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Saturday, December 25, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B15 S p o rtsfiaiw D a y An O akville B eaver F eature Editor N O R M N E L S O N 845-3824 (Extension Oakville photographer Peter McCusker caught this triple-A pee wee game Monday night at River Oaks Arena between the Oakville Rangers and Stoney Creek. In the top photo, an unidentified Oakville player comes crashing to the ice and in the bottom photo, Oakville captain Nick Dodge is tied up on the boards as he watches a race for the puck. Oakville managed to free themselves up enough to earn an emphatic 11-2 win, and that was with eight double-A pee wee call ups filling in for injured or suspended players. See story below of the Quebec bound Oakville team (which does not include this game, full results of which will be published later in the Beaver). Photos by Peter C. McCusker 255) Fax:337-5567 Oakville will be hockey central over the Christmas Holidays with the Minor Oaks Hockey Association host ing a huge 72-team rep tournament from Dec. 27-30th. Teams will be divided into eight divisions (both triple-A and double-A) at the `minor' level -- minor novice (8 years), minor atom (10 years), minor peewee (12 years) and minor bantam (14 years). Games will be played at Oakville Arena, Maplegrove, River Oaks A & B, Kinoak and Ice Sports, and like all regular season games for the Oakville Rangers rep teams, admission is free. Each division will also feature a three-on-three tourney. Patrons will have the opportunity to purchase a tournament program, which has a lucky prize draw ticket included. Chairperson Bob Woloschuk noted that this year's tournament is the largest ever, up from 57 last year and 48 in `97. He said there's "over 40 hockey hotbeds involved." The opening games kick off bright and early on Monday, Dec. 27 with 8 a.m. games at Oakville Ice Sports on rinks 1, 2 & 3. It will come to an end with championship games, depending on the particular division, on Wednesday and Thursday (Dec. 29/30). See adjacent schedule. Huge 72-team rep tourney 1 date Dec. 27 Dec. 27 Dec 27 Dec 27 Dec 27 Dec 27 Dec. 27 Dec 27 Dec. 27 Dec 27 Dec 28 Dec. 28 Dec 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 home team OAKVILLE Milton Georgetown Newmarket Brampton Clarkson Milton f> : 1 1 ,1 1 nicnmono nui Brampton Orangeville Caledon OAKVILLE nirhmnurl L lifl nicnmono ma Newmarket Burlington Green winner Blue winner MINOR NOVICE visiting team |ill nicnmono |_ mil Caledon Clarkson Burlington Orangeville Caledon OAKVILLE Georgetown Newmarket Burlington Georgetown Clarkson Milton Orangeville Brampton Red winner Wildcard AA arena Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 2 Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 4 Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 4 River Oaks B River Oaks B Oakville Arena Oakville Arena River Oaks A River Oaks B River Oaks A time 8:15 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:30 am. 9:30 a.m. 11:45 a.m. noon noon 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 9:15 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 5 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 8 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. N o o n to 1:15 p .m ., 3 -o n -3 com petition a t Ic e S p o rts 1 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BLUE POOL: OAKVILLE RANGERS. Richmond HiH Star*. Milton Winterhawks. GREEN POOL: Caledon Hawks. Georgetown Raiders and Clarkson Algonquins. RED POOL: Newmarket Redman, Burlington Eagles. Brampton Battalion and Orangeville Flyers MINOR NOVICE AAA arena time date home team visiting team Ice Sports 1 10:45 a.m. OAKVILLE Stoney Creek Dec. 27 Ice Sports 3 10:45 a.m. Toronto Dec. 27 Guelph Clarington River Oaks A 11:45 a.m. Dec 27 Halton River Oaks A 1 p.m. Flint Dec 27 Brampton Ice Sports 1 3:45 p.m. OAKVILLE Dec 27 Guelph Stoney Creek Ice Sports 3 3:45 p.m. Dec. 27 Toronto Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 Brampton Flint Clarington Halton OAKVILLE Stoney Creek Blue winner Green winner Halton Clarington Brampton Flint Toronto Guelph Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Kinoak Ice Sports 4 Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 8:15 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. 2 p.m. 1 :1 5 -2 :1 5 p .m ., 3 -o n -3 com petition a t Ic e S p o rts 1 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec. 29 Green runner-up River Oaks A Blue runner-up River Oaks B River Oaks B CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BLUE POOL: OAKVILLE RANGERS. Stoney Creek Icebreakers. Guelph Storm and Toronto Aces GREEN POOL: Halton Hills. Clarington Toros. Brampton Battalion and Pint Icelanders MINOR NOVICE visiting team Mss Braves Warren Park Mss. N Stars OAKVILLE Miss. Braves Streetsville AA arena Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 2 Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Maplegrove Ice Sports 4 Maplegrove a t Ic e S po rts 3 date Dec Dec Dec Dec. Dec. Dec. 27 27 27 27 27 27 home team OAKVILLE Aurora Barrie Aurora Warren Park St. Catharines St. Catharines Streetsville time 1:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 8 a.m. 8 a.m. 2:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 4:15 p.m 5:30 p.m. 