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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 20, 2002 - D3 Series shocker: Blades ousted in four games By Sarah Elliott ' SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER The Oakville Blades reached great heights this season. In the post season, however, they learned just how fast and painful a fall can be. From missing the playoffs last year and squeaking through in eighth place the previ ous year, the Blades exploded, this season, all the way up to a three-way tie for first place with 71 points in the western confer ence of the provincial junior A league. While sporting winning records over the other two first-place teams (the Hamilton Kilty B's and Brampton Capitals) as well as fewer losses, the Blades ended up on the short end of the stick in the tiebreaker for mula (based on most wins), settling for third place, and drawing the Georgetown Raiders. Sure. Georgetown were the sixth-place team, but they boasted a winning record and were solidly in the western conference's sec ond tier of teams with 52 points, just behind Milton (5th) at 54 points and Bramalea (4th) at 55 points. And they turned out to be more than ready for the Oakville Blades, completing a surprising sweep of the Blades, winning games three and four on the weekend -- 5-3 on Friday and 5-2 on Saturday. Ironically, the other two first-place teams were also involved in sweeps -- secondplace Hamilton over seventh-place Mississauga Chargers (who had 44 points), and first-place Brampton annihilating Streetsville (who had 37 points). Certainly, there were few fans who could times, not playing with their usual tenacity. have foreseen the Blades being involved in the wrong end of a sweep. And Georgetown was sure to take advantage After a tentative 2-4 start to the regular of the Blades' penalties, scoring two power season, evoking memories of the previous play goals on Friday night and one on Saturday. two years, they suddenly hit critical mass and started burning up the league. The outcome of the series has certainly In fact, they would go on to lose only been hard for the young Oakville club to seven more games in the entire regular sea stomach, but hopefully they will leam from son. including just two in October, two in it. The team is young and a lot of the play ers will be returning next season. The play November, two in December and only one in January/February (not counting two over off experience, something many of them lacked this year, should help them next sea time losses which are worth a point). son. Or at least that's the hope! During that long, productive streak, their longest losing streak was two games! "The whole organization is disappointed Actually, in the entire season, they didn't by the way this turned out," said Anderson. lose three games in a row. let alone four. "May be this all came too fast. The nucleus On Friday, at home, the Blades were of players will be together again next sea never in it, falling behind 3-0 in the first son. We need to leam from this." period, before finally getting on the g a m e Su m m a r ie s scoreboard in the final minute of the Georgetown 5. Oakville 3 (Friday. Feb. IS. game three) period. But it was Georgetown that PERIOD 1 GEO Ryan McCarthy (TJ Trevelyan) (6:25) responded with two goals in the sec (10:23) GEO Ryan Ellis (Mike Taylor) PP ond period -- for an insurmountable (18:50) GEO Shane Remenda (Ryan Ellis. Scon McDonald) 5-1 lead. (19:45) OAK Mike Rubcrlo (Tyler Cann. Chris Knighton) On Saturday, facing a series sweep, PERIOD 2 (4:24) GEO Trevelyan (Ryan Robert. Mike Taylor) PP the Blades took a 2-0 lead