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w w w .insidehalton.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, June 2 3 , 2 0 1 7 | 26 Watching team m ates win Cup last year helped Wilson continued from p. 25 A year ago, W ilson saw his team mates on the training table, nursing injuries, doing whatever was nec essary to help the team. Although he w asn't playing, W ilson saw what it took to w in 16 playoff games. "There were guys who, if it was a regular-season game, they would have sat out," he said. "After a big win, 20 guys would be super happy, but 20 minutes later it was getting ready for the next game or the next series." That experience paid off for W il son this season. The Penguins again were m iss ing key players throughout the playoffs, but continued to find ways to win. They knocked off Columbus in five games and then w on back-to-back Game 7s against Washington and Ottawa. Skating alongside Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel, as he did for m uch of the final two m onths of the season, W ilson played a career high 23 m inutes in the deciding game of the conference final, a 3-2 double overtime victory. In Game 6 of the final, one win away from a second straight Cup, it looked like the Pens might be going to overtime again. With the score tied 0-0 with less than two minutes to play, Wilson said to teammate Connor Sheary, "There' s no way we can go to overtime," he said. Then, w ith 1:35 to play, Patric Hornqvist batted at a puck from behind the goalline. It ricocheted off the back off Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne into the net. W ilson knew the game wasn't over yet. "I couldn't watch. A few of us had our heads down on the bench. It was a m inute and a half but it felt a lot longer," he said. "Once w e got the (em pty netter), it was such a relief." Unlike last year w hen the Pens w on in San Jose, W ilson had plenty of family on hand. "Standing out there on the ice after the game with m y dad and m y m om, m y sister, m y girlfriend Brooke and her parents," he said, "I w ouldn't have wanted to share it with anyone else." W ilson has had a lot of success to share. It' s been just three years since he signed his first NHL con tract. N ow just 103 games into his NHL career, h e' s already w on two Stanley Cups, as m any as Lemieux w on as a player. "I can't tell you how hard I w ould have laughed in your face if you 'd told m e I w hen I signed m y first contract that I'd have w on two Stanley Cups," he said. From left, Charlie Lister, Kathryn Doran and Mackenzie Robinson of the Oakville Gymnastics Club each won m edals for Ontario a t the Eastern Canadian w om en's gymnastics cham pion ships in New Brunswick. | photo submitted Doran wins E. Canadian AA title to wrap up stellar career a t OGC Oakville Gymnastics Club m em bers Kathryn Doran, Mackenzie Robinson and Charlie Lister con tributed to Ontario' s success at the Eastern Canadian championships in N ew Brunswick recently. Doran, w hose star-studded 15year career as a member of the OGC com es to an end in August, led Team Ontario to gold in the Level 10, 16-plus category by taking the all-around Eastern Ca nadian title. She was also named Eastern Canadian bar champion. Doran had a silver-medal w in on floor, was fifth on vault and ninth on beam. Doran will attend the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut on a gym scholarship in the fall. W h ile at the O akville club, sh e w as tw ice all-around pro vin cial ch am pion and Eastern C anadian ch am pion as w ell as a m em ber of n um erous provin cial team s over the past decade and a half, w in n in g d o zen s of in dividu al event ch am pion sh ip m ed als as w ell. Doran' s teammate Robinson also excelled, part of the same Ontario Level 10, 16-plus championship team. Robinson was the Eastern Canadian floor winner with a goldmedal performance, earning an all around silver medal thanks to a third on bars, a fifth on vault and an eighth on beam. Lister, com peting in the Level 9 16-plus category, was a top-seven finisher in all four events as On tario took the gold medal in this category' s team competition. Lister was third all-around thanks to a gold-medal perfor mance on the beam as w ell as a fifth on both the vault and floor and a seventh on bars. Oakville major rookie As are champions at Cubs Classic tourney The Oakville A' s dominated the Cubs Classic major rookie ball AAA baseball tournament recently, w inning four of five games to take hom e the championship trophy. Oakville defeated West London 13-5 in the final. The A' s outscored opponents 65 18, their four w ins com ing via the mercy rule. Oakville reached the final by beating Scarborough 10-2. In seven tournament outings Members of the Oakville A's major rookie ball AAA team include (front row from left) Matthew Wood, Josh since the team was formed last year, Hunt, William Papadopoulos and Carter Shane; (middle row) Carson Medcalf, Tyler Wasenda, Lincoln Currie, the A' s have reached the final every Juliano Goncalves, Isaac Shaw, Connor Brown, Evan Wallace and Alex Wallace; (back row) coaches Ryan time. Wood, (head coach) Nathan Brown, Steve Medcalf, Filipe Goncalves and Dave Shaw. | photo submitted Need help with house-cleaning? Let us do it for you -- Discover cle a n in g s e rv ic e t h a t 's a ffo rd a b le , re lia b le , and co n venient. PayPal BBB ' -7 A A A Mention Promo Code All Commercial and Residential S u n r is e C le a n in g S e r v ic e s Call us tod ay fo r a fre e e s tim a te ! 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