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Frank Sabatino tournament this weekend The 11th annual Frank Sabatino Memorial Tournament will take place this weekend at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, Joshua's Creek Arenas and River Oaks Recreation Centre. The Minor Oaks Hockey Association-sponsored house league competition has grown over the years from an eight-team all-Oakville event to a 48-team tournament that draws teams from across Ontario. Competition will be held this year in the peewee white, peewee red and atom red divisions. All divisions will be non-contact in accordance with the changes to the Ontario Hockey Federation rules last year. The tournament will begin Friday and conclude Sunday. All semifinals and finals will be contested at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. A skills competition will be held Saturday from noon to 4:30 p.m. at Sixteen Mile. Once again, the tournament will be carrying out various fundraising activities on behalf of the Oakville Hospital Foundation. Monies raised will be donated to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital's Palliative Care service for cancer patients and their families. 33 · Thursday, January 19, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER JOSTLING FOR POSITION: Holy Trinity Titans player Lauren Mackinnon (left) and Nelson's Stephanie Ayres lock sticks as they battle for control of the puck Monday in Burlington. Season resumes February Continued from page 32 SUCCESSFUL OPERATION: The Oakville atom MD Black Ops won the championship game of a recent tournament in Toronto despite playing nearly the entire game without a goaltender. No goalie? No problem for atom MD Black Ops Pulling the goalie for an extra attacker in the final minutes is a popular hockey tactic. Perhaps doing it for nearly an entire game will catch on as well. The Oakville atom MD Black Ops had little choice but to do the latter in the final of the Carl Gordaneer Memorial Christmas Tournament recently in Toronto. Goaltender Shane Stugar fell ill early in the first period, forcing coach Frank Gougeon to go with six skaters. The move worked out for the Black Ops, who surrendered two quick goals but then responded with six unanswered markers to claim the gold medal with a 6-2 win over the Brampton Sharpshooters. Black Ops defenceman Stephen McLellan was named the MVP of the final. Also contributing to the championship were Ben Allmark, Davis Angove, Martin Baricevic, Justin Beaulne, Carson Cunningham, Nicolas Dessureault, Guillaume Dubois, Jamie Everett, Nicco Folino, Jackson McLean, Kyle Misztal, Joshua Newman, Anthony Tazbaz and Justin Zekorn. Jean-Marc Maheu and Bryan Angove also coach teh team, and Cathy McCrory is the trainer/manager. "We've really been peaking and turning it on," said Tori Edgar, who scored the Titans' lone goal against Nelson. "Our goalie has been playing well and we've been putting some pucks in the net." The Titans could have used a couple more pucks in the net against Nelson, but it wasn't for lack of trying. After Trinity fell behind 3-0, Edgar blocked a shot at her own blueline, then went in alone and slipped the puck through the pads of Nelson goalie Kyra O'Brien with 8:35 to play. Moments later, Victoria Bach beat a defender and got a backhander away. O'Brien kicked it out but the rebound went right to Christina Scanlon. She got a quick shot away but O'Brien lunged across to snare the puck before it crossed the line. Nelson then killed off a late penalty to preserve the victory. Trinity won't play again until February, after the exam break. The Titans will face two teams with losing records when they return before squaring off against Loyola again in a game that could determine first in the division. Even if the Titans don't manage to hold on to first, they would gladly trade that for a longer playoff run. -- Herb Garbutt can be followed on Twitter at @Herbgarbutt