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D 2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y N o v e m b e r 7, 2001 OAKVILLE BLADES SCORING GP (i A PTS PIM MIKE RUBERTO 16 12 11 6 23 CHRIS KNIGHTON 15 10 12 22 28 CHRIS BRUSSA-TOI 15 8 13 21 24 8 ROB TARANTINO 16 10 18 8 MARC PINIZZOTTO 6 11 17 39 15 EVAN MCGRATH 7 17 4 16 10 T.J. MANASTERSKY 2 14 16 17 16 2 WILL BARLOW 14 8 10 17 GEOFF CURTIS 16 4 6 10 12 CHRIS RIDDELL 15 3 6 9 56 CHRIS PETHICK 16 2 6 28 8 STEVE PINIZZOTTO 16 5 3 8 16 TYLER CANN 16 1 7 8 26 BRYAN MCLOUGHLIN 2 4 15 6 2 1 4 MATT RUBERTO 15 5 52 GEOFF ASELSTINE 14 4 0 4 13 KEVIN HARVEY 7 0 2 2 61 2 2 PAUL DAWSON 10 0 10 SCOTT RUSSELL 16 0 2 2 22 PAUL METCALFE 7 0 1 1 33 ROB STEIN 1 0 0 0 0 TYLER LEGION 1 0 0 0 0 NICK BALL 7 0 0 0 0 ADAM DENNIS 11 0 0 0 5 MIN. 375 585 G.P 6.25 9.75 G.A 24 37 AVG. SO . 3.84 0 3.79 0 POS FWD FWD FWD FWD FWD FWD DEF FWD FWD FWD DEF FWD DEF FWD DEF FWD FWD DEF DEF HT 6 6 5-11 5-10 5-11 6 5-10 5-10 6 6-1 6 5-11 6 6 6 6-1 6-2 6-5 5-11 VVT 195 190 195 180 185 175 205 170 180 180 180 170 195 200 195 185 185 205 170 YOB 1983 1982 1981 1983 1982 1986 1983 1982 1983 1983 1982 1984 1984 1983 1983 1984 1984 1985 1985 27 25 15 11 26 19 8 9 22 10 7 14 21 17 5 12 44 2 4 16 1 30 GOAL GOAL POS GOAL GOAL 6-2 6 HT 6-2 6 165 165 WT 165 165 1983 1985 YOB 1983 1985 File Photo by Riziero Vertolli GOAL TENDERS 31 NICK BALL 35 ADAM DENNIS The Oakville Blades' Mike Ruberto tries to catch up to a Hamilton Kilty's player in this 4-1 loss in their season open er. Less than two weeks later, the Blades also lost to Hamilton 5-2. Since that time, however, the Blades have been doing a lot of catching up, rising to fourth place. And Ruberto has also been catching up. After a torrid week, last year's lead ing scorer for the Blades is again leading the club. And the Blades host Hamilton on Friday. OAKVILLE BLADES UPCOMING GAMES Friday, Nov. 9, 7:45 p.m.: H am ilton at O akville Sunday, Nov. 1 1 ,7 p.m.: Bram alea at O akville Friday, Nov. 16, 7:45 p.m .: O akville at B ram alea Tuesday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m ., O akville at M ilton Fri., Nov. 23, 7:45 p.m., M ississauga at O akville Sat., Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m., O akville at G eorgetow n Fri., Nov. 30, 7:45 p.m., B ram pton at O akville * O akville gam es at Ice Sports O akville. Blades split a pair of shootouts By Sarah Elliott SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Mike Ruberto, last year's leading scorer for the Oakville Blades, finds him self back in that familiar territory again after a torrid week of scor ing. In the last two games -- Thursday's 9-7 loss in Brampton and Friday's 12-2 victory over Buffalo -- the Blades' assistant captain has picked up nine points, including six goals, with a hat trick each night. In fact, his whole line, which also includes Chris Knighton and Marc Pinizzotto, have been on fire lately, playing consistently both nights. "We've changed up the lines a bit and the new lines are clicking well," said Ruberto after Friday night's provincial junior A hockey game. "My line mates seem to be finding me, making it easy to score." The whole team saw a big improvement on Friday night when they hosted Buffalo. Thursday's loss to first place Brampton was slop py, and the Capitals got away with too many offensive breaks. Nick Ball started