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Victory in Georgetown gives Blades 2-0 series leadBy Eamonn MaherTHINK METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUPAGAIN:Oakville BladesGEORGETOWN The Oakville Blades turned in a work-goaltender Daniel manlike effort Wednesday night and churned out a 5-3 vic-Savelli denies thetory over the host Georgetown Raiders in whats become adeflection of one-sided rivalry.Georgetown Now holding a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven OntarioRaiders forwardJunior Hockey League North/West Conference quarterfinal,Mikethe Blades can knock out their north Halton nemesis for theCharbonneau dur-fourth year in a row with two more wins this weekend.ing the Blades' 5-3In what was hardly an aesthetic masterpiece, the Bladeswin in scored on a couple of deflected point shots, two odd-manGeorgetown rushes and a last-minute empty-netter by first star KyleWednesday night. Blaney for their fourth win in four trips to Georgetown thisOakville holds aseason.2-0 lead in theWell take it, said Blades coach Mark Jooris.best-of-seven Its very rare to see many tic-tac-toe goals in playoff playoff series.hockey. Theyre mostly grind it out, tip-ins, crashing the net,getting to rebounds. When you win those battles youreEAMONN MAHER /probably going to win the game.METROLAND WESTThe teams were tied at two after a penalty-dominated firstMEDIA GROUPperiod before a high-sticking double minor assessed toOakvilles Jon Veerman early in the middle frame gave theBlades captain Nick Rivait gave the visitors a 4-2 leadSixteen Mile at 7:30 p.m.sixth-place Raiders a chance to take charge of the game.heading into the final period, but the Raiders were persis-Jooris, who coached the Burlington Cougars last seasonBut the third-place Blades easily killed off the four min-tent, as Oakville resident Patrick Megannety cut the lead tobefore joining the Blades in the summer, certainly wasntutes, stepping in front of several shots on goal. Just a coupleone halfway through the stanza.going to get caught on the record looking ahead to a pendingof minutes afterward, Tyler Karius put the Blades in the leadOutshot 28-25 on the evening, the Raiders couldnt equal-clash with his former team in the next round.for good on a 3-on-2 rush.ize and have now lost 14 of their last 19 post-season matchesThe Cougars had an opportunity to sweep the HamiltonOur penalty killers were sacrificing by blocking shotswith the Blades.Red Wings in their quarter-final series last nightand it was just a great, gutsy effort, added Jooris, whose clubGame 3 of the series is set for Sixteen Mile Creek Sports(Thursday).limited the Raiders to one powerplay goal in nine chances.Complex tonight (Friday), beginning at 7:30. Game 4 isIts a long series and were only halfway there, JoorisWe out-worked them on that power play and even out-slated for tomorrow (Saturday) at Georgetowns Alcottsaid. Were not taking anything for granted. Georgetown ischanced them. Thats a credit to (our) hard work. Thats allArena, also at 7:30 p.m.well-coached and were not expecting an easy game onit is. Penalty killing is no fun but it can be a real boost whenIf a fifth game is required, it would be played Tuesday atFriday or Saturday.youre successful at it.With39YearsofExperience,WeOierSummerSocceratitsBestDivisionsforyouthsbornfrom1993to2007(U4U18)Adultleaguesincludingcoed,35+andopenage(1992+)Registration for youths and adults is taking place at the Pine Glen Soccer Centre.1520PineGlenRoad(DundasandThirdLine)9:30a.m.10:00p.m.,MondaySunday.FormoreinformaOonvisitwww.oakvillesoccer.caProudsponsoroftheOakvilleSoccerClubwww.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, February 25, 2011 34