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SPORTS & LEISURE Heelis is hoping to shine in Memorial Cup spotlight "Even in minor hockey, I played a lot of games at the Hershey Centre and it's going to be a lot of fun The five-year junior hockey ca- playing in front of all my family and reer of Georgetown's Liam Heelis friends. I've been getting tons of is about to finish where it all got (ticket requests) already." started. Heelis has five goals and five asHeelis, 20, began in Tier II Jr. sists, along with 24 penalty minutes A with the Mississauga and a +7 plus/minus ratChargers in the 2006-07 ing, in 15 playoff matchcampaign, and now the es with the Attack this Owen Sound Attack overspring, following a caage forward will play out reer-best 20 goals and 33 his eligibility on the Canaassists during the regudian Hockey League's biglar season. gest stage, the four-team He dispelled any noMemorial Cup, to be held tion that the OHL fiat Mississauga's Hershey nal will be meaningless Centre May 20-29. since both teams have The Attack shocked already qualified for the most Ontario Hockey Memorial Cup, pointLeague observers by wining out that hockey-mad ning the West Conference supporters in the Scenic title for the first time in City are anxious to raise the franchise's 22 years their first-ever league LIAM in Owen Sound last week, championship banner. HEELIS beating the two-time MeThe Majors are 12-1 morial Cup champion so far in the post-season Windsor Spitfires four and finished the regugames to one. lar campaign as the CHL's secondWith the victory, Owen Sound ranked club behind the St. John Sea moves on to face the East Confer- Dogs. ence winner Mississauga St. Mi"Mississauga's a really strong chael's Majors in the best-of-7 OHL defensive team that plays a boring championship series starting tonight game systematically and we have a (Tuesday), and because the Majors similar-style team in that we're tight are hosting the Memorial Cup, the checking and can roll all four of our Attack earned an automatic berth lines," Heelis added. into the weeklong tournament as "People say we don't have the exthe OHL representative. perience to compete with a team like The champions from the Quebec that, but the criticism has been with and Western leagues will round out us all year. I think the Toronto Star the tourney. had us ranked 16th or 17th out of the "My mom (Adele) and I were talk- 20 teams at the beginning of the year, ing about how much of a coinci- not even making the playoffs. We're dence it is, that I started out in Jr. out to prove those people wrong." A with Mississauga and now it's all Another Georgetown resident, going to come to an end in the same Justin Rasmussen, is in his rookie place-- hopefully with us winning season with the Majors but hasn't it all," said the 6-foot-1, 195-pound seen any playoff action so far. Heelis, who joined the Attack last The 18-year-old centre had a goal summer after three seasons with the and an assist in 14 regular-season OHL's Peterborough Petes. appearances. By EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer 11 Independent & Free Press, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Holding back the Waters Justine Rodrigues (left) and Georgetown Rebel teammate Holly Bigg try to slow down Christ the King's Nicole Waters during their Halton Secondary School Athletic Association senior girls' soccer matchup last Thursday at GDHS. The Rebels led 2-0 at halftime on goals by Bigg and Lindsay Poulton on a windswept afternoon before Waters connected for four second-half strikes in the Jaguars' 4-2 triumph. The two teams are scheduled to meet again Thursday at GDHS starting at 3:15 p.m. Photo by Eamonn Maher Bulldogs handed second loss Last year, during their run to a Founders Cup Canadian Jr. B championship, the Halton Hills Bulldogs didn't lose their first regular season contest until June 3, compiling a 12-0 mark up to that point. In 2011, the 'Dogs already have two losses in the standings after taking a 12-5 trouncing Thursday night in Bowmanville against the Clarington Green Gaels in a rematch of the 2010 Ontario Lacrosse Association Jr. B Eastern Conference finals, won by Halton Hills in a fifth-and-deciding game. The 2-2 Bulldogs rebounded with a 15-4 triumph Saturday in Orillia over the Kings as coach Blaine McCauley's side begins to get some school-committed and injured players back into the lineup. They'll need all the ammunition they can muster as the Bulldogs will take on the 3-1 Oakville Buzz this Thursday in their home opener beginning at 8 p.m. at the Alcott Arena. Against the Gaels, who led 7-5 after 40 minutes and then outscored the visitors 5-0 in the third period, Halton Hills goal scorers were Brandon Clelland, Connor Sellars, Dylan Gilbert, Tyler Ferreira and Chris Haynes. 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