in net for the Blades, but was replaced in the second period by call-up Josh Thursday, Nov. P E R IO D 1 (5 :1 2 ) OAK (5 :5 5 ) OAK (1 1 :0 5 ) BRA (1 1 :2 1 ) B R A P E R IO D 2 (1 :3 1 ) BRA (4 :1 9 ) BRA (1 2 :1 4 ) B R A (1 2 :2 6 ) B R A (1 3 :0 3 ) O A K (1 4 :5 0 ) B R A P E R IO D 3 (1 :3 2 ) BRA OAK (4 :4 9 ) OAK (6 :4 8 ) (1 6 :3 7 ) O A K (1 7 :4 4 ) B R A (1 9 :3 8 ) O A K 1 (Brampton 9,Oakville 7) Mike Ruberto (M a tt R u b e rto , N ic k B a ll) Rob Tarantino (E v a n M c G ra th , T J M a n a s te rs k y ) R y a n H e a le y (M a rk G io rd a n o , S te v e M ig n a rd i) S te v e M ig n a rd i (R y a n H e a le y , M a rk G io rd a n o ) J e ff H ris to v s k y (T y le r R im m e r, K y le B re n n e n ) K e n n y S o u s a (J u s tin D a c o s ta , J e ff H ris to v s k y ) S H S te v e M ig n a rd i (K e n n y S o u s a , R y a n S ilv e ira ) D e re k C o n te r (D a v id T h o m p s o n , A d a m K e m p ) Mike Ruberto (C h ris K n ig h to n , M a rc P in iz z o tto ) D e re k C o n te r (M a rc o D iv o n a ) J e ff H ris to v s k y (J o s h A g n e w ) Chris Pethick (C h ris K n ig h to n , M a rc P in iz z o tto ) Chris Knighton (M a rc P in iz z o tto , M ik e R u b e rto ) Chris Knighton (M a rc P in iz z o tto , M ik e R u b e rto ) R y a n S ilv e ira Mike Ruberto (M a rc P in iz z o tto , C h ris K n ig h to n ) P P Disher. Adam Dennis, who has had the bulk of the work for the Blades this year, is expected to be out a couple of more weeks with a broken had suffered in the Blades win in Buffalo Oct. 29. Ball was disappointed with his game on Thursday night, but saw a big improvement on Friday, stopping 34 shots and making some key saves. "I feel like I've had a big weight lifted off my shoulders," said Ball. "We played solid all game. We won the little battles and it feels radical. I hope we can continue." Ball w asn't the only one to see improvement on Friday night. Forward Chris Brussa-Toi, whose line seemed somewhat flat on Thursday in Brampton, also managed a hat trick against Buffalo and had a great game. "Tonight we had more intensity," stated Brussa-Toi, after Friday's game. "We knew we had to win and we came out on top. "Last night's difference was we were flat, giv ing up too many odd man rushes. We didn't play well defensively in comparison to tonight. Last night we seemed to leave too many people open, but tonight we didn't let them get chances." With the disappointing loss to Brampton, leav ing the players and coaching staff frustrated, Friday, Nov. 2 (Oakville 12- Buffalo 2) P E R IO D 1 (2 :5 0 ) OAK Matt Ruberto (C h ris R id d e ll, B ry a n M c L o u g h lin ) (3 :0 9 ) B U F P h il M ilk s (N ic k C a n ta z a ro , A d a m D re s c h e r) (7 :4 2 ) O A K Chris Riddell (B ry a n M c L o u g h lin , G e o ff C u rtis ) (9 :3 9 ) O A K Mike Ruberto (M a rc P in iz z o tto ) (1 1 :5 4 ) O A K Chris Brussa-Toi (R o b T a ra n tin o , T y le r C a n n ) P P P E R IO D (3 :5 3 ) (8 :3 9 ) (9 :1 8 ) (1 1 :2 7 ) (1 4 :3 3 ) 2 OAK OAK OAK OAK BUF Friday night was a nice way to end the week. The morale after Thursday night was low, and coach Jay Anderson was quite perturbed. "Anytime you play a team with a two-pointsomething goals against average, and you score seven goals on that team, you should win the game. It's as simple as that." The Blades have a bit of a break this week, and