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. On line! By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Okay, folks as we enter the new M illennium, the sports department is ready to enter the new age. The bugs are ironed out and w e're ready to go on line. My e-mail address here at the Oakville Beaver is ... Dec 28 Dec. 28 Dec 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 28 Dec 28 Dec. 29 Dec. 29 Dec 29 Barrie Miss. N Stars N o o n to 1 p .m ., 3-or>-3 com petition Warren Park OAKVILLE Miss. Braves Aurora Barrie Streetsville Miss N Stars St. Catharines Blue winner Green winner Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Kinoak Kinoak Green runner-up Maplegrove Blue runner-up Maplegrove Ice Sports 2 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BUJE POOL OAKVILLE RANGERS. Missssauga Braves Aurora Tigers and Warren Park Eagles GREEN POOL Bame Flyers. Mississauga North Stars. Streetsvtfle Tigers and St. Catharines Royals. MINOR ATOM AAA i/latflnn ill vismng f leam arena Miss. Senators River Oaks A Don Mills Ice Sports 2 North York River Oaks A Miss. Rebels Ice Sports 2 River Oaks A Grey-Bruce OAKVILLE Ice Sports 2 Stoney Creek Ice Sports 2 Don Mills Maplegrove York Simcoe Miss Rebels Stoney Creek North York Whitby Guelph Grey-Bruce Red winner Wildcard Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 4 Ice Sports 1 Ice Sports 3 River Oaks A River Oaks B River Oaks B date Dec 27 Dec 27 Dec. 27 Dec. 27 Dec. 27 Dec 27 Dec 27 Dec. 27 Dec. Dec. Dec Dec. Dec. Dec Dec Dec 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 home team OAKVILLE Guelph Stoney Creek York Simcoe Whitby Guelph Miss Senators North York Whitby Grey-Bruce Don Mills OAKVILLE Miss Rebels Miss Senators York Simcoe Green winner Blue winner time 8 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 6 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10:45 am 2:45 p m 3:30 p.m. 3 30 p.m. 11 a.m. 11:30 a m. 3:30 p.m. nnelson @haltonsearch.com. It's open, now, for all those who would like to use this high tech and nearly instantaneous form o f com munication for their press releases, rep and house * league reports. For the first little while, it wouldn't hurt for you elec tronic contributors to drop a line ju st to ensure that we can access your files proper It seems to me that this just underscores how fast things continue to change in this high-tech age. Gosh, I remember start ing in this business ju st two decades ago on the old Underwood typewriters. Dumb machines they were, with not one meg of memo ry, and completely and utter ly manual. The old key pad sure has come along way, baby. Absolutely everything is now done through this key pad. The stories are all com posed and edited on the computer. Then when it comes time to put out an issue, it's all done, here, as well. It's really quite amaz ing. The newspaper page starts to take shape with sto ries and ads zapped in along with the headlines and full colour photos. Even the fax machine is becoming outdated with email even more convenient. No doubt, as we greet the new M illennium, the pace of change will only continue to skyrocket. Speaking of the new mil lennium, I'm one o f those who like to make resolu tions. One work related res olution is to get the rep and house league reports running even more smoothly. We still guarantee that all rep and house league reports submitted get published, which, I think, is rare for a community o f this size. And as I write this, all house league reports and virtually all rep reports handed in this hockey sea son have been published. In the new M illennium, I aim to do one better, and get them in on a more timely basis. And, for a final piece of important business ... Season's best, folks. W ishing you all the best at this Christmas time as we get ready to usher in the new Millennium. ty- 1 -2 :1 5 p .m ., 3 -o n -3 com petition at Ice S po rts 1 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BLUE POOL: OAKVILLE RANGERS. Mississauga Senators and Guelph Junior Storm. GREEN POOL Don M «s Flyers. Stoney Creek Icebreakers and North York Rangers. RED POOL: York Simcoe Express. Mississauga Rebels. Whitby Wildcats and Grey-Bruce Highlanders MINOR PEEWEE visiting team Streetsville Milton OAKVILLE Orangeville Milton Barrie AA arena Oakville Arena River Oaks A River Oaks A Oakville Arena River Oaks B River Oaks A date Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec. Dec Dec Dec Dec 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 home team OAKVILLE Georgetown Georgetown StreetsviHe