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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, April 2 0 , 2 0 1 7 | 3 8 Oakville Hornets win OWHA championship to complete triple crown By Herb Garbutt Oakville Beaver staff As the Oakville Hornets readied for over time, there w as a little more than the op portunity to accom plish a rare feat on the line. Oakville was one goal from continu ing its bid to becom e just the second team to w in the Provincial W om en' s Hockey i i League regular-season and playoff titles and the On tario W om en' s Hockey Asso ciation cham pionship in one year. But it was also one goal from having its season come to an end. "It' s a scary feeling," said Hornets' captain Emma Maltais. "It' s such a special group, w e didn't want that to be our last gam e." Oakville w ent 3-0 to w in its pool at the OWHA tour nament and its reward was a quarter-final date with the W hitby Wolves. The W olves finished second in the PWHL standings but a round-robin loss at provincials set up an early showdow n between the league' s top two teams. Whitby, looking for redemption after being bounced in the second round of Provincials are such a different game. Games are shorter and you have to be really disciplined. the league playoffs, scored with 17 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. "It had been back and forth all gam e," said Hornets' coach Bradi Cochrane. "It was a stressful game, even for the coaches." Then with two m inutes to play in over time, Maltais picked up a rebound off Annie MacDonald' s shot and fired hom e the winner in a 3-2 win. Oakville w ould go on to beat the Stoney Creek Sa bres 3-0 in the final, becom ing the first team since the Toronto Aeros in 2006 to sw eep all three intermediate AA titles. "We knew it was going to be a hard task to w in provin cials. To finish off (the triple crown), w e knew it was go ing to be really tough," Maltais said. "Provincials are such a different game. Games are shorter and you have to be really disciplined." Emma M altais "Provincials, anything can Hornets captain happen," Cochrane said. "We had a couple fantastic leaders w ith Maltais and (Meaghan) Hector. It helped to have a couple of players w ho had been through it before (winning the OWHA title in 2015). They helped keep the kids focused." That included com ing back to beat a tough Nepean team 3-1 in the semifinals after the overtime victory. In the final, Oakville again m et Stoney Creek, a team the Hornets eliminat ed in a best-of-five series during the PWHL playoffs. But w inning a series and a one-game show dow n is totally different. "They have been one of the toughest rivals m y w hole minor hockey career," Mal tais said. "I'm always so anxious for games against Stoney Creek." Stoney Creek was the last team to beat the Hornets, taking Game 3 of their series 1-0. But in the final, Oakville blanked the Sa bres for its 11th straight win. "Even more than in the league, you need to be getting contributions from everyone in a short tournament," Cochrane said. "That was even more evident at pro vincials with everyone chipping in." The OWHA victory saw the Hor nets achieve all of their lofty pre-sea son goals. "Everybody sets their goals high. You have to set the bar high to have som ething to strive for," Cochrane said. "But to achieve som ething that has only happened twice, that' s pretty special." Jenner's Hockey Academy for fem ales set lor July Halton resident and Olympic gold m ed allist Brianne Jenner w ill be operating a female-only Hockey Academy in Oakville during the w eek of July 10-14. The list of instructors includes national w om en' s team and Ottawa Senators skating coach Marc Power, Oakville Hornets junior coach Bradi Cochrane, national team m em ber Erin Ambrose, former Team Canada member Hayleigh Cudmore, national team strength and conditioning coach Steve Lidstone and Hockey Canada Certification In structor Tim Manastersky. The academy provides a selection of pro grams from tyke through bantam house league, to higher-paced skills and condi tioning options for rep and elite-level play ers. The academy also offers a high-school/ college level prospects camp. Jenner, currently an assistant captain w ith the national team, a participant in five w orld cham pionships and several in ternational tournam ents along w ith the Sochi O lym pics, has captained Team Can ada at both the under-18 and under-22 levels. For more information on the academy visit www.jennerhockey.com or call 905 849-9712. 9 9 W h o D o e s It... 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