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18 Hockey Associationâ€"National Hockey League Tournament, it has only taken a quick look back to last year‘s loss in the firstâ€"round of the Central Ontario Jr. A League playoffs to the bigger and more experienced Caledon Canadian to make clear what the top priorities are. The club has been practising in the Metro area to cut down numbers for the tournament, which runs Friday through Sunday at Etobicoke‘s Centennial Arena. There were about 80 bodies to begin with and has since been chopped to the 25 after a Sunday workout at Westwood Arena. Blades general manager Murray Walker emphasized that players not making the tournament team will not be precluded from coming back to the main training camp, set to open Sept. 8 at River Oaks Recreation As the Blades pre Hockey Association taken a quick look b; the main training camp, set Centre. Walker admits the veterans will be heavily counted upon this year Last season the club went almost exclusively with rookies and i1 showed. A blend of youth 1993â€"94 campaign 1 "We want to balance the team with young and old players. We‘ll probably rely more heavily on experienced hockey players to give the young ones a chance to come along. Blades hit the ice in junior tournament "But like any good organization, if you do not feed from the bottom you run into a situation where you have an allâ€"rookie team." At present, there are three players returning to the fold from last year: Goalie Dave Dolecki and forwards Ball hockey‘s new kids on the block wentâ€"toeâ€" toâ€"toe with the neighborhood bullies on the weekend. Competing in their first Ontario championships in Markham, the Halton Ball Hockey Association‘s firstâ€"place Flyers recorded four straight victories before losing 2â€"1 to North York Jets in the final of the Tier 3/4 division. This is the first year of the HBHAâ€"the primary reason why the Flyers were ranked No. 17 (out of 18 teams) heading into the tournament. But the team, which ironically lost its first game of the season in the league semifinals two days before the tournament, responded by winning its first two games of the tournament, 7â€"0 and 2â€"0 (over Playsafe and Northwest Toronto). Flyers then downed Hamilton Raferty‘s 5â€"4 in overtime in the quarterfinals and picked up a 3â€"1 win over Mississauga Bulldogs in the semis. Jets scored with seven minutes to play in the final, countering a tying goal from the Flyers Al Grenier, who was named to the tournament allâ€"star team. Ball hockey team close at provincials League spokesman Dino Germano of the Flyers said the impressive showing could move the HBHA champions up to the AA division for next season‘s provincial championships. "We could‘ve beaten them but we just didn‘t seem to enough spark left for that game." Sox prepare for playoffs Germano thought the Flyers‘ relatively older rosterâ€"â€"average was 29â€"â€"was the determining factor when it got the final. "Little injuries take a little longer to heal and that‘s what hurt us," said Germano, who scored the overtime winner against Hamilton. Oakville senior White Sox are the midst of a waiting game. After finishing second in the Len Andrews Division of the Central Ontario Baseball Association, they will meet either the Brampton Twins or Sheridan Royals in a bestâ€" ofâ€"five playoff set. Brampton and Sheridan finished tied for third played and are slated to play a tieâ€"breaker game for the right to move on. Oakville finished the regular campaign with a 16â€"11 record after a 13â€"0 rout of Bloor Blue Jays two weeks ago. The special events coordinator at Hopedale Mall was incorrectly identified in a story in the Weekend Beaver. Lynda Turner announced that the mall is selling tickets for, and operating a shuttle service to, the upcoming Canadian Open. Correction reDart the Oakville Blade NC ughness will be the In man Reps ready for tryouts You know summer is nearly over when rep hockey tryouts are here. And that day is Saturday at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre, when the Minor Oaks Hockey Association holds its first full day of tryouts for players hoping to crack the town‘s nine representative squads. Tryouts continue Sunday and through next week before rosters for Central AAA and Triâ€"County league squads are selected. Saturday times are as follows: 8 AM. â€" ATOM (players born 1982) 3:30 P.M. â€" PEEWEE (1980) 9:30 A.M. â€" MINOR ATOM (1983) 5 P.M. â€" MINOR BANTAM (1979) 11 AM. .â€" NOvioe 1904 6:30 P.M. â€" BANTAM (1978) 12:30 P.M. â€" MINOR NOVICE (1985) 8 P.M. â€" MIDGET (1976/77) 2 P.M. â€" MINOR PEEWEE (1981) o The following Saturday (Sept. 4), a new referee tryout will be held at 10 a.m. at Glen Abbey. Call 847â€"6074 for details. roster for this weekend‘s Ontaric M «. 8 LB. ‘§§§§§ LAVA ROCK LHUMIN NCO C T Ud'bliqt grilIs 922/659904 + Set includes lpvesea! 4 i.2z 2 chairs, and table 934/813895 PC « White finish 935/326015 i 925/456198 NVs COmMPLETE WITH CUSHIONS NOI 99 d Each i BC 1 49 Set 934/56426 Reg. 379.99 Each Each 24 X 30 363/638 GRECIAN URN &# Q€ PLANTERS: t ucce ful Matt Interbartolo and Kent Williams. But there could be four more back depending on auditions with their various major A and university teams; players such as Dan Delmonte (Peterborough Petes), Krystian Stringer (Guelph University), Matt various major A and university ICamMs, pidyCTS SUun do Lan LUnnune (Peterborough Petes), Krystian Stringer (Guelph University), Matt Honchar (Kitchener) and Mike Roberts (Ottawa). "Between now and September, some of the kids will know whether they will be playing OHL or not," Walker said. One newcomer who figures to make the club if he elects to stick around is center Barry MacDonald. MacDonald, 20, was the leading scorer and a Division allâ€"star for the lowly Royal York Rangers the past two seasons. Local players who have impressed early include defencemen Chris Chapman and Andrew Shortt and forward Matt Swain, who was drafted by Sault Ste. Marie this year. A big plus is having head coach Greg Ireland around from the start. 3:30 P.M. â€" PEEWEE (1980) 5 P.M. â€" MINOR BANTAM (1979) 6:30 P.M. â€" BANTAM (1978) 8 P.M. â€" MIDGET (1976/77) se (M§S L.oan LAWn SET HOSE OSCILLATING i__ (_uacaal HOLDER |EsPRINKLER . MOTOR OIL LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER THE OAKVILLE BEAVEL y ts\ aâ€") IVIV IVUI® L es that reverses 1J Sul YW CV * 1 L | ’5 |L ‘f’."» ‘/ t(ay “hh \." 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