into the sec (14:56) GEO TJ TJ Trevelyan (Ryan McCarthy, Mike Taylor) ond period, only to have the PERIOD 3 (8:13) OAK Mike Ruberto (Rob Tarantino. Evan McGrath) PP Georgetown machine reply with five (13:51) OAK Rob Tarantino (Mike Rubeno) unanswered goals, the final one into an empty net. Georgetown 5. Oakville 2 (Saturday. Feb. 16. game four) PERIOD 1 "We had several opportunities per (10:26) OAK Tyler Cann (Geoff Curtis. Chris Riddell) period and just couldn't capitalize on PERIOD 2 the many point blank rebounds we (4:08) OAK Steve Pinizzotto (Marc Pinizzouo) PP (6:42) GEO Shane Remenda (Ryan Busby. Scot! McDonald) had." commented Blades coach. Jay (12:04) GEO Ryan Busby (Shane Remenda. Scott McDonald) PP Anderson. "We missed open nets, had PERIOD 3 shots hit people and took too many (4:50) GEO Ryan McCarthy (Mike Taylor) (15:53) GEO Shane Remenda selfish penalties." (19:34) GEO Ryan Robert (Bill FetherMon) EN The Blades seemed almost timid at W E S T E R N C O N F E R E N C E F IR S T R O U N D S E R IE S B R A M A L E A 3 , M IL T O N 2 DATE V IS IT O R SCORE H O M E 8-Feb Friday MILTON 3-5 BRAM ALEA 10-Feb Sunday BRAM ALEA 5-4 OT MILTON I2-Feb Tuesday MILTON 4-3 BRAM ALEA I5-Fcb Friday BRAM ALEA 2-3 MILTON 18-Fcb Monday MILTON 0-5 BRAM ALEA 20-Feb Wednesday BRAM ALEA MILTON · 22-Fcb Friday MILTON BRAM ALEA G E O R G E T O W N 4, O A K V IL L E 0 8-Feb GEORGETOW N Friday 9-Feb Saturday OA K V ILLE I5-Feb Friday GEORGETOW N 16-Feb Saturday OA K V ILLE H A M IL T O N 4. M IS S IS S A U G A 0 9-Feb Saturday M ISSISSAU GA 11-Feb M onday M ISSISSA UG A 15-Feb Friday HAM ILTON I7-Feb Sunday HAM ILTON B R A M P T O N 4, S T R E E T S V IL L E 0 7-Feb Thursday STREETSV ILLE 12-Fcb Tuesday BRAM PTON 14-Feb T hursday STREETSVILLE 15-Feb Friday BRAM PTON T IM E 7:45 4:00 7:45 8:00 8:00 7:30 7:45 6-4 4-5 O T 5-3 2-5 OA KVILLE GEO RGETOW N OAKV ILLE GEO RGETOW N 7:45 7:30 7:45 7:30 1-4 HAM ILTON 3-5 HAM ILTON 6-5 OT M ISSISSA UG A 3-1 M ISSISSA UG A 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 1-12 11-4 13-2 16-2 BRAMPTON STREETSVILLE BRAMPTON STREETSVILLE 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 P R O V IN C IA L JU N IO R A - w est co n feren ce (final) GP' W L T OTL G F GA P ts 49 BRAM PTON 34 12 3 0 246 158 71 49 34 12 2 HAMILTON 1 237 156 71 2 OA KV ILLE 49 33 II 3 251 178 71 BRAM ALEA 49 25 19 4 1 225 206 55 MILTON 49 25 20 3 1 198 208 54 G EORGETOW N 49 23 20 5 1 216 201 52 49 M ISSISSAUGA 18 23 4 4 174 164 44 49 STREETSV ILLE 17 29 2 1 198 251 37 49 BURLINGTON 14 31 4 0 171 244 32 49 BUFFALO 5 39 4 1 123 275 15 * O T losses are worth one point GAA 3.22 3.18 3.63 4.20 4.24 4.10 3.35 5.12 4.98 5.61 P IM 16.96 27.31 28.21 21.63 22.74 20.22 23.52 22.41 21.44 20.23 Rangers Rep Here are the upcoming rep hockey games for the Oakville Rangers. They are Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) playdowns. unless otherwise designated as league (L). W ed. F eb. 20 (Oakville A rena) 6:40 p.m.. m inor novicc AAA vs Halton T h u rs . F eb. 21 (Oakville Arena) 6:40 p.m. atom AA vs Burlington (River Oaks A) 6:40 p.m. m inor novicc AA vs Orangeville F ri. F eb . 