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iii 7 , is, , , 30 ' WM “(It)” CHRONICUi ' Wednesday. December 17. Judd ~ Ll “Hiltllltll\l(lll Siskins exploiting h ' dv J ; ome-lce a antage L . ' i BirBon VRBANAC ctal Arena this season. At one point r, 1, 2 . m ,5 i Chroniclesrafl the Siskins were 12-0 on home ice, ”:6“ 2“ ’ tr; ' ‘ b, ‘ 1" ‘ I and have the second best record at \t‘ ‘_ ti" 5 ‘ ‘ i 5:. ~ . terloo Siskins head coach home after only Brantford with a w /A\ . . . 3’. QFV , Dean DeSilva is hoping for 12-2 mark ""‘ ’3'" ‘1 . .‘. . .. _: E ‘ a! ._ .~ ‘ an early Christmas pres- The Siskins haven't enjoyed ‘ ‘ . ‘ 2 I? :~ 5“" f “- . . . ent this Sunday against the Kitch- such success on home ice since the g * i . '3, I I ’ ‘ my .: J} T}; ; ' ener Dutchmen ~â€" 3 win to keep days they were defending the “Bub- I .Q‘ ~ 7. x’ I Q} ’ 3 _ , the Siskins’ strong start to the sea- ble" â€"â€" the old Waterloo Memorial F1 . '.= ‘i' y k, {36 ’* , J I ‘ son a happy memory over the holi- Arena. DeSilva. a former captain of t . I g; . f _ \ ; daybreak the Siskins, was a big part of estab- r ' - ,y g j \§ ’ ‘ “Absolutely. that would be a very lishing that dominance on home 1}} V, ‘ . ‘ , w: . ‘ nice Christmas - ice and has . \ ,« > gift," said DeSil» . tried to instill _ ‘ l \ -- -_ ‘ ‘ . l, , ya. who has . :9” ';.:‘-; that with his ' , ‘9 guided his club fl fr “can club. a 23' to a 23â€"91 a ‘1 ’x ,' “We chal~ ’ record in his first } ,’ ' f";- lenged the year as head 2 _ . 1.,“ng guys." said , .- > "a, - coach with the ‘ 5 I: H. ‘ _ DeSilva, “We . black and gold. I - . g ‘ .' “'5‘? told them we ., ‘ / that record is E; V 1, Q ‘ a; wanted to make .. ‘ good for second * _ w I? this a difficult J 4 . . . ‘ s place in the Mid- 0; if '1 " “we 3“ place for teams “3' " . i ‘ . . , western (Zonferr ‘l; a“ j to come into. ,} A, .' ‘ I -' l _ , once of the ' my ' ‘x and they've 4’: ' at. I“: ‘ l f ' ,4. ' (in-liter ()ntario . f accepted that." ~ ‘7'. v.2 7 V v e: a L (trium- ". v . ‘ ' V .' .t liinior Hockey - ' He said the ‘ 3"": f «15*; W1;- "-- ,,.. N , «1 {r- 7“; league, and the 55 biggest‘differ- .‘ ‘ ' r " ‘ tivfl‘gfihyg‘ " ' ' “3'. . L ‘ s u r p r l s i n g , ence With this ' .».. ‘ ‘ »v“~‘-“t‘ 1 if ‘. - siskins trail only ~ year's club is 1*" \ ‘ ‘ * ' 3 , ' liranlford in the Dean DeSilva that they're play- ‘ a ‘ ' " '7 ‘ standings. ing With a lot of ‘ ' t if: as The Dutchmen. who are top confidence on home ice, The \ .1“ “'V ping at the Siskins heels. will try to coaching staff started to instill that U ‘ . play Scrooge this Sunday at 1:30 confidence in the preseason and it av. \ ~ ,_ ‘ ‘ pm at the Waterloo Memorial started With changes in the Siskins "‘ “w, Recreation (.omplex, the Dutch dressing room they hoped would men are one of the hottest teams in carry out on to the ice." . the league and trail the Siskins by “We're playing with a lot ofcom- mmmc more foiir points ill the standings Willi fort at home." said lleSilva. "We P" fin three games in hand. have a sense of Calm. we don't let _ GOId Ck ale [f the Sign,“ have a Christmas things bother us and phage us The Waterloo Minor Hockey Association held its annual Gold Puck Tournament at RIM Park last weekend. surprise in am”. for [hp Dutchies when were there. Three fowl Wolves teams made it to the semifinals including the Waterloo minor midget and midget Wolves, ”-8 how well the homeside has The only team to advance to the finals was the bantam Wolves who lost to Whitby S»2 been playing at the sun life Finanv Continued on page 34 Hawks high ran king proves defence pays for local squ ad BvGitrt.MM Dom”) years. blit this season it really games in the win column and Mththe players. l v . - « ». , I i - ' \ ‘ . . ' . . , . N h l ”min stuff ”7 A7 siernstohau taught on i “/8 refocused 0’1 [I Ntkhtshelli‘Vt‘h that defence is Thosc obiectnes mainly dealt We ye flxused on it more this , becoming ingrained in the players With the defenswe end ofthe ice - Calls for int reased defensill- year We are very skilled offenswl' "107'? [Ills year. We are brains limiting odd»man rushes, goals iiitensiti might sound llkt' ly so we needed to shift our focus.” , J ' One reason why it's stuck is the against and shots against while standard roar h speak. blit Nohes said I (Jr-V Skllled oflenswe‘ly team‘s record. he said. working hard to get blocked shots. . thosi- tails are being heard in the ‘lhe Hawks are ranked fifth in 50 {UP needed [0 Shift "We‘ve seen improvements in ”We wanted to quantify Wilfrid latirii-r (iolden Hawks the nation at the winter break and ourfocus " the winrloss column and that defence.” Nohes said. "If we can be nit-it‘s ll()( key team lot ki'r room have only dropped three games in ‘ always helps.” Nobes said. real good and try hard defensively. Head coach Kelly Nobcs has regular season play , one of those ~Kelly Nobes But to get to the point of win» we'll boa hard team to beat.“ been preaching defensive philoso was an overtime loss. 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