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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday March 22, 2008 - 17 Team play key to novice's success Tavares, Mason honoured Oakville's John Tavares was one of only three East Conference players to win multiple categories when the Ontario Hockey League released its annual coaches poll. Tavares was named the conference's best stickhandler and the most dangerous player in the goal area. He also finished third for the best player on faceoffs. Tavares won the best stickhandler by a wide margin, earning more than twice as many voting points (41-20) as his nearest rival. He was also a clear winner for the most dangerous in the goal area with a 35-20 margin over Niagara's Luca Caputi. Goalie of the month Oakville's Steve Mason was named the league's top goaltender for the month of February. After losing his first start of the month, the Kitchener Ranger netmnder won seven in a row and finished February with a 1.37 goals-against average and a .936 save percentage. Continued from page 16 Dawson Garcia, Boston Morrison, Robert Proner and Joshua Rettinger, surrendered one goal or less in 20 of its games, including five shutouts. The Rangers are no slouches at the other end of the ice. Oakville was second in the league with 161 goals. A big reason for that is the depth up front. In this past weekend's OMHA qualifying tournament, the Rangers went 3-0-1. In their first three games, a 5-2 win over Niagara Falls and a 5-3 victory over St. Catharines and a 2-2 tie with Burlington, nine different players scored goals. For the season, each of the nine forwards -- Chistopher Bassett, Matthew Baumann, Brett Corbeth, Ryan DeRenzis, Zachary Gallant, Robert Giunta, Liam Kaslik, Kyle Kennery and Jacob Moro -- finished with at least 10 goals and 25 points. "We don't count on two or three kids to carry the team," Moro said. "A lot of other teams rely on one or two players." Moro said the forwards also play a big part in the team's strong defen- sive play by backchecking. "As (players) get older they realize they have to be a team player to be successful, so they're already ahead," he said. The team has managed to find ways to win, as it did in the qualifying tournament final. After tying the game late in the second, Oakville scored four times in the third period to down Halton 5-1. That win advanced Oakville to the OMHA tournament, which will be held April 2-6 in Richmond Hill. Mapletoft, Golden Hawks make history at university curling championships By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville's Matt Mapletoft helped the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks record a historic sweep. Laurier captured both the men's and women's titles at the first Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) curling championships. With the victories, Laurier will now represent Canada at the World University Games in China in 2009. Mapletoft, who skipped an Oakville Curling Club team to the provincial junior championships, played lead on the men's team that defeated Calgary 9-4 in the final. Laurier led 4-1 before Calgary scored two in the sixth end to cut the lead to 4-3. After trading points in the seventh and eighth, Laurier put an emphatic stamp on its victory by scoring four in the ninth end. "He's a very strong draw curler and that's what the lead needs to do," Golden Hawks' coach Ken McCormack said of Mapletoft, a first-year student at Laurier. "He's also a highly skilled hitter." The 19-rink field was divided into the three pools. Laurier went 5-1 to win its pool and then topped Guelph 8-3 in the quarterfinals. Laurier scored another convincing victory by downing Brock 10-2 in just six ends in the semis. Laurier also captured the Ontario University Athletics title. Laurier posted a 6-1 record to finish tied with Western atop the OUA standings. 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