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t wasn‘t the start the Waterloo Ih‘iskjm wanted in their 4â€"0 home opener loss Sunday night to the Listowel Cyclones. From the opening ceremonies to the final buzzer the Siskins stumâ€" bled to a 0â€"2 record in their home debut in front of the crowd of more than 1,000 at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. It started with Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran slipping on the ice before dropping the ceremonial game puck to kick off the festivities. And the Siskins seemed like they weren‘t ready to skate as well, taking the first four minor penalties and never gaining any momentum in the first period as the Cyclones built a 2â€"0 lead. It wasn‘t any better in the second with the Cyclones scoring twice on the power play to go up 4â€"0. _ The Siskins looked like they might finally get on the board early in the third with backâ€"toâ€"back twoâ€" man advantages on the powerâ€"play. But the lack of powerâ€"play producâ€" tion that haunted the team last seaâ€" son reared its ugly head again as Waterloo went 0â€"9 with the man advantage. The Siskins were also turned away by the stellar goaltending of Listowel‘s Josh Leis, who earned the shutout, but wasn‘t really tested until the third when the Siskins finally reached double digits in t‘s hard to believe that this longâ€" Ilime golf player/fan/writer alternated between complete boredom and mild fascination Sunday afternoon as I watched the windup of the much hyped U.S. professional golf playoffs known as the FedEx Cup. If the transportation company that is paying the bills and the U.S. PGA hotshots who devised this "playoff" plan operate on the premise that any publicity â€"good, bad or somewhere in between â€" is what makes the marketing world go round, then the FedEx was okay. Siskins have a tough start to the 2007 season ,\ | }__" u* ‘ Proudly Made \ waterloe = r Slee q Factory Sh FedEx Cup format scores a triple bogey with golf fans By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff â€" I, however, compare it more to Kâ€"Fed and his ex, Britney what‘s her name. If you‘re into soâ€"called celebrity watching/following, then I guess it was fine. However, if you‘re into watching a golf event that was easy to understand and follow over its primary fourâ€"week "playoff" run, then it scored a tripleâ€"bogey eight in my ranking system. My fascination on watching and listening to the talking TV heads came simply from another masterful effort by Eldrick (Tiger) Woods as he won the overall event The Siskins lost a lot of battles for the loose puck in Sunday night‘s 4â€"0 loss in the team‘s home opener. mmattress SPORTS Proudly Made in Waterioo 283 NORTHEFIELD DRIVE, (at Bridge St.) Sleep well... 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The Siskins were outshot 37â€"24 and ultimately outworked in suffering their second loss to open the season after losing 4â€"3 to Brantford last Thursday. New Siskins head coach Kevin Block called a couple of his veterans on the carpet after the loss and wasâ€" n‘t happy with his team‘s effort to start the season. "We‘re still a little sloppy and that‘s part and parcel with having 14 or 15 college and university students on our team," said Bloch. "We haven‘t had a lot of time with these guys together, but I really don‘t think there is any excuse for getting outâ€" worked. "We‘re going to need to treat practices this week as a means of getting better." Those new to the league now know that they have to bring the effort every night. And if they didn‘t Listowel sure taught them that lesâ€" DAVENPORT RD "We‘re going to need more repeâ€" tition," said Bloch, especially with the powerâ€"play deficiency the Siskins had against Listowel. It comes down to work, said Bloch. The Siskins need to outwork their opponent in all facets of the "We‘ve got to work on a lot of things," said Bloch. "We‘ve got to work on our consistency, on our sysâ€" tem and our style of play. "We‘ve go to bring up our battle level â€" there‘s lots of things to work on, there‘s no shortage there." that he is the "bestest" ever. Barring some unforeseen and/or terrible mishap, I have no doubt that Mr. Woods will indeed become the "greatest" but let‘s let the clock and calendar decided just when that becomes afficial. 1 have long held that Tiger is the best thing to happen to golf since the era of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino and Tom Watson, to name just four former superstars of the game. And it was his play, and unusuâ€" ally folksy demeanor, yesterday Continued on page 35 BRAIDGE ST WaATERLOO MATTRESS