Barrie Orangeville Milton Streetsville 1 2 :3 0 -1 :3 0 p .m .. time 8 a.m. 8 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 9:30 a m. 11 a.m. OAKVILLE Blue winner Green winner Orangeville Ice Sports 4 Georgetown Ice Sports 4 3-on-3 com petition a t Ic e S p o rts Barrie Maplegrove Green runner-up River Oaks A Blue runner-up River Oaks B River Oaks B 4 5 p.m 8 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Dec. 30 Dec 30 Dec 30 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BLUE POOL: OAKVILLE RANGERS. Streetsville Tigers. Georgetown Raiders. GREEN POOL: Milton Winterhawks, Orangeville Flyers and Barrie Flyers. MINOR PEEWEE AAA visiting team arena Miss. Reps Maplegrove North York Oakville Arena Halton Oakville Arena Ice Sports 4 Grey-Bruce Buffalo Maplegrove OAKVILLE Ice Sports 1 Stoney Creek Ice Sports 1 North York Quinte Buffalo Guelph Grey-Bruce Halton TBO Stoney Creek Red winner Wildcard Ice Sports 4 Maplegrove ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 4 ice Sports 3 River Oaks A Oakville Arena Maplegrove Oakville Arena River Oaks A River Oaks B Q uebec-bound peew ees clinch first place The Oakville Rangers triple-A peewee rep team is looking forward to some practice time over the next few days, before an exhibition game with the MTHL league leading Toronto Marlies on Saturday. The Rangers are participating in the Bell Challenge Cup Dec. 26-31, featuring 20 of the top peewee teams in Ontario, Michigan, New York, and Illinois. The Rangers would like to express their appreciation for the support of all of their major sponsors: J.D. Electric, Giffin Contractors, Southern Era, Mastercard, Gatsteel Industries, Canadian Tire Stores (Oakville), Polywheels, Nortel Networks, Commercial Manufacturing, KCR Investments, and Norlite Financial Services. The Rangers would also like to thank the many friends and families that supported their recent Christmas Poinsettia sale, as well as the many local businesses and professionals that are sponsoring the Rangers 2000 Calendar and their upcoming Peewee AAA Ranger Team Program. All of the above-mentioned activities come as a direct result of their selection to the prestigious Quebec International Peewee Championships, Feb. 10-22. This Tournament fea tures approximately 100 teams from around the world. The Oakville team is entered in the Elite International Division facing the top teams from Europe and Russia. Here's a look at recent results ... Oakville 3, Halton Hurricanes 2 (Dec. 10): recent bouts of flu, bronchitis, and injuries could not halt the Rangers' win ning ways. Missing three of their forwards, the Rangers still outshot host Halton 25-17 and mustered enough energy to score the winning goal on a strong backhand by Daniel Hannigan-Daley with only a minute left on the clock. Other Oakville goals were scored by Mario Mancuso (playing for ward versus his regular blue line duties) and Charlie Giffin. Assists were recorded by Brad McKenzie, Andy MacDonald, and Ben Heersink. Oakville 2, Windsor Spitfires 2 (Dec. U): the two top teams in the west and east conferences of the league put their respective 15-1-1 records on the line this weekend. Host Oakville was still short three of their key forwards captain -- Nick Dodge, and assistant captains Nick Davis and Tyler Donati. Supported by Jordy McMillan from the AA squad, however, the Rangers were full value for the opening game. The Spitfires tied the game with just six minutes on the clock, and despite pressing hard in the final seconds on a power play, the hometown Rangers could not get the go-ahead marker. Matt Pike was solid in goal for the Rangers stopping 24 of 26 shots while goals were scored by Charlie Giffin and Justin Donati. Assists were recorded by Ben Heersink, Brad McKenzie (2) and Daniel Hannigan-Daley. Oakville 7, Windsor Spitfires 2 (Dec. 12): game two of this series found a rejuvenated Oakville team with the return of Nick Dodge and Nick Davis. The Spitfires scored the lone goal of the first period with goaltender Chris Rowan making a couple of key saves to keep it close. The Rangers with a near complete line-up picked up the pace in the second period with solid passing plays and great two-way play. The speed of the Rangers and their extensive physical training consistently proves itself valuable in the latter parts of most games. Oakville scored six straight goals in the second and third peri ods (two on power plays), before Windsor replied in the third. Scoring for Oakville were Nick Prescott (2), Graham Tough, Charlie Giffin, Mario Mancuso, Justin Donati, and Nick Dodge. Assists from Brad McKenzie (2), Prescott, Bret Lain, Dodge, and Daniel Hannigan-Daley. Oakville 7, Guelph 3 (Dec. 13): rumours had spread throughout the dressing room that even though there were 10 games left in the season, a victory tonight would clinch first place in the east region of their division. With this in mind and despite four games in five