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A18-The Canadian Champion, Friday, March 9, 2007 SPRT SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail siebIanc@&haItonsearch.com AE2 atoms on the ropes in OMHA semis Fcîng elimination tonight against powerhouse Whitby By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF T be glass slipper appears ready to, faîl on the AE2 Latoms'Cinderella season. The team that nearly didn't get off the ground at aIl this year, due to an initial lack of players, now finds itself facing a quick elimination [rom tbe best-of- five OMI-A semnifinals. Representing Multons last remaining bope for a 2006/07 cbampionsbip, tbey're now poîsed to be swept by the additional entry powerbouse Wbitby Wildcats - unbeaten in botb. regular season and playoff action - following back-to-back weekend losses at Milton Sports Centre. Despîte momenîum from tbeir improbable quarterfînal sweep of Belle River, Milton struggled o[fensively tbrougb tbe early going of botb games and didn't get on tbe score- board until the thîrd. Tbe two contests - endîrîg in 5-2 and 6-1 Wbîtby wins - played out in sîmîlar fashion, witb the visitors establisb- ing an insurmountable lead in tbe second period after a rather evenly matcbed opening [rame. The middle stanza was particularly damaging to tbe Winterhawks during Saturday evening's senies opener, witb four goals against on 17 shots wiping out any realistie sbot at victory. Top guns Brenden Calvert-Day and Jesse MacDonald scored tbree-and-a-balf minutes apart in tbe tbird - nettîng tbeir l6tb and t0tb playofi goals respectively - to tem- porarily turn the tîde. However, witb a fundamentally-sound opponent sporting tbree extra players and still up by tbree goals, a comeback jusi wasn't in tbe cards. Tbe same beld true tbe [ollowîng day, wben MacDonald beat Wbîtbys goalie wîtb a lengtby bottom-sbelf wnister four-and-a-balf minutes into tbe tbîrd. Tbe Wildcats already bad a 5-0 bammerlock at tbe tîme, and added one more for good measure dlown tbe stretcb. Wbile bolding its own tbrougb some extended stretcbes last weekend, Milton bad aIl sorts of trouble findîng room to manocuver against a positionally rock-solid Whitby squad. Calvert-Day assisted on botb MacDonald goals and now bas 27 points in 11 posi-season gamnes. Wbîtby bosts games tbree and four tonîgbt and tomorrow afîernoon. Sbould tbe Winterbawks fend off elîmination twice, a [if sb and decidîng game wîll be played at MSC Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Vw M___________ IR- GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN CHAMPION NETTING ONE - SORT 0F: Winterhawk Colin Moffat ends up in the net hîmself as Whitby goalie Sean Green makes the Save on the play during gamne two action at Milton Sports Centre Sunday afternoon. Paguaga set for Trilliumi Starskate Kendra Paguaga will be taking her on-ice skills to the xvas pre-prelimmnarv ladies competitor Hayleigbi Bell, wbo provincial stage this weekend. missed tbe ctît by just one spot with an aillaround fourth. The I 5-year-old, will be Milton Skating Clubs lone repre- Colleen Collins placed nintb i tbe same division, while sentaîlve tomorrow in Waterloo, when she begins tbe both took second in tbeir respective fligbts. Trillium Starskate Cbampionship (formerly the aIl- Also representing the local club at COSC were: Atbena Ontaros).Zorzi (5tb in fligbt in preliminary ladies), Emily Williams Tbe seasoned skater advanced to tbis weekends showcase (thn gtinpemiaylds)KitnBll6hinfgb witb a bronze-medal performance at the Central Ontanio (t nfih npeiiaylde) aty el(t nfi Starskate Cbampionsbips in Brampton - takîng top bon- in preliminary ladies), Lindsay Mindenball (l2tb in fliht in ours in ber senior bronze ladies fligbî belore placîng tbird preliminary ladies), Madelyn Dunley (Stb in fligbî in junior overaîl. bronze ladies) and Victoria Smitb (1Otb in fligbt in junior Falling beartbreakingly close to Joining ber at Trillium bronze ladies). " Swedish engineered 535 air watts of cleaning power " True HEPA exhaust filter included - Patented Noise Reduction Embedded Motor for extra quiet operation (64.5 dB)