueline and that helped them take charge. "We had to dump the puck in and forecheck and I think that was the key," said Carlaw. "With a few breaks we (scored)." _Jim David, Al Kimmel, Paul Penelton and Mike Webber scored for Kitchener. Siskins advance to the finals against Stratford Cullitons, who swept Elmira Sugar Kings in four straight games. ‘"We‘re well prepared for close games now," said Yantzi in a bit of an underâ€" statement. "All the butterflies should be out now that we‘ve played an overtime game in front of a sellout crowd." Friday at Grand River arena, Siskins were leading 5â€"3 when Ranger B‘s reâ€" quested a measurement of Mike Fair‘s stick. Fair drew a penalty as a result of having an illegal stick and Jamey Hicks scored to set up another dramatic finish. However, Munroe netted an empty net goal with four seconds remaining. Also scoring for Waterloo were Dominic Niro, with two, Carlaw, McCulloch and Aeberâ€" sold. Richard O ‘Brien photo Golden Hawks on top except in the rankings Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff Does the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey team deserve more respect than it has already earned? ‘ Consider: They‘re a team that has finished first in the Ontario Universities Athletic Association for the first time ever. ;Fheyre a team that‘s scored more goals, a total of 178, than any other university hockey club in Canada. â€" â€" _ o c | "â€".iâ€"lâ€"l;iatl;é;r;avtvev;nrthat, with 20 wins, three losses and one tie, has a better record than any other university hockey club in Canada. _ â€" S O _ They beat Warriors twice over the weekend, 7â€"4 Saturday at the Waterioo arena and 3â€"1 Sunday at Columbia Icefield, to nail down first place in the OUAA and climb to number two in the national rankings. They finished three points ahead of University of Toronto Blues, the team that finished first, one point ahead of them, last season. .:\ll the -s;He: -éoifiié’ivfit(r)i the homeâ€"andâ€"home weekend series with University of Waterloo Warriors, they were fourth in the national rankings. |______ _ _ But if the rankings go to show you can‘t win them all off the ice, Hawks have shown they can win most of the ones that count on the ice. _ s â€" But ;lHa;/I;sillready achieved one of their goals' by finishing first, Warriors have bragging rights of their own. Their sixth place finish under coach Don McKee puts them in the playoffs for the first time in eight years. e o c _ Warriors ;;\;t"tl}é{r Blrarycr)ff lives on the line Tuesday night in Toronto in a sudden death quarterâ€"final battle with York Yeomen and lost 4â€"3 on a goal with 43 seconds remaining in the game. o â€" c . McKee had taken Warriors in the game with York hoping to continue playing good hockey while Yeomen could be "vulnerable." O S “Th'ey (Yeomen) are maybe a hockey club that‘s been struggling a bit the last couple of games,"‘ said McKee. ‘"They only beat Windsor 4â€"2 and they were upset by Mac." Janice Awad of the Waterloo collegiate junior Vikings girls volleyball team bumps the bail during a 3â€"1 win over KCI in Waterioo County quarterâ€"finals last Wednesday. The junior Vikes lost 3â€"1 to Forest Heights in the semiâ€"finals but the senior team advanced to their division finals, only to lose 3â€"0 to Forest Heights, which had beaten Bluevale in the semiâ€"finals. Richard O‘Brien photo WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESOAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1986 â€" PAGE 23 ON THE BALL (Continued on page 28)