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Sports Oakville Beaver Sign up now for guitar, bass, drums, and piano OAKVILLE'S MUSIC STORE SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010 17 Blades stand pat at deadline By Jon Kuiperij "We went with less bodies. We have some good (affiliate players)," said Coccimiglio, identifying forward Braeden Russell, The Ontario Junior A Hockey League's defenceman Mark Bessey and goalie Adam hottest team was also one of its quietest at Ravenhill as three potential callups from the the league's trade deadline. Oakville midget AAA Rangers. The Blades The Oakville Blades, victorious in 11 of also have an affiliation with the Stratford their past 12 games and sitting Cullitons junior B squad. second place in the standings, "We're content Coccimiglio admitted the chose not to make any major with what we Blades would have made more moves as the trade deadline have. We have moves had it not been for the passed Sunday at midnight. recent return from injury of four solid lines." "We're content with what we several of their top players. have," said Blades general man- Oakville Blades High-scoring forward Ryan ager Carlo Coccimiglio. "We GM Carlo Coccimiglio Murphy came back from a have four solid lines, the bestlower-body injury last week and balanced lines we've had since I've been recorded eight points in three games, while here." centre Kellan Lain rejoined the team earlier In the Blades' lone deadline transaction, this month after missing nine months with the team sent forward Zak Ray to the Central a wrist injury. Junior A Hockey League's Nepean Raiders. The Blades' goaltending situation was The move reduced the number of players on also solidified last weekend as Daniel Savelli Oakville's active roster to 21, while Ray, an (groin) returned to action and picked up a overager, gets a chance to play on Nepean's pair of wins. See Blades page 19 top line. BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR STARTS JANUARY 14TH, 5PM Cabin Fever Fest 2010 WHO: WHAT: JANUARY SKI SWAP JANUARY SKI & SNOWBOARD SWAP NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER ABOVE THE CROWD: Mike Andrews of the Loyola Hawks (in white) pulls down a loose ball while three members of the Corpus Christi Longhorns look on during yesterday's (Tuesday's) Catholic high school boys' basketball provincial qualifying tournament contest at Loyola. Catholic hoops qualifier this week Halton's two representatives in the Catholic high school boys' basketball provincial championship will be decided this week at a tournament in Oakville. The region's eight Catholic high schools are competing in the Fred Scione Memorial Catholic Qualifier Tournament, which began yesterday (Tuesday) and concludes tomorrow (Thursday) at St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary. The host Loyola Hawks are the top seed in the tournament and tipped off the competition yesterday with a 76-43 dismantling of the Corpus Christi Longhorns. The second-seeded Holy Trinity Titans followed that game with a clash against the Bishop Reding Royals. Results from that game were not available at press time. Other games yesterday included the thirdseed St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders versus the Assumption Crusaders and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the Christ the King Jaguars in a matchup of fourth and fifth seeds. Winners of yesterday's games advanced to today's (Wednesday's) championship semifinals, while losers were moved into the consolation bracket. The consolation final and medal games will be played tomorrow. The consolation tips off at 3 p.m., the bronze-medal game starts at 4:30 p.m. and the gold-medal contest starts at 6 p.m. WHEN: HOW MUCH: $23.99 US & Canadian BUS TRIPS 2010 Holiday Valley in Ellicottville New York 905 845-1561 · 905 845-8347