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The Oakville Beaver, W ednesday September 29, 2004 - D: Charity golf tournament raises $20,000 for Ian Anderson House Marlatt Insurance Agencies o f Oakville held their second annual golf tournament in support of Ian Anderson House this past Monday (Sept. 27) at Indian Wells G olf Club in Burlington. Thanks to the generosity of many sponsors, tournament organizers were thrilled to be able to hand over $20,000. In particular, Marlatt Insurance Agencies and Ian Anderson House would like to extend a spe cial thanks to Ed Liptay. owner of Indian Wells 1 G olf Club, for his generosity and continued sup port o f this annual event. Plans will soon begin for next year's third annual golf tourney! Ian Anderson House in Oakville is a six-bed cancer hospice providing end-of-life palliative care, without charge, to individuals with a limited life expectancy who, for whatever reason, cannot receive the necessary round-the-clock care in their own homes. S iv u T H R M a r ia t i e g io n I n sv)bance. Agencies n w t v d S O C C E R TO THE ORDER OF IftN M D E f O T m il PAY fte W iw a w * * * * memo s « 4 W R ' S'* S *' D o n a te d > n T V a t^ Peter McCusker ·Oakville Beaver Carol Daniel, daughter of the late Harry Rothenburger who died of cancer, presented a $20,000 cheque on behalf of Marlati Insnranrp Agpnrirg Ltd. to Margaret Anderson of Ian Anderson 'H ouse.Urad and Heather Amblin of Marlatt Insurance ran the fundraising golf tournament at Indian Wells in Burlington. ONTARIO PROVINCIAL JUNIOR A HOCKEY LEAGUE (western conference) GAA PMA W L T OTL GF GA PTS GP 7 36 14 13 2.00 19.40 GEORGETOWN 6 0 0 1 20.17 MILTON 6 0 0 35 19 12 2.38 8 2 10 10 2.00 37.46 0 0 0 43 OAKVILLE 5 5 0 10 3.14 18.40 HAMILTON 7 5 2 0 25 22 3.14 0 0 36 22 10 24.75 BRAMPTON 7 5 2 18.67 BURLINGTON 4 1 0 I 27 19 9 3.17 6 28.04 STREETSVILLE 7 2 1 1 32 8 4.71 3 33 5.71 24.00 1 0 30 40 3 MISSISSAUGA 7 1 5 2 5.50 14.71 BUFFALO 10 1 9 0 0 27 55 6 0 47 0 7.83 15.25 BRAMALEA 6 0 0 9 Does not include Tuesday niglit game: Burlington i at Streetsville The Oakville Fusion are League and Cup champs! BACK ROW: assistant coach Mike Lawson, coach David Edwards, Oscar Ribeiro, manager Martha Bell, Scott Bell, Brett Fong, assistant coach John Sousa, Janies Varanesi and Daniel Fevreau. MIDDLE ROW: Nicholas Hayward, Justin Allaby, David Doughty and Paul DiCesare. FRONT ROW: Michael MacArthur, Francesco Stalteri, Thomas Lavecchia, Vincent Seidner, Kenny Edwards and Ryan Sousa. League and Cup double for Fusion T h e O MwW «l»u wiw w -tM i>'boys B learTi secured the L eague and C u p D ouble. A lre ad y h a v in g s e c u re d the re g u la r season title w ith a pe rfe c t 14-0 reco rd , they w on th e ir South R egion L eague C u p c h am p io n sh ip tiTTe recen tly 3-1 ag ain st a gam e W aterloo B squad. O a k v ille secured the C u p w ith tw o late g o als in the final five m in u tes by th eir `B ra z ilia n ' forw ard O sca r R ibeiro. O a k v ille o p e n ed the scoring in the first h a lf w ith L u cas Ja c q u es c ap italiz in g on som e g re at passin g by B rett Fong and D aniel Fevreau. W aterloo e q u alize d at 1-1 on a goal seco n d s be fo re halftim e. O n th e ir w ay to the final they had e lim in a te d M ilto n 5 -0 , O ra n g e v ille 4 -0 and M ount H am ilton 5-1 in the sem ifinals. T h e L eague C u p w in w as all the m ore sw eet as assistant coach M ike L aw son atten d ed the gam e follow ing a recen t illness and was able to accept his trophy w ith the team . T h e team , c o ach es and parents w ere all d elig h ted to see him , and w ish M ike w ell in his ongoing recovery. Blades lighting up the scoreboard (C ontinued from p a g e 0 1 ) games of the Blades' regular season, they have scored 43 goals. The Leafs were third in `goals for' in the entire NHL last season, with 242 goals in 82 games. That's a 2.95 goals per game average. Compare that to the first five games of the Blades' season, which has them with 43 goals, or 8.6 goals per game. At this rate, if the Blades were to