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Lawnmower Service CURRENT POWER MACHINERY INC. (2 M ock cast ot Southdown Q O O 4 Road m Clarkson) § 0 4 4 *^ 4 1 1 DO IT NOW! 1861 Lakeshore Rd. W. Mississauga Editor: Norm Nelson Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: nnelson@haltonsearch.com W ED N ESD A Y . MAI < C '.I I 20. 2(X>2 · SPORTS l> a« c 1)1 They did it: third straight OMHA title By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR he Oakville Rangers major ban tam AAA rep hockey team are one o f the top ranked teams in the entire province, and they showed why this past weekend, winning their third consecutive Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) title before a thrilled and appreciative stand ing room only crowd of more than 1.000 at River Oaks Arena. The Rangers won Sunday after noon's tense championship game 2-1 over Quinte Red Devils. "The boys played very well." said Oakv ille Rangers coach Scott McKenzie. "Quinte played very well, too. They played a very good game. They're a class team; they're a nice team to play against, actually." Low scoring but exciting, thoughts of overtime started to germinate throughout the arena as the game slipped well past the halfway mark with nary a goal. Nearing the end of the second peri od. however. Oakville capitalized on their one and only power play of the game. Nick Dodge was knocked off balance in the slot but as he got up he managed to label an off-balanced shot. "We should have had a couple of more chances (on the power play). I thought." said coach Scott McKenzie. "We've got a good power play and we have some good forwards who can put the puck in the net. "We have to capitalize on that -- The Oakville R angers celebrate th eir third consecutive OM HA crown. Along with the players, here, are the team staff, left to right, Kevin M cLaughlin (assL and we did." coach), M ark Rowan (trainer), Tom GitTin (asst, coach), John Davis (asst, coach), G rah am Tough (m anager) and Scott McKenzie (coach) Besides a perfect 100 per cent on Photos by Julie Farrie the power play (albeit one-for-one), the Rangers also put another cliche to work for them. T O U R N A M E N T O V E R V IE W They made it 2-0 just 20 seconds G old M ed al G am e into the third period. Tyler Donati O akville Rangers 2. Q uinte Red D evils I made a great individual effort coming B ronze M ed al G am e Niagara Falls Jr. Canucks 6. York Sirococ Express I out from behind the net and firing it on goal where it careened into the net off R ound R obin R esults N iagara Kalis Jr. Canucks 6. Halton Hurricanes 2 Dan Hannigan-Daley's skate. O A K V ILLE RANGERS 3. Q uinte Red Devils I And that was it. Halton Hurricanes 3. York Sim coc Express 2 The last game ever for this team in Q uinte Red D evils 5. Niagara Falls Jr. C anucks 3 York Simcoc Express 2. O A K V ILLE RANGERS I Oakville. N iagara Falls Jr. Canucks 2. Yprk Sim coc Express 2 The last time ever in their Rangers Q uinte Red Devils 7. Halton Hurricanes 4 jerseys. O A K V ILLE RA NG ERS 2. Niagara Falls Jr. Canucks I Q uinte Red D evils 4. York Simcoc Express 2 "W e're done." said coach O A K V ILLE RA NG ERS 4. Halton H urricanes 0 McKenzie, who will step down at the end of the season. "We don't wear the RANGERS WEEKEND SCORING sweaters anymore." # Player GP G A PIM Pts 2 10 Tyler Donati 3 2 5 5 Their season, of course, is far from 2 6 2 5 IS Charlie Giffin 4 over. Having won the OMHA champi 19 Justin Donati 5 3 1 6 4 onship -- actually their third in a row 18 Dan Hannigan-Daley 5 3 1 2 2 and fifth, overall -- they advance to 9 Brail McKenzie 5 0 3 3 2 5 3 0 0 3 the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) 14 Nick Dodge 2 2 2 4 5 0 Andy MacDonald provincial championship. 2' 4 2 12 Marc Richardson 5 0 It runs all next week (Monday, 2 It Nick Davis 5 1 1 6 March 25 to Saturday. March 25) in 16 Jordy McMillan 5 0 1 1 0 2 Brantford. 5 0 Connor Farris 1 0 1 1 Chris Rowan 4 0 0 0 0 But as coach McKenzie points out, 7 5 Graham Tough 0 0 0 2 the boys will be wearing OMHA jer 29 Matt Pike 1 0 0 0 ·0 seys. 17 Mike Chereshnevsky 5 0 0 0 0 Although still mostly 15-year-olds 5 Ben Hcersink ' 4 0 0 0 0 HEY. LET GO! the R angers' M arc Richardson finds his progress im peded in S unday's OM HA cham pionship game. 8 Luke Pamanzone 5 0 0 0 0 The Rangers broke open a 0-0 deadlock at the midway point of the game for an exciting 2-1 win over Q uinte Red Devils. 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