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39 | Thursday, February 9, 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com O a k v ille B e a v e r S p o r t s E d ito r k n a g e l@ b u r lin g t o n p o s t .c o m sports "Connected to your Community H A LTO N TRANSMISSION 559 S P E E R S RD., #UNIT 3 www.haltontransmission.com m m 905-842-0725 q Defending cham ps edge Holy Trinity in Bur B ear fin a l By Kevin Nagel Beaver sports editor BURLINGTON -- Local teams made it to the finals of both Bur Bear High School Hockey Tournament pools, but the Holy Trinity Ti tans and the A ssum ption Crusaders fell short of winning a title. Bolton's St. Michael's Thunder won the 14-team Gold Pool cham pionship Saturday afternoon by defeating the Titans 3-1 at Ap pleby Ice Centre. Before that gam e, Tottenham's St. Thom as A quinas Stingers defeated the Crusaders 7-1 in the final of the six-team Silver Pool. For St. Mike's , it w as the second Bur Bear tournam ent win in as m any years. The Thunder -- despite entering the game without six players who had rep team obli gations -- never trailed, taking the lead on star forward Daniel D 'A m ico's goal 4:27 into the game and adding to that m argin when D'Amico scored a power-play m arker early in the middle frame. Marley A ngus m ade it interesting when the Titans defenceman cut the lead in half at 3:54 of the third period, but St. M ike's salted the gam e away when D 'Amico added his third point of the gam e on an assist on Nicholas Barbosa's tap-in of a loose p uck in the Trinity crease with 1:54 remaining. Despite the three-point night by D 'Amico, it w as St. Mike's goalie Nicholas Sangha who earned MVP honours for the Thunder. Justin Corpus Christi Longhorns goalie Christian Jasek (1), with help from teammate Brent Payne (21) stymies Holy Trinity Titans captain Jacob Moro (left) in one of two gold-division semifinal games. The Titans advanced with a 4-3 victory but fell 3-1 to Bolton's St. Michael in the Gold final. | photo by Graham Paine - Oakville Beaver Hui earned the sam e honour for the Titans as both goalies m ade num erous saves to keep their teams in the game. "I think our goalie bailed u s out in the first half of the gam e," said St. M ike's head coach Michael Pupo, "but it w as a great gam e by both teams; Holy Trinity played w ell." Am ong the m issing for the Thunder was defenceman David M astropaolo, one of the highest-rated 16-year-olds in the province. The sm ooth-skating D'Amico is in his OHL draft season. "H opefully he goes early in the first round," Pupo said. "He's a special player. You don't get too m any players like him very of ten." It m arked the second tournam ent win of the season in as m any attempts for the Thun der, which is 12-0 in league play. The team w as 27-0 last year when it lost its league cham pionship game, an Ontario Federation of School Athletic A ssociations qualifier. "Our goal this year is to build toward that OFSAA (all-Ontario) final," added the coach. Aaron Consoli, the Holy Trinity coach the past six years, gets tired of com m enting on his team's (and all Halton team s') absence of rep players, which is a league rule. "I get this every time I'm interviewed," said Consoli. "We've got (rep players), too. They quit AAA to come play with us. It doesn't matter what (St. M ike's ) has over there -- they've got good hockey players, w e've got great hockey players. "We do a good jo b of advertising what we do at our school," he added. "We had nine returning guys from our (Halton) cham pi onship team last year and I don't know how m any quit AA and AAA, maybe 10, to play for u s this year. They're good hockey play ers, they want to be here and they're having a good time." In the Silver Pool final, Burlington's As sum ption Crusaders tied the game at 1-1 when Cameron Drum m ond scored with 6:24 remaining in the first period, but the Stingers proceeded to score six straight goals, taking period leads of 2-1 and 5-1 on the way to the cham pionship of the six-team pool. Jordan Maiolino had two of the Aquinas goals while Ty Alexander added a goal and two assists to the cause. to kick off the tournam ent and give runners and golfers alike the chance to experience Glen Abbey G olf Club in a truly unique way," said race director Brody Coles. Early bird registration begins at $50 and is in effect until March 1. Participants can register and find more information by visiting www.golfrun.ca. Canadian Open 5K Golf Run coming back for second season Bavaria, Germany The RBC Canadian Open 5K Golf Run is returning for a second year. 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