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Waterloo‘s third Midwestern title in five years came in imâ€" pressive fashion as the Siskins managed to all but shut down the Sugar Kings‘ attack in three of the four games. Waterloo won the fourth game 3â€"1 at Woolwich Township Arena after squeaking out a tough 54 overtime win the night before. Waterloo crushed Elmira 6â€"2 and 8â€"2 in the first two games under the bubble. But they‘ll have very little time to savor the win as Waterloo will now meet Barrie Colts in the bestâ€"ofâ€"seven Ontario Hockey Asâ€" sociation semifinals beginning Thursday night in Barrie. Colts captured the Central League crown Saturday night in Burlingâ€" ton, sweeping the Cougars in four straight. The second game of the Coltsâ€"Siskins tilt will be played in Waterloo Sunday night. The teams will flip for homeâ€"ice advantage prior to Thursday‘s Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff Waterloo Siskins silenced their critics in spectacular fashion last week, crushing Elmira Sugar Kings in four straight games to capture the Midwestern Junior B hockey League playoff championâ€" ship. "Ask them now and I think they‘ll tell you that we took it to them pretty good." â€" â€" There‘s no question that the last laugh does indeed belong to Waterloo as the Siskins played an extremely disciplined brand of hockey which forced Elmira into taking a number of silly penalties throughout the series. ‘"And they (Elmira) were supâ€" posed to hammer us," said a delighted Siskins‘ general manâ€" ager Pete Brill. ‘"‘We heard a lot of talk (from the Elmira players) about how they were going to run us out of the building and take us in four straight. The disciplined style of play is a credit to Siskins‘ coach Gerry Harrigan, who has warned his players against taking stupid or retaliatory penalties. That proved to be the difference in the clincher as Waterloo‘s Rob The Midwestern Junior B champion Waterloo Siâ€" skins find themselves in a rather peculiar situation heading into Thursday night‘s opening game of their Ontario Hockey Association semifinal series with Barrie Colts. For the first time this season they know absolutely nothing about their opponent. Same holds true for the Colts. And that should make for some interesting hockey over the next two or so weeks. Although there are no official Jr. B rankings, most of the soâ€"called experts have Barrie pegged as the No. 1 team in the province with Waterloo a very close second. Be that as it may, there are no solid facts to base this opinion on. From what I‘ve been able to gather, the two teams are evenly matched, play similar styles and are both well coached. Barrie finished miles ahead of anyone else in the Central League this year with an extremely impressive 36â€"1â€"7 wonâ€"lostâ€"tied regular season record and defeated Burlington Cougars in four straight games in the league‘s championship round. Barrie Examiner sports editor Don Wilcox says the team has yet to be challenged. ‘"‘They‘re awesome. I‘ve covered Jr. B hockey for six years and they‘re certainly the best team I‘ve ever seen," he said. Colts are led by 16â€"yearâ€"old defenceman Drake Berehowsky, a 6‘ 2" brick almost certain to be drafted first overall by Kingston Canadiens in June. _____ Berehowsky is joined on the blueline by Rhys Hollyman, a good defensive defenceman; Paul Dukoâ€" vac, reportedly the league‘s hardest hitter; and 6‘2" Next stop Barrie Siskins‘ winger Mike MacKay takes a tumble over Elmira‘s Paul Drone during action at the Woolwich Township Arena last week. MacKay exploded out of his postâ€"season slump Warren, who has been a playoff standout, allowed himself to be a whipping board for Pat Hishon‘s stick. The Elmira bad boy took several two handers to Warren and was rewarded with a major penalty. Mike MacKay scored his second goal of the game during the ensuing powerplay to make it The scouting report Ted Beattie. Jim Peters and Peter Grant, the No. 5 and 6 defenceman, have both been struggling during the playoffs and as a result, have been used sparingly. Unlike Siskins‘ coach Gerry Harrigan, Colts‘ boss Mike McCann sticks with a threeâ€"line rotation. Harrigan‘s fourthâ€"line could be a big factor if the series progresses to a sixth or seventh game. ‘‘We‘re a finesse team up front with big defenceman backing things up. We‘ll play any sort of game we have to," said a confident McCann in a telephone interview Monday night. But that‘s not to say he‘s taking anything for granted. ‘"Waterloo has tradition on their side, they‘ve always got a good team," he said. McCann has only seen the Siskins once this season â€" a regular season game in Owen Sound â€" and says he was impressed by the team‘s discipline. â€" o He‘d probably be even more impressed had he seen _ shorthanded. the way Waterloo players skated away from the Stronggoal\endingfrc numerous invitations laid down by the Elmira Lumber _ help the Siskins‘ cause. Kings in the Midwestern Jr. B championship series. It should be a dandy. a 3â€"1 game and Waterloo had its insurance marker. Deric Farquhar scored the other Waterloo goal and Mike Fair replied for Elmira. o In Wednesday‘s overtime clash, the two teams went into the extra frame tied at three before Waterâ€" loo outscored Elmira 2â€"1 during with Mark Bryson the 10â€"minute session. Warren scored to put Waterloo ahead early in the extra period but Elmira‘s Dean Darrigan tied things up just over a minute later. Paul Kleinknecht then put an end to his former teammates‘ season with a knuckling slapshot from the point that dropped over in style Friday night, scoring a pair of goals and helping out on the other in a 3â€"1 Waterioo win. Siskins sweep Elmira to claim Junior B crown Barrie‘s top offensive threat is right winger Keith Cyr, who set a league record 136 points during the regular season and was honored as the league‘s MVP. Cyr tallied 59 goals in 44 games. He is teamed with rugged left winger Murray Margarite and Omer Belisle. Harrigan has warned his players against silly or retaliatory penalties and they have wisely decided to follow his advice. Team captain Dave Hurst centres the second line in between Alex Nikolic and Luc Lacoursiere. The third line consists of Mike McCann (the coach‘s nephew), Dan Schaly and Karl Taylor. All three lines have big, rugged left wingers and speed on the right side. Exâ€"Stratford Culliton Gary Wray, who has captured allâ€"Ontario titles in both Stratford and with St. Thomas last year, will alternate in goal with Scott South. Both goaltenders are steady but neither spectacular. _ Barrie has a spectacular power play (40 per cent during the regular season) and killed over 90 per cent when defending. The only chink in the Colts‘ armour appears to be discipline, or rather the lack of it. Wilcox says the team likes to swing sticks and has "a lot of yappers on it." That‘s why I think the key to this series will be the play of Waterloo‘s Rob Warren and Greg Munroe. If they can cause chaos like they did against Elmira, Barrie may spend a good portion of the series playing tending from Scott MacDonald would also Elmira goalitender Marc McCalâ€" lum. Shawn DuBois, with two, and Dean DeSilva also scored for Waterloo. Terry West, Al Kumâ€" mu and Scott McPherson scored for Elmira during regulation time, McPherson‘s coming with 44 seconds remaining in the third to send the game into overtime. Mark Bryson photo