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WWW-mommy.5cpmazo10on I O O O O 0 Waterloo Slskms look to youth afier disappomnngfimsh to last season mom Wm squad DeSilva wants to highlight Chmm'clefl the positives - 5w?“ «3.... ._ Q , ~ . W _ .g, Q _ ‘Even ifthere issomething they aithful fans won't recognize ,4 av}! 3% Q I. my.“ to We: _,, .. ‘ ~ veg ~ Q g V need to conect, we want to couch F many of the Waterloo Siskins _ $3" 2 "is, 1 $235 sttfe my ‘2‘! ;' Wgfl Q; ~ it in the positives,” DeSilva said. who take the ice this week- ; = ‘ t _w;_ ,va if! 3%" ‘ a ; ,. Ram; - ' ”x973? *‘ f. .1 at)" ‘ He believes the key to this sea- end during the team's regular sea- {g Cr. . . Q” ‘7 Egg . “_ "‘ S ( Q . - ’“ i . 31:32,: "if; son is development â€" if the play- son opener. i gm .; a," J . Q3“ ' - 1 W.” ‘ ‘fiéffjtg-V i; , ers develop, then the Siskins will There is a full-scale youth 53“ ‘ V . _ :‘Q . g; :1 331;, *% wan have more chances at whining movement going on in the Siskins ' lg r._‘ . g; Q i {of . a“ k . M 1“ fé '5‘”? A big part of the success of the locker room. Gone are familiar ’A ~ Q l ‘ _ f i t. V y; 3 ’25 55' ‘ season will be two new goal- taces such as goaltending duo ,4 ~ Jo :; . f» Q '* “i it; “It" tenders. Mark Williams and lustis . Colin Breen and Will Sibley. ’ a all” , g g 3; . _ Husak have caught DeSiiva's eye. xgaggpghpgginly 16- and 17- ., , 2‘ - Q h‘ " use ; g, . is! g at. mgémiilgéheflyfisli’glewdmm x New Siskins general manager Q ,i . ,1 E E. i Q ' " . 1‘ Q g ' Q hadlastyeaiz' he said. Reagan Stocco admits it wasnt his l ' - . ,, ~- . ~ The biggest challenge for them plan to go so young when he was . , / ’C "‘ V ' ' " , _. v will be making it through the grind hired to replace Peter Brill earlier I,” , of the season. Baht: are new to the this year. ‘ .1 Q ,’ 1, league and will counted upon But a combination of players ‘\ If ’ ff ' to be the backbone ofthe team. moving to difierent levels. leaving a ,3" i; _' ; ”i don’t think we're going to for school or flat out quitting the " .1 My“; i blow anyone out this year." Stocco grame gave the new GM little ‘5 ' .Q I, , _& safi'd. ‘Sgogere are gogtgiégttie adlot c once. . ' z 0 oneâ€" gamesan ea 5. Regardless of how he got here. ( _ n- , .\ “They're going to have to get Stocco believes this team has the Q I nub" ;_ . Q used to that pressure and facing it potential to make some noise in "Q A 953;) it"; ; ”a; ’ on aconsistentgbasis." the western conference of the ’ r . ‘ k. to} ix ‘ ~ Q ,2, The yindwtllbeachallenge for Greater Ontario Junior Hockey 1% S": , __ If 12* all the new playars on the roster. league. . it... -7 . we“: Q; “.qu a; “It comes own to gaining "i think we have a good core," .Q ' a" (i- . a is“ Q «3 experience and being able to make he said. “We have hungry. disci- KL / g {I 1 . ‘g 3 iii» ’ - .* “=3 it through the wear and tear and plined and smart players to grow ' .. ‘ w- .. < in TM " - Q1: i. -' TV endure." Stocco said. with." ,. ) ‘~ . Ni ‘ _ ' .1 j ’ Q' . The final roster has not been set Growth is the operative word 4 Q ' a ‘ " k ' _... ‘ p ' for the Siskins yet. as a number of for the season. ,; ‘ “ . it . g Q N“ " players are still at Ontario Hockey “any time a team is this young ‘3 Q “1% , - , league camps. , _ ' you re gomg to be in teaching _Q4 . .,“:- , - 2;” .4 J ‘ "' , The new-look Siskins kick off mode coming out of the gate. - . f- 1:, p. - fl fig 5‘ a: m the season this'Saturday With a Stocco said . t k 7"“ ‘7 . 4332'; :.Q“‘<.._5_{-.-_‘3‘:. -( 6g; , ~ ' game in Cambridge against the But it s not necessarily a " - '---, . 5 ‘ 3 ӣ13. - .\ Winter Hawks . rebuilding year. Stocco believes g » Q, - . Q 5" . Q M , v 1’} Q, , ... “5 ~ .., , ‘ The teams home opener is on that the team can make a leap ‘ V ' . " " ' ,_ 3* , = Sunday at 7 pm. at the Waterloo “if we're having this conversa- ”Q; - . “" " 3’ g Q J I“ .Q~".“~Q.QQ ,v Memorial Recreation Complex (ion in lanuary or February. it “i ' """'“‘ " "‘ Q"; ‘ fr; .1 ‘ ... . v Q - might be very different.” Stocco ~ 3: , y.-. "' .. . ‘ ‘ ' i. said. The Siskins is filled with fresh faces â€" only two players will remain from last season's team when the Waterloo - . "Q One advantage of having such a squad takes the ice this weekend against the Cambridge Winter Hawks. 3: young team is that there will be no “m " i hangover from last year's 75th painful second-round exit to the players remain from last year‘s “it was that sting that kept me ‘ . . ' anniversary season. said head Stratt'ord Cullitons after finishing squad. goingallsummer,” DeSilva said. 'QQ. if: coach Dean DeSiiva. second overall in the regular sea- While the locker room doesn't The coach has a different phi- ‘94:; if: g. 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