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C6 - The Oakville Beaver, Tuesday D e c e m b e r 24, 2002 w POWER WALKING DARE T O w O Blades close off year with important win By Sarah Elliott SP EC IA L T O T H E BEAVER WALK A M ARATHO N Yes, you can be part of the newest wave of marathoners! It's not run/walk, it's all walk! And it's fun! Sign up now for a winter session beginning in January. You'll enjoy our small groups with personal coaching from our knowledgeable, certified coaches who have a passion for walking. Short on time? Consider organizing a group from your office and a WoW coach will come to you before work or during lunch. For more information call 905 825 9389, email scott@wowcompany.net, or visit us at www.wowcomfxiny.net to see how much fun it can be to walk your way to excellence. The Oakville Blades have had their fair share o f ups and downs so far this season. As they head for Newmarket this weekend, to take part in the annual Showcase Tournament, they hope to leave their mark. And, they want to use Newmarket to help lever them into the final stretch o f their regular season, and more importantly, their playoff run. The Blades have had a light sched ule over the holiday period with their first game in seven days this past Sunday which they won 5-2 aver the host Mississauga Chargers. It was a big win for Oakville not only because they wanted to head for Newmarket on a good note, but also because Mississauga is hot on their tail in the western conference standings. The Chargers had cut the Blades lead in the standings to just two points, but this win puts Oakville back in the driver's seat. Oakville broke open a 2-2 tie after two periods with three unanswered third period goals. This was after Mississauga, in the second period, had erased a 2-0 lead the Blades had built up in the first period. M ike Ruberto led the scoring parade with a pair of goals while single markers were added by Nick Dodge, Rob Tarantino and Lane Moodie. It was an exciting game, which saw Oakville's Coach Jay Anderson shak ing up his lines. "I tried splitting up the lines tonight to spread the scoring around," explained Anderson. "But I ended up putting the first line back together again by the end of the game." Anderson took the Blades' front line of Marc Pinizzotto, Mike Ruberto, and Rob Tarantino and divided them up into two lines. The new lines consist ed of Pinizzotto, Tarantino, and Jason Dopaco on one line; Nick Dodge, Ruberto, and Steve Pinizzotto on the other. But Anderson found that it was just too tough to keep his top line apart because they do so well together, showing great chemistry. In fact, they m anaged a com bined eight points against Mississauga. "The three o f them just seem to know each other so well that it makes it too tough to keep them apart. If you want to be successful, they're the guys who are leading the team." The Blades next regular season game is Thursday, Jan. 2 in Brampton and the following night (Friday, Jan. 3), 7:30 p.m., they're back at home, hosting Mississauga. PMA 30.59 17.59 23.12 24.35 34.29 26.34 23.95 26.95 18.58 19.48 O A K V IL L E 5, M ississauga 2 (Dec. 22) PERIOD 1 (1:23) OAK (17:10) OAK Nick Dodge (Steve Pinizzotto, Mike Ruberto) Rob Tarantino (Marc Pinizzotto, Mike Ruberto) PERIOD 2 (14:34) MISS Mike Blackmore (Kyle McCutcheon, Jason Oreskovic) PP (18:07) MISS Jason Oreskovic (M ike Blackmore) PERIOD 3 (3:50) (4:53) OAK (14:29) OAK OAK Mike Ruberto (M att Ruberto. Rob Tarantino) PP Mike Ruberto (Mark Menchella, Marc Pinizzotto) Lane M oodie (Geoff Aselstine, Paul Metcalf) Rowan will Duke it out with Colts next season Oakville's Chris Rowan has come to terms with the Barrie Colts of the OHL, capping off a memorable few months. Highlights include: · recruited to the number one rated Junior A team in the provincial junior A league, the Wellington Dukes; · earned the starter position on the team, recording 20 of the team's first 32 games; · gone undefeated in all 20 starts; · recorded the lowest goals against average (GAA) in the OPJAHL and the lowest in all o f Canada with the CJAHL: · short listed for Team Ontario under 17. If he makes it he will play in the Canada Winter Games in February; · named player of the month in the Eastern Conference for November; · has come to terms with and will sign with the Barrie Colts o f the OHL for next season. Rowan, last season, backstopped the Oakville Rangers bantam AAA rep team to their third straight OMHA title and second straight O ntario silver medal. It's a challenge that can change your life. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE CobbieSlO sJEm beiS "Masonry & Fireplace Design Specialists" DESIGN & INSTALLATION OF GAS. 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