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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, April 2, 2010 · 28 Minor peewee Rangers get defensive to win OMHA title If it ain't broke, fix it anyway. That was Steve Horner's approach as his Oakville minor peewee AA Rangers prepared to face the powerful Barrie Colts in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association final. The Rangers had enjoyed tremendous success playing a wide-open style all year, losing only one regular-season game. But Horner felt a change to a more defensive philosophy was necessary if his squad was to defeat Barrie, the second-ranked team in Ontario, in the OMHA championship series. "We knew we'd have our hands full," said the Rangers' head coach. "Barrie was on par if not a stronger offensive team than we were." Horner and defensive coach Ed Martin sold the message to their team, and the players bought in. It paid off as the Rangers allowed only nine goals in five games against the Colts, claiming the first-to-sixpoints series 7-3 despite scoring only 13 goals themselves. "The boys believed in what we went out to do," said Horner. After the teams began the series with 3-2 wins on home ice, Oakville blanked the Colts 3-0 in Game 3 in Barrie. The teams played to a 2-2 draw in Game 4 before the Rangers clinched the title with a 3-2 win in Barrie. Oakville finished the year with an overall record of 55-8-5. The team competed in only three tournaments, winning one of them - The Oakville minor peewee AA Rangers won the OMHA championship recently, the hometown Richard Bell com- defeating the Barrie Colts in the final. petition in December. "We hit our stride at the right Widman, Kyle Kolwich, Mike Colton Trumbla and Bryant time," Horner said. Sweeney, Ryan Horner, Steve Jang, McKeon. Members of the team are Lucas Craig McCormick, Ben Prentice, David Widman and Frank Moll Ricci, Reed Watson, Jacob Andrew Wilkinson, Matthew Di are the team's trainers. Patriquin, Jonathan Mills, Josh Lella, Daniel Moll, Ben Hamburg, -- Jon Kuiperij OVER 60,000 SATISFIED CUSTOMERS BEAT THE HST! HURRY GOV REBATE ENDS SOON 9 Locations To Serve You Better! *Call Dealer for Details *See dealer # Best Price # Best Service for details # Same Day Installation Available # Eligible for O.P.A. & Government Rebate THE BIGGEST SALE EVER $ 500 OFF 905-849-4998 www.aireone.com 1-888-827-2665 A+ Rating More coverage of championship-winning teams to come With the number of local teams winning championships these days, it's getting hard to fit them all in The Oakville Beaver -- but we're trying. If you have recently submitted results to us and they haven't appeared in the paper yet, please bear with us. We're doing our best to accommodate as many as we can, as quickly as we can. More coverage of boys' and girls' rep teams, as well as the Minor Oaks Hockey Association Awards Week, will appear in next week's papers. garage sales OAKVILLE BURLINGTON OAKVILLE LOST & FOUND Place your FREE ADS one of these three easy ways Visit BurlingtonPost.com Garage Sale Sat April 3rd 8:30am-12:30pm 1386 Willowdown Road GREAT STUFF! lamps mirrors blue white pottery & many other items! Estate/ Garage Sale Weekends in April 2139 Donald Rd. Furniture, Household items, Collectables & much More 905-340-4707 905-483-0746 MOVING SALE Sat. April, 3 8am-3pm 2454 Wynten Way Cash & carry, Everything must go! Must See! Low prices. Found Something? Place your "Found" ad FREE of charge. Burl. & Flamb. 905- 632-4440 Oakville 905-845-3824 Fax: 905-632-8165 OR Visit OakvilleBeaver.com or just fill out this coupon 1. Mail to: Free Ads, 1-5040 Mainway, Burlington , ON L7L 7G5, or 2. Drop this coupon off at: The Burlington Post, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mon. to Fri. 3. Fax this coupon to: (905) 632-8165 NO PHONE ORDERS PLEASE community notices Upcoming Milestones lLifetimes /to Bid Invitation Milestones lLifetimes / Events *15 WORDS, 1 DAY( THURSDAY) ITEMS $100 & UNDER Private party only. Ads published at first available opportunity, publication dates not guaranteed. You can only run 1 item per ad and a max. of 3 ads per client, per week. You must be over 18 to place an ad. AD COPY MAINWAY SPORTS TEAM & BIRTHDAY PARTIES Serving Halton for over 17 years INVITATION TO BID Contracted driver needed for delivery of papers, flyers and other products within the Burlington, Oakville, Hamilton and surrounding areas. $ PRICE NAME ADDRESS POSTAL CODE CITY HOME # this number must appear in ad. PLEASE PRINT. ADS WILL BE SORTED BY ITEM. EMAIL YOUR BID TO: hpanicucci@metroland.com Lowest bid will not necessarily be accepted, fuel cost compensated PHONE NO. · Ball Hockey Rinks · Batting Cages · Indoor Beach Volleyball · Dinner Packages Call 905-335-8520 www.mainwaysports.com