days, the Rangers came out strong once again with Bret Lain scoring the opener just minutes into the game. The Rangers stuck to their game plan of strong twoway skating and opened up the entire ice surface with excep tional passing plays and impressive offense in front of the Guelph net. The Guelph goaltender was faced with a barrage of 45 shots in keeping the Rangers from running up the score. Other goals by Oakville Brad McKenzie (2), Nick Dodge, Nick Davis, Charlie Giffin, and Justin Donati. Assists from McKenzie (2), J. Donati (2), Hannigan-Daley (2), Daniel Ringwald, Graham Tough, Giffin, Connor Farris, Dodge, and Andy MacDonald. date Dec Dec Dec Dec. Dec Dec Dec 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 home team OAKVILLE Guelph TBD Stoney Creek Qumte Guelph Miss Reps Grey-Bruce TBD Halton Miss Reps OAKVILLE Quinte Buffalo North York Green winner Blue winner time 9:15 a.m. 9:30 a m 11 a.m. noon 12:15 p.m. 6 p.m. 7:30 p m. 8 a m. 8 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 3 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 9 a.m 9:30 a.m. 3 p.m. Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec. 29 Dec 29 Dec 30 Dec. 30 Dec 30 1 :30 -2 :4 5 p .m ., 3 -o n -3 com petition a t Ice S p o rts 4 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BLUE POOL: OAKVILLE RANGERS. Mississauga Reps and Guelph Junior Storm. GREEN POOL: North York Canadians. Stoney Creek Icebreakers and Grey Bruce Highlanders. RED POOL Qumte Red Devils. Buffalo Regals. Halton Hurricanes and TBD MINOR BANTAM visiting team Streetsville DuffiekJ Goulding Park Miss. Terriers Scarborough London OAKVILLE Miss. Terriers Burlington Streetsville London Etobicoke Scarborough DuffiekJ Aurora Red winner Wildcard AA arena Kinoak Kinoak River Oaks A River Oaks B River Oaks B River Oaks A River Oaks B River Oaks A Maplegrove Ice Sports 3 Ice Sports 3 River Oaks B River Oaks A Ice Sports 3 Oakville Arena Oakville Arena River Oaks B River Oaks A data Dec Dec. Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 home team Burlington Aurora OAKVILLE Etobicoke London Goulding Park Etobicoke Scarborough Aurora DuffieId Miss Terriers Goulding Park OAKVILLE Burlington Streetsville Green winner Blue winner time 8 a.m 9 30 a m. 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:30 am. 11:15 a.m. 4:45 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 10 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Dec 29 Dec. 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec. 29 Dec 29 Dec 30 Dec 30 Dec. 30 1 2 :4 5 -2 p .m ., 3 -o n -3 com petition a t Ic e Spo rts 3 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BLUE POOL OAKVILLE RANGERS. Goulding Park. Etobicoke Canucks GREEN POOL: Mississauga Terriers. London Junior Knights and Scarborough Stallions. RED POOL: Burtington Eagles, Streetsville Tigers. Aurora Tigers and DuffiekJ Sports Club. MINOR BANTAM AAA visiting team arena Kitchener River Oaks B Whitby Ice Sports 4 Oshawa Maplegrove Richmond HiH River Oaks A Humberview Kinoak Waterloo River Oaks B Humberview River Oaks B OAKVILLE Oshawa Quinte Markham OAKVILLE Brampton Whitby Kitchener Red winner Wildcard Oakville Arena Ice Sports 3 Oakville Arena River Oaks B River Oaks A Ice Sports 3 River Oaks B River Oaks A River Oaks A River Oaks B River Oaks A date Dec Dec. Dec Dec. Dec Dec Dec. 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 home team OAKVILLE Markham Brampton Quinte Waterloo Markham Whitby Richmond H* Kitchener Brampton Humberview Oshawa Richmond HHI Waterloo Quinte Green winner Blue winner time 8 30 a.m 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 10:30 am 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 11a.m. 11:30 a m. 5:30 p.m. A come-from-behind 6-4 The Oakville Rangers triple-A novice rep team edged host Port Colbome 6-4 last Saturday. The first period featured some fine play with good chances on both sides and that play continued into the second frame. A i in Port Colbome later. Earning points on the night were Scooter Tanski (3g, la); David Provost (lg, 2a); Bull Stothers (lg); Mitch Fillman (lg); Patrick Chiasson (1 a); Cam Watts (1 a), and Aaron Kachkowski (1 a). Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec. 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec. 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 30 Dec 30 Dec 30 2 -3 :1 5 p .m .. 3 -o n -3 com petition a t Ice S p o rts 3 pattern began to develop which had the Oakville squad playing catch-up hockey most of the night by scoring the equalizer four times. Late in the third, the visitors finally enjoyed a lead of 5-4 before cement ing the game with an empty netter seconds CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BLUE POOL: Quinte Rad Davila. Richmond Hill Stars and Branvton Battalion GREEN POOL Oshawa. OAKVILLE RANGERS and Kitchener Knights RED POOL Waterloo Warriors. Markham Waxers. Whitby Wridcats and Humberview Huskies. i t V