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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, December 15, 2011 · 26 Oakville's k ll other h NHLers and d top hockey h k prospects OGC hosting acrobatics · John Tavares scored his 10th goal of the season Tuesday against the Montreal Canadiens and is averaging nearly a point a game this season for the New York Islanders. The top pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, the 21-year-old Tavares is tied for the lead in team scoring with 24 points in 28 games. The former St. Thomas Aquinas student led the Isles in scoring in each of his first two seasons in the league. · Trevor Cann has been getting plenty of playing time in net for the AHL's Lake Erie Monsters this season. Cann, 22, has a 6-9 record, 3.00 goals-against average and .900 save percentage in 15 games for the Monsters, the affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche. The former Holy Trinity student is expected to move into a backup role with the team when veteran Cedrick Desjardins returns from a lower-body injury. competition this weekend Oakville Gymnastics Club will host Canada's first provincial-level acrobatic gymnastics competition Saturday. Officially known as the first Ontario Cup, the qualifying event will feature 80 acrobats from Quebec, Alberta and Ontario -- 30 of them from the host Oakville club. The local participants have been training under Don Holmes since Canada officially launched the acrobatics discipline in 2009. Four of the Oakville gymnasts scheduled to compete are elite level acrobats. Tessa Chiricosta, Jack McGarr, Jamie Patrick and Cory Marsh competed at the 2010 World Acrobatic Championships in Poland, as well as a competition in Maryland last year. The four athletes are hoping to represent Canada once again next year at the world championships in Florida. Acrobatics is a cross between traditional gymnastics and circus acrobatics. Performing to music, , intricate balances are · Stuart Percy, the first-round pick of the · Sam Gagner r is getting on track after a Maple Leafs this past summer, can't seem to slow start to the season stay healthy. The 22-year-old Edmonton Oilers forward The 18-year-old Mississauga St. Michael's has three goals and three assists in his past five Majors defenceman was injured last weekend John Tavares games. Gagner had just six points in his first after being hit by two Kitchener Rangers 18 games of the year as he recovered from a high ankle during an Ontario Hockey League contest. Percy fell injury suffered in training camp. heavily and head-first into the boards, suffering a Gagner, the son of long-time NHLer Dave Gagner, sprained wrist, whiplash and a cut to his face. attended Oakville Trafalgar before moving to the United Earlier this year, Percy suffered a concussion scare at States to play high school hockey. Leafs rookie camp and then missed four games after injuring hs knee. · Stefan Legein scored his first two goals of the The Majors captain has four goals and 18 assists in 25 American Hockey League season last weekend, helping games this season. the Manchester Monarchs to a 5-4 win over the Portland Pirates. · Justin Vaive scored his first East Coast Hockey Legein now has two goals and an assist in 17 games League goal last weekend, helping the Cincinnati for the Monarchs. The 23-year-old Holy Trinity grad was Cyclones to a 4-3 win over the Portland Pirates. traded to Manchester (an affiliate of the Los Angeles Vaive, 22, is the son of former Maple Leafs sniper Rick Kings) by the Adirondack Phantoms (Philadelphia Vaive. Before joining Cincinnati this season, Vaive played Flyers) earlier this season. four years at Miami University (Ohio). Legein was a second-round pick of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. HOME FLOOR:Tessa Chiricosta (left) and Jack McGarr will be two of f this weekend's competitors. performed on partners, combined with exciting multiple somersaults and twists with partners being pitched and caught. The partners use each other as the apparatus. 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