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The Oakville Beaver, Tuesday D e c e m b e r 24, 2002 - C5 Ice Bears receive stellar goaltending from Keely Brown (Continued from page C4) "We really needed this game," said Ice Bears head coach and Oakville native Keith Murray. "They were so motivated that I didn't have to say anything between periods. Finally beating these guys will really give us a lift going into January." Leading the way to victory was goaltender Keely Brown, who was absolutely stellar on this night. From the drop of the puck, it was clear that Brown was in a zone, as she continuously frus trated the sharp shooters o f the Aeros with her quick glove hand and lightning reflexes. Brown, who works at a law firm when not on the ice, was quick to heap praise on the defence w hich did a great jo b in clearing out the rebounds. "They were fabulous, and I didn't have to make a lot o f second saves which makes my life a lot easier," she said. "Against the Aeros, you have to move all the time, and I just happened to be at the right place 'a t the right time to block their shots." The Ice Bears got on the board towards the end o f the first period on a goal by Beth Claggett, assisted by Liz Macri and former Brampton Thunder Dina McCumber. "In the intermission, I didn't have to say any thing," said Murray. "I could see they were motivated and ready to Peter McCusker-Oakville Beaver pay the price on the ice for the victory." ON THE DOORSTEP! Ice Bears goalie Keely Brown, a standout in the Ice Bears' 2-1 win over With two valuable points up for grabs in this Beatrice Aeros, has to contend with Beatrice sniper and captain Geraldine Heaney, a member of inner conference battle, neither team seemed to C anada's Olympic gold medal hockey team. Heaney is fourth in scoring in the NWHL's central be in the festive spirit, as they didn't hesitate in division with 32 points (10g,22a) in 19 games. yrnm dishing out body contact along the boards at every opportunity. "We really wanted to pressure their defence," said Murray. "This is a real gutsy team we have that is real ly committed to winning." The final two periods were played as if it was game seven of a playoff series as opposed to just a regular season game before Christmas. The intensity was picking up as both teams opened up the play and took turns exchanging glorious scoring opportunities. It was the Aeros who blinked first, as forward Kira Misikowetz made it 2-0, on a hard wrist shot from the slot which eluded Sami-Jo Small, goaltender for Canada's Olympic gold medal winning team this past Friday. M isikowetz is the Ice Bears top scorer and eighth in the central division with 24 points (9g, 15a) in 17 games. Canadian N ational team m em ber Becky Kellar scored with 2:01 left in the second period to set up what turned out to be a hair raising fin ish with M ississauga holding onto the victory. Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the Ice Bears came within a hair of being the victims of Durham TELUS Lightning's first win of the year, scraping out an improbable 4-3 overtime win. The hero for the Ice Bears was Sara Bauer who scored with one second left in regulation time to tie the game up at 3-3 and then scored the overtime winner. Also scoring in that game was Kristin King and Kira Misikowetz. Assists went to Liz Macri and Nathalie Rivard. Catch an Oakville Rangers hockey game free of charge The O akville Rangers rep hom e hockey schedule is now available on the M inor Oaks H ockey Association (M O H A ) w ebsite at moha.on.ca. Click on the Rangers! Rangers games are always free of charge. Beatrice Brampton Mississauga TELUS NATIONAL W OM EN'S W GP L 22 19 2 22 16 6 20 12 6 22 0 21 HOCKEY LEAGUE - central division T OTL Points GF GA 1 0 126 36 39 0 0 32 89 47 1 1 72 59 26 0 1 1 35 151 Last 10 8-2-0-0 9-1-0-0 5-3-1-1 0-9-0-1 COLUMBIA Cold Mountain Parka Junior Insulated Jacket Our Original Price 119.99 COLUMBIA Tandem Pass Men's Insulated Jacket Our Original Price 149.99 FIREFLY Epic or Switch Men's and Women's 3n1 Jacket Our Original Price 199.99 COLUMBIA Ice Peak Men's and Women's 3n1 Jacket Our Original Price 279.99 Was 249.99 COLUMBIA Snowflare Men's and Women's 3n1 Jacket Our Original Price 209.99 HELLY HANSEN ' Venture Men's Helly Tech 5 Shell Our Original Price 299.99 COLUMBIA "" '... RIPZ0NE/BURT0N '% " MCKINLEY/FIREFLY O -25% Our Original Price' 25 o ff !130-50% 25-401 Our Original Price* HELLY HANSEN Our Original Price* BONFIRE ALL MEN S & WOMEN'S JACKETS OFF OFF 0 m Original Price* ALL MEN'S & WOMEN'S JACKETS ALL MEN'S & WOMEN'S JACKETS ALL MEN'S & WOMEN'S JACKETS AU. MEN'S & WOMEN'S JACKETS / jm % '% . ' OFF K O rt|tM tP rfc s * COLUMBIA. RtPZONE & FIREFLY I J ALL F O O T W E A R ON S A L E ! Our Original Price*