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Re Call us for a quote at 905-845-0767 ext. 223Jameson Glas GOLDGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOLDLDGOLDLDLDLDLDLD 905-845-0767 ext. 223Jameson Glas Thomas Harbour lined up for the faceoff, giving himself a little space be- tween himself and the op- posing winger. He knew what was com- ing. Or at least he hoped he knew. Just before the faceoff to the left of the Magog net, the Toronto Young Nation- als gathered at the bench during a TV timeout. With his team trailing 1-0 in the third period of the Telus Cup final, Harbour heard the coaches lay out a plan for the faceoff.for the faceoff.f It was a set play that the Nats had used successfully throughout the season. "I probably scored two or three goals off it this year," the Iroquois Ridge student said. As the puck was dropped, Nats' centre Joshua Sinanan won the draw back toward the high slot. Harbour gave one push toward the faceoff dot and wound up for a slap- shot. The puck was danc- ing on its edge, though. "I didn't get a clean shot," he said. After years as a catcher with the Oakville A's, Har- bour knows that it's tough- er to handle an off-speed breaking ball than a fast- ball down the middle. He fell to his knees as he fol-fell to his knees as he fol-f lowed through on the shot and watched as the puck fluttered over the glovefluttered over the glovef hand of the Magog goalie. The goal turned the mo- mentum in Toronto's fa- vour - and when Joseph Martino scored in the sec- ond overtime, the Young Nats poured on to the ice to celebrate their national midget championship. "As many times as I've watched that, I can't think of what I was doing at that moment," said Oakville de- fenceman Adam Clark. "Ifenceman Adam Clark. "If just remember the crowd erupting, throwing my stick and gloves in the air and trying to get into that dog pile as fast as possi- ble." Harbour was one of four players that co-coach Ad- am Darmanin brought over from his Brampton team when he rejoined the Young Nats this season.Young Nats this season.Y Darmanin admits that he almost cut Harbour when he tried out for Brampton. "In practice, he just al- ways seemed distracted, but he really turned things around," he said. "I felt like I saw a lot of myself in him - a smaller player coming out of AA." Harbour ended up lead- ing Brampton in goals and was second on the Young Nats this season, putting up two goals and two as- sists at the Telus Cup. Darmanin said that Harbour "was in absolute beast mode" in a must-win game against Tisdale in the round-robin. And when it came time to select a player to take the cere- monial faceoff prior to the final - the Young Nats don'tfinal - the Young Nats don'tf have a captain - it was Har- bour the coaching staff chose. Harbour had a choice of his own to make recently: having success in both baseball and hockey, he had to decide which to pur- sue. Despite being under- sized at five-foot-nine and 170 pounds, he chose hock- ey out of self-preservation. "As a catcher I was tak- ing foul tips off the face, be- ing on your knees so much of the time and the plays at the plate, it was tough," he said. "It was taking a big toll on my body." Clark also had to ties to Darmanin, having played for his Brampton team as afor his Brampton team as af call-up. Darmanin knew Toronto had several re- turning defenceman, but thought enough of Clark that he arranged a tryout for him with another team.for him with another team.f When Toronto sudden- ly lost three defencemen to junior and college commit- ments late in the summer, he quickly called Clark and was happy to hear that he hadn't signed yet. "He was our PK special- ist. When we were short- handed, you didn't even have to call his name, you just knew he was going out," Darmanin said. "He was a great shot blocker. He got in front of every- thing and his teammates have a lot of respect for what he does, because not many are willing to do that." Clark enjoys the chal- lenge of killing penalties, especially on a team like the Young Nats, where they faced so many critical games. "The team I was on last year, we were ranked 54th out of 64 in Ontario. We didn't win too often,"We didn't win too often,"W said the Grade 11 student at Garth Webb. "Being a first- year guy (on Toronto), I just wanted to do what I was brought in to do." The Young Nationals, who finished fourth at last year's Telus Cup, got the job done this season. "It was such a long sea- son and then the season comes down to one game, one overtime," Harbour said. "It was so incredible, but now that it's done I wish we could keep going." OAKVILLE DUO HELPS YOUNG NATIONALS CLAIM TELUS CUP Oakville's Thomas Harbour scored the tying goal in the Telus Cup final and he and his Toronto Young Nationals teammates went on to beat Magog, Que. 2-1 in double overtime in the national midget championship game. Matthew Murnaghan/Hockey Canada HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com COMMUNITY