don't play again until Friday (Nov 9) when they host the Hamilton Kilty's, who are in second place. These two teams have met twice so far this season, and the Kilty's have won both match-ups. The game is at Ice Sports and the puck drops at 7:45 p.m. OAKVILLE BLADES SCORING SUMMARY Chris Brussa-Toi (E v a n M c G ra th , P a u l D a w s o n ) Mike Ruberto (C h ris K n ig h to n , M a rc P in iz z o tto ) Chris Pethick (Bryan McLoughlin, TJ Manastersky) Evan McGrath (M a tt R u b e rto , C h ris B ru s s a -T o i) P P S a l G a n d o lfo (J e ff K u c z m a n s k i, J e ff H o m e w o o d ) Fully loaded luxury, power sunroof, 17' chrome wheels, 4 disc in dash C.D. player, memory & heated seats and much much more. $0 D o w n pa ym e n t $2500 D o w n p a ym e n t $ 3 5 0 0 Downpayment $508.73/mth $456.95fmtti $433.22/mth P E R IO D 3 (5 :4 3 ) OAK (6 :2 2 ) OAK (1 8 :5 7 ) OAK (1 9 :5 3 ) OAK Rob Tarantino (E v a n M c G ra th , T J M a n a s te rs k y ) Chris Brussa-Toi (C h ris P e th ic k , R o b T a ra n tin o ) Marc Pinizzotto (M ik e R u b e rto , C h ris P e th ic k ) P P Mike Ruberto (C h ris R id d e ll) P P RECENT RESULTS Nov. 2, Oakville 12, Buffalo 2 Nov. 1. Brampton 9. Oakville 7 Oct. 29, Oakville 5. Buffalo 4 Oct. 28. Oakville 5, Georgetown 4. Oct. 26, Oakville 7. Milton 1 Oct. 23, Mississauga 6, Oakville 3 Oct. 19, Oakville 3, Brampton 2 Oct. 14. Oakville 6. Bramalea 3 Oct. 12, Streetsville 7, Oakville 5 Oct. 9, Oakville 7, Streetsville 3 Oct. 7, Oakville 7, Burlington 5 Oct. 5. Oakville 3, Mississauga 1 Sept. 30: Burlington 4, Oakville 2 PROVINCIAL JU N IO R A - west conference GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts GAA PIM 97 BRAMPTON 20 15 5 0 0 60 30 3.00 16.21 HAMILTON 19 98 14 4 · 1 0 56 29 2.95 19.38 BRAMALEA 20 3 1 90 78 24 3.90 20.13 10 6 0 91 OAKVILLE 18 11 7 0 71 22 3.94 30.31 GEORGETOWN 20 10 9 1 0 90 80 21 4.00 22.90 MISSISSAUGA 18 8 6 1 3 70 20 2.94 25.25 53 MILTON 1 18 7 10 0 68 88 15 4.89 19.87 STREETSVILLE 20 7 12 1 0 71 107 15 5.35 22.89 BURLINGTON 71 14 5.06 21.50 18 7 11 0 0 91 BUFFALO 19 2 16 1 0 45 109 5 5.74 24.12 * does not include Tuesday night games Georgetown at Mississauga; Milton at Hamilton. 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O.A.C Monthly paym ents based on 4 8 month lease term , 2 0 .4 0 0 0 k m /y r Leases based on am ount down, plus fre ig h t protector plus, a ir tax, applicable taxes & license. O A C. Som e vehicles m ay not be exactly as illustrated. StHHJ O akville's U-19 field lacrosse team made the playoffs in their first season. BACK ROW: Nick Ledderhof, G eoff Farrer, A ndrew K ingston, Kyle Johnson, Josh Sm yth, Alan Farrer (mgr). THIRD ROW: M ike W illis, Chris Butt, Andrew Hunter, John Barton, Patrick Farrer, Jam es W alsh. SECO ND ROW: Rob Bajak (assistant coach), Brandi W ilson, Dave Cosmo, Matt W alsh, Bruce D onovan (C o a c h ), John H ibberd, Kyle Fountain. FRONT ROW: Ryan Shaw and Craig H enderson. ABSENT: G arrett Ince, Paul Winger, Shawn Gonneau and Eric Beatty. S E E STO RY, D3 PO W ER TRA IN W A R R A N TY & R OA DSIDE A SSISTA NC E r I t TTM T F Y T 7 V pTJP V C T F R Tlie place to lease or buv since 1961 Friday Nov. 9 ot 7:45 p.m. Friday Nov. 11 at 7:00 p.m. HAM ILTON KIITY A S vs OflKVIllC RMDCS r iMiiMni.cn capitals OAKVlUC RMDCS Sjk ___ ___ ____ - . . * S?* W S* »- l i e . · at Oakville Ice Sports Centre