22 (O akville Arena) 8:00 p.m. m idget AA vs O rangeville (L) (R iver O aks B) 6:30 p.m. pecwce AAA vs Guelph 8 :15 p.m. midget AAA vs Brampton S al. F eb. 23 move on to league playoffs The O akville m inor novice AAA rep team lost games four and five of the best-of-five Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) playoff series in the first round against Halton Hills. The Rangers will now compete in a league playoff in a round-robin format. The young AAA Rangers were seeded fifth overall entering the play offs. Leading the series 2-1. they played at Oakville Arena with a chance to clinch against the fourth-seeded Hurricanes. Halton Hills came out quickly and took the play away, build ing a 4-0 lead before Kevin Rolczewski scored from M atthew Wood early in the third. The comeback was short-lived as the Hills came alive with two more goals before Patrick Griffin netted the final tally from Rolczewski and Braedon Russell with time winding down. In the fifth and deciding game, on the road, the m inor novice AAA Rangers stormed out in the first period to take a 2-0 lead on goals by G ioivanni Siciliano and Justin Burzycki, both assisted by Rolczewski. But Halton Hills came out aggressively in the second and took the play away from the young Rangers. Atom AA's now take on Burlington Eagles (Continued from page D2) (Oakville Arena) 3:00 p.m. novice AAA vs Welland 4:20 p.m. novice AA vs A ncaster (L) 5:30 p.m. pcewec AA \ s O rangeville (L) 7:00 p.m. peewee A vs Erin/Hillsburgh (L) S un . F eb . 24 (O akville Arena) noon, m inor novice AA vs Brampton L 1:10 p.m. novice A A vs Bamplon 2:20 p.m. bantam AA vs Brampton (Glen Abbey) 4:00 p.m. tykes vs Burlington (L) 5:00 p.m. m inor novicc AA vs Orangeville 6:20 p.m. m inor atom AAA vs Stoney Creek 7:40 p.m. m inor pecwee A vs Hespeler (L) 9:05 p.m. bantam A vs Burlington (L) M acDonald, Steven McDonald, Aaron Kachkowski. Jason Prolas, Brian Urquhart and Irish. In game two, the Rangers continued from where they left off in game one. winning by a score o f 8-1. Leading the way with his second hat trick of the series was Josh Ruys. Other Oakville goals were scored by David Provost (2), Steven Merrick (2). and Jeff Peel. Assists credited to Anthony Scalia (4). Patrick Irish (3), Glen MacDonald, Ethan Withers, Provost (2), Merrick (2) and Peel. Game three saw Oakville continue pouring it on and ended the series with a 9-3 win. This time, leading the way with the hat trick was Brian Urquhart. Other goal scorers were David Provost (2), Jeff Peel (2) and Anthony Scalia (2). Assists went to Steven McDonald (3), Danny Opratko (2), Glen MacDonald (2), Patrick Irish. Aaron Kachkowski, Sam Old. Peel (2) and Urquhart. Oakville takes on the Burlington Eagles in the next round. S um m er M in o r H L eague May - August Schedule o ckey Divisions for boys & girls ages 5-15 T rophies & awards C ertified officials C o ac h in g & sponsorship p ositions available N o fu ndraising Including "vacation week" to assist with holiday planning · Non-contacct · · · · · · · 14-gam e schedule · N o w eekends o r .Fridays · P rim e tim e evening gam es Games on Olym pic size River Oaks surface · B alancing o fte a m s Applications available at River Oaks, Glen Abbey. Mainwav & Appleby College Arenas. For information o r to receive an application 905-510-1447 o r www.hmhl.bizland.com A STAFF W IT H SEVERAL YEARS O F COACHING, OFFICIATING & LEAGUE ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE GUARANTEES A WELL-ORGANIZED & QUALITY LEAGUE FOR YOUR CHILD Club holds martial arts tourney The longest running youth Jiu-Jitsu program in Canada is located at the Oakville `Y '. It's been running since 1979 and this past weekend held its ChimoRyu-Jitsu Club Tournament. Chief instructor is Dan Poirier. 