play an 82 game season like the Leafs, they would rack up 705 goals. Even playing the 42 regular season games they will, at this pace the Blades will still have 120 more goals than the Leafs did in a season nearly twice as long. Granted, it would be misguided to expect this pace to continue throughout the entire season, but it does make clear that there isn't going to be a shortage of offensive magic as the Blades attempt to build on last year's western conference champi onship season. Watching them Friday night, it wasn't hard to see what got them that championship, and what led them to give the Aurora Tigers, who went on to become the national champions, a tough run. Though they were playing a lacklustre Buffalo team that seemed bent on seeing just how little help they could give their goalie, the players on the Blades did shine. Their passing was impeccable and their skating was simply too much for the Buffalo team to han dle. Even in the second period, with a fairly secure seven goal lead. Blades forward Darren McKague was digging in the comers and behind the Lightning's net. missing on two close chances before fighting his way across the top of the crease and snapping the puck over the goalie's shoulder. It was a beautiful goal, bom of determination, and it was matched only by a goal most notable for its elegance, in which four passes had the puck from the Blades' zone to the Lightning's, and two more perfect passes, plus a laser-guided shot, had the puck planted behind the Lightning's goalie. There was also plenty of hitting. Tom Smith, a short and feisty Lightning defenceman, was run ning around looking for a fight, perhaps thinking that some emotion could give his team the momentum to fight back from a growing deficit. Eventually, the Blades had had enough and a dangerous cross-check to the back o f Smith's head led to a skirmish in the comer, with 17 minutes of penalties resulting. Later in the game, as Smith was reaching to catch a puck out of the air, a Blades forward pummeled the defenceman and took off with the puck. It really was an enormously gratifying game to watch, perhaps even moreso than watching a bunch of multi-millionaires pot a couple of goals and call it a night, as they did back when the NHL was in the business of actually playing hockey. Besides the play, the cost of a ticket to a Blades game is $8, and you can sit anywhere you like, whether in the front row or at the restaurant over looking the rink. Though these players, ranging in age from 16 to 20, aren't as skilled as NHL players, they make up for it with their passion for the game. They put themselves on the line every shift, and seem to play as if every shift could be their last. In other words, quit worrying about the NHL. Eventually everyone will run out of money and they'll either be forced to reconcile or shut down completely. Until that day comes, support your local teams. The Blades are a good bet this year, and could go all the way; I'm not saying that the way I do about the Leafs every year, either. The Blades really could go all the way. With five wins in the first five games, they are one of two teams unbeaten in the west conference. Georgetown is the other team, and the Blades will be playing them twice in the next two weeks, first in Georgetown on Saturday, and then back in Oakville for the Blades' second home-opener of the season on Oct. 8. This time they will be opening the arena that will become their home, the Twin Rinks. 1410 Ninth Line. The Oct. 8 game is at 7 p.m., and a comple mentary non-alcoholic drink and popcorn will be offered to each fan. When was the last time you heard of anyone getting a free drink at the ACC? To see the Blades' full schedule, visit www.oakvilleblades.ca. Peewee AA hope for better luck in home opener T he O akville R angers peew ee A A rep team fell 3-0 in th eir hom e o p e n er on Sunday to B urlington Eagles. O ak v ille w ill look for better luck w hen they host their hom e o p e n er this T hursday at R iver O aks A. 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