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Kevin Nagel, Oakville Beaver Sports Editor, knagel@burlingtonpost.com Sports d i v i d e a n d 25 | Friday September 15, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insidehalton.com "Connected to your Community" c o n q u e r OJHL Blades tie, lose vs. defending champs to start '17-18 season Oakville Blades goalie Chris Elliot made 40 saves in the team's 2-2 opening-game tie with Georgetown Raiders last Friday in Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. It was the only point the Blades picked up in a homeand-home series with the defending OJHL champions. Georgetown won the rematch, 4-2, Saturday night at home. Georgetown opened the scoring just two minutes into Friday's game. That would be the only goal of the opening period, but Oakville tied the game on Garrett Pyke's goal early in the second. Andrew McIntyre gave Oakville the lead eight minutes later. The lead held up until midway through the third when Georgetown's Andrew Court tied the game with 8:21 to play. Elliot made eight saves in overtime, six of them in the second five-minute period when the Blades had to kill a tripping penalty. The next night Zach Bramwell put the Blades up 2-0 before the first period was half over, but the Raiders tied the game by the end of the period on goals by Brendan D'Agostino and Jonathan Hampton and added single goals in the second (Hampton) and third (Derek McVery, into an empty net). Peyton Reeves, Spencer Kersten, Bailey Newton and Nick Boehmer of the Blades and Austin Cho, Jacob Payette and Justin Paul of the Raiders all earned misconduct penalties for various infractions with 22 seconds remaining in the game. Elliot suffered the loss in goal, stopping 32 of 35 shots while Mario Cavaliere was 32 for 34 to gain the victory in the Georgetown net. The Blades are back in action tonight (Friday) against the Milton IceHawks at 7:30 p.m. at Milton Memorial Arena. Stephen Ademolu (25) of the Oakville Blue Devils fights off Mohamed Alhilo (left) and Marco Polancec-Marin of the ProStars FC during last Sunday's League1 Ontario men's soccer game at Bronte Athletic Field. Ademolu maintained possession of the ball and set up the Blue Devils' second goal in a 3-2 Oakville win. | Photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver Late goal gives Blue Devils a victory over ProStars After letting a 2-0 lead slip away, the Oakville Blue Devils managed to edge winless ProStars FC 3-2 in a League1 Ontario match Sunday at Bronte Athletic Field. The three points puts the Blue Devils (162) eight points ahead of second-place Sigma FC in the Men's West Division standings. Stephen Ademolu scored the winner in the 82nd minute after Taylor McNamara and Mathew Santos scored in the first and 58th minute, respectively. The Pro Stars scored two goals six minutes apart in the second half to get back in the game. "We expected a battle because we think a lot of the teams in the lower part of the division are excited to come play us and Pro Stars put on a very competitive performance," said Blue Devils head coach Duncan Wilde of the 0-17-1 ProStars. Oakville's next game is on the road against Toronto FC III on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. Chat Call orText Lifejacket Posted by MikeToolGuy $15 Tradyo Tradyo Turns Turns Your Your Clutter Into Into Cash. Cash. Clutter Visit www.Tradyo.com Buy and sell in your neighbourhood.