5th degree black bell. Included, here, are the results ... A D U L T D IV IS IO N (O ran g e Belts) Teresa Schaffer 1 2 Lorie Gold Norman W immcn 3 (G reen/B lue Belts) Simon Hawkins 1 Andre Dominquc 2 Lorie Gold 3 Y O U TH D IV IS IO N G roup 1 C hristina W ilson 1 Taylor Lindbald 2 Nigel Smith 3 Harmony Fisher 4 (Yellow belts) John Copper Mike Larrctt Janice Thompson B lack Belts M ichael Poirier Brain Turgeon Doug Hannah M ichelle Sava G roup 2 Andre G yorgyjakas Ray Bahr Evan Dando Ian Patterson G roup 3 Alex Hodson Conor Mcenery Roberto Darosa G ro u p 5 Jorden Smith Lauren Welch Zoc M ckenzic G ro u p 7 Brent W ilson Silvano Ferreira Clare Gray G ro u p 9 M atthew Hannah Richard Veeneman Mark Ferrari William Erskine G roup 4 Chris Hooper Benjamin Fannelii Jason Darichuk G ro u p 6 1 Helen Gray 2 Natasha Dominquc .3 Claudia Damiano G ro u p 8 1 Philip Dominque 2 Ryan Darichuk 3 Alexander Gol G ro u p 10 1 Ted Ruller 2 Ryan D abow e/ky 3 Scott Stevenson 4 Adam Dunlop I 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 I 2 3 1 2 3 4 Halton High School (final) BOYS HOCKEY (Volpe) Team G W L T GF GA P Blakelock 16 15 0 1 91 17 31 Q.E. Park 16 11 3 2 68 30 24 67 37 22 Loyola 16 11 5 0 E.C. Drury 16 9 5 2 50 37 20 Iroquois Ridge 16 9 6 1 55 33 19 Oak. Trafalgar 16 8 8 0 34 60 16 White Oaks 16 4 12 0 40 103 8 Milton 16 2 14 0 32 96 4 Last week's gam es: Q.E. Park 5, Oak Trafalgar 3: Loyola 6. Milton 0: Blakelock 5, Loyola 1; O.E. Park 8. White O aks 3; E C. Drury 1. Oak Trafalgar 0: Blakelock 8. Milton 1. PLAYOFF TUES: Iroquois Ridge vs E C. Drury; Oak Trafalgar vs Loyola. WED: Q.E. Park hosts highest team of above two gam es. Oakville Arena. 2:40 p.m.. THURS: Blakelock h osts lowest team of Tuesday two gam es. Oakville Arena 2:30 p.m. GIRLS HOCKEY (Volpe) Team P GF GA 37 5 13 Loyola Oak. Trafalgar 16 9 11 Bishop Reding 27 25 10 22 24 8 Q.E. Park Blakelock 18 28 5 Iroquois Ridge 12 25 5 E.C. Drury 11 20 3 7 18 1 Aquinas Last week's gam es: Blakelock 1, Aquinas 0: Bishop Reding 1. Aquinas 0: Bishop Reding 4, Oak Trafalgar 1. PLAYOFF TUES: Iroquois Ridge vs Bishop Reding: Blakelock vs Q.E. Park. WED: Loyola h o sts lowest survivor, Glen Abbey. 3:30 p.m.: Oak Trafalgar hosts highest sur vivor. Glen Abbey. 2 p.m. 1 2 3 H i m y nam e is K e llie Zekeckas. I have had my paper route with the Oakville Beaver for 2 years ana I enjoy delivering the papers very much. I'm 12 years old and I go to St. Dominic School. I'm in grade 6 and my favorite subjects is Art, Gym , Science & French. I like to help my mom with an elderly lady. I would like to volunteer at the hospital when I'm old enough. But the best thing that a like doing is swimming, playing basketball and baseball. Kellie Zemeckas 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Winning Carriers receive a large 3 lopping pizza courtesy of: Playoff lull paves way for grudge match win against Buffalo With a long delay between playoff series I'a^ng the Atom AAA Rangers, an exhibition rematch was arranged with the Buffalo Regals who had bested the Rangers 5-3 several weeks earlier. This time, it was a different story with the Oakville squad cruising to an 8-2 win, utilizing all the elements that contribute to a successful result -- skating, shooting, and, most importantly, passing. This allowed the home team to control the game and the puck by finding the open player. Leading the charge were Tyler Stothers (4g) and Patrick Readshaw ( lg. 2a). Other markers and helpers went to Grant Kozlik (2g), Jake Legein ( lg. la), Steven Guzzo, Patrick Marsh, Max Mihaichuk (2a each) and Matt Lorito (la). O n t a r i o 's # 1 P iz z a ,/ To join our delivery team call 905-845-9742 Hornets hosting sixth annual tourney this weekend The Oakville Hornets Girls Hockey Association is host ing its 6th Annual Tournament this coming weekend (Feb 22-24). The majority of the games will be at Ice Sports. There are 97 teams scheduled to attend, making this the largest tournament the Hornets have hosted to date. 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