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Sports Oakville Beaver By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR www.aplushomes.ca from 2 .4% ·Full MLS ·Full Service Call ADAM CAMPBELL Broker 905-844-4444 SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 39 Heartbreak City Blades ousted by last-second loss in Hamilton HAMILTON -- It's difficult to imagine a season ending in any more painful fashion than the Oakville Blades' 2006-07 campaign concluded Monday in Hamilton. With only seconds remaining in regulation and the game tied, the Blades cleared their own zone and appeared headed to overtime. However, Oakville failed to get the puck deep and Hamilton quickly countered, as Red Wings forward Frankie Grandits fired a wrist shot past Blades netminder Matt Hoyle with 1.1 seconds remaining in the third period. Grandits' third goal of the contest, met with a thun"It is definitely derous ovation from the large crowd at Dave Andreychuk a tough pill to Mountain Arena, gave Hamilton a 3-2 win in the game and a 4-2 victory in the best-of-seven Provincial Junior A swallow, my Hockey League West Conference semifinal series. junior career "It is definitely a tough pill to swallow, my junior ending with a career ending with a goal with one second left," said goal with one Oakville forward Vince Scott, acquired by the Blades near second left." the trade deadline after playing much of the year with the OHL's Sarnia Sting. "I don't know if it's hit me yet that the Vince Scott season's over and it's back to real life. I just came here a month ago and already made such strong bonds with guys on the team, even the young guys on our team. It's going to suck not seeing them every day or every other day." The Blades, conference champions a year ago and with even bigger things in mind this season, had tied the game 2-2 with 3:06 to go in the third, as Paul Conter one-timed a point shot past Hamilton goaltender Cameron Talbot on a two-man advantage. Oakville was still on the powerplay following the equalizer and had several decent scoring chances, but wasn't able to capitalize on the man advantage -- something that was a major difference in the series. The Blades scored on six of their 47 powerplays in the series, including 1-for12 efforts in both Game 3 and Game 5, and their inability to cash in on a lengthy five-on-three advantage in the fifth game might have been the series' defining LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER COVERING UP: Hamilton Red Wings goaltender Cameron Talbot covers up the puck with Oakville Blades forward Bryan Peters (in blue) looking for a rebound Monday night in Hamilton. The Red Wings scored with 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation to defeat the Blades 3-2 and eliminate Oakville from the Provincial Junior A Hockey League playoffs. See Penalties page 42 IT'S TIME TO REGISTER YOUR BUDDING SOCCER STAR IN OUR 2007 SUMMER CAMP SERIES REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE! SESSION 1: JULY 3 - 6 SESSION 2: JULY 9 - 13 SESSION 3: JULY 16 - 20 SESSION 4: JULY 23 - 27 SESSION 5: AUGUST 13 - 17 SESSION 6: AUGUST 20 - 24 RANGERS F.C. CAMP July 30 - August 3 CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY BY BECOMING A COMMUNITY PARTNER/SPONSOR WITH THE OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUB CONTACT JOY @ jneefs@oakville-soccer.on.ca for further information www.oakville-soccer.on.ca Oakville Soccer Club A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club Sponsored by: 504 Iroquois Shore Rd., Unit #11, Oakville, On L6H 3K4 Tel: 905-849-4436 Fax: 905-849-3677