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The latter scenario certainly wasn‘t the case at home against Milton on Tuesday night. Instead, "the players decided to do it their way." The resulting 9â€"3 whitewash at the hands of the visiâ€" tors, he lamented, was "absolutely, without a doubt, the worst game I‘ve seen the Blades play." Perhaps the most damning statistic, he said, was the three shorthanded goals â€" including one on a twoâ€"man advantage â€" that were allowed. Not much better, he said, were the penalty killers who allowed three power play goals. The talented Oakville team was stricken with the same malady at the beginning of the season, winning only once That sets up a much anticipated return match at Sheridan College on February 5. Once out of their division, the road doesn‘t get any easier. Algonquin College, which leads the east division standings with a 7â€"1 record, is the current topâ€" ranked college in the country. Blades boss hopes team shows up tonight Oakville Blades general manager Murray Walker wonâ€" ders whether his team will show up for tonight‘s game against the Streetsville Derbys. Oh, the players are certainly expected there for the 8 p.m. opening faceâ€"off at Oakville Arena. But the big question of late, said Walker, is exactly what Oakville will be represented by â€" a group of indiâ€" vidual players trying to pad personal point statistics in order to further their hockey careers or a team dedicated to putting two points in the win column. The only regular league game played between the two archâ€"rivals saw Sheridan knock off Humber right in their own home court by a 15â€"point margin. Flack is not only returning to Sheridan College to help players Within their own division, Humber is "the chief rival", but Flack stressed, as any good coach would, that "we have to make sure no one else jumps up and bites us." The remaining losses came at the hands of two American colâ€" leges in a tournament in Pennsylvania. At the halfway point of the seaâ€" son, firstâ€"year coach Jim Flack said "we‘re very pleased at being in the catbird‘s seat. We‘re the only undeâ€" feated team (in regular league play) left in the country. "However, we‘re only at the halfway point. And only one team from the province gets to go to the national championships." Another two losses were at the hands of university opponents from Guelph and Waterloo. : Sheridan‘s overall record of 19â€" 6 includes only two losses to other Canadian colleges â€" one to Mont Morency from Quebec and the other to division rival Humber College, both in tournament play. Representing Sheridan â€" which has compiled a 6â€"0 league record and is listed sixth in the latest national rankings â€" are forward Andrew Shepherd (from Westwood high school in Malton) and guard Wayne Mulgrave (from Toronto‘s Martingrove Collegiate). Sheridan College‘s red hot basâ€" ketball team is sending two players to Saturday‘s annual allâ€"star game being held this year in Oshawa. Nationally ranked Sheridan is taking a lot of Flack Jim Flack is back on track with the Sheridan College basketball team. He‘s pictured here at a basketball camp, held last weekend, for memâ€" bers of Oakville‘s Youth Basketball League. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) win a national championship â€" _ between the ages of 7 and 17, playâ€" but to conquer Oakville and surâ€" ing in its Youth Basketball League. rounding area as well. Last weekend, players from the Prior to taking Seneca to the national championships last year, the Brampton high school teacher, who is in the process of setting up residence in Oakville, was the assistant coach for the basketball Bruins for the previous two years. And he comes back with a goal of making Sheridan College "a beacon of basketball for the area." A series of eight workshops for communities groups from the colâ€" lege‘s catchment area are being run by the coach with help from team members. "It‘s wonderful," remarked Leanne Witt, program coordinator for Oakville YMCA. The local YMCA has 275 kids, Oakville‘s other two goals came in the third period and were scored by Matt Interbartolo, assisted by Williams; and Jason Bengert, assisted by Mike Roberts and Cory Waring. Kent Williams put Oakville on the board in the first period with assists going to Jason Slaney and Chris Chapman. If they don‘t, he said the team, currently in third place, could see its stock fall as low as fifth place, when just a short time ago a secondâ€"place finish was the optimistic coal. Worse, he said, "we won‘t survive the first round of the playoffs." in their first half dozen or so cames. And the Blades prospered. By Christmas, said Walker, ""we were the team to beat â€" we were beating all the top teams." The cure, he said, was no more complicated than some good old fashion team play. Systems were put in place to handle penalty killing, power plays, clearing the zone, forechecking and other important elements of the game. That same cure will work again, but at this point in the season he said it‘s up to the players to swallow the pill. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1994 Page 19 Flack has also organized a coaches clinic at the college for April that includes a ‘who‘s who‘ of Canadian basketball knowledge (contact the college at 845â€"9430, ext. 2080, for more information) and a coâ€"ed basketball camp that will run the first three weeks of July for youth between 8 and 13 years of age and the final week of the month for older teens aged 14 to 17. Last weekend, players from the two senior divisions were on hand for a basketball camp and the younger divisions will get their chance in February. "I contacted Jim (Flack), and he was very eager to do something to help us," said Witt. It is exam week and the Blades did not fare well in their last two home tests. Fortunately, these were not final exams. No, the recent losses to the Brampton Capitals and the Milton Merchants are viewed as shocking wake up calls. Back to basics is the order of the day and the Blades are all about that as they prepare for the renewal of their long standing rivalry with the Streetsville Derbys tonight. _ On Sunday, January 23rd, the Blades travel to Brampton for a rematch which should set the tone for the playoffs. Next Friday , The Georgetown Raiders visit Oakville Arena for the festivities surrounding Scoring Leaders #22 KentWilliams 33 37 45 82 72 #12 JasonSlaney 36 33 38 75 26 #23 Gord Kalverda 29 23 37 60 86 #6 RichardRaymond 24 5 34 39 10 #7 JudRichards 31 12 27 39 70 In the meantime, the Blades have been busy doing outreach to Minor Hockey in our community. Players have attended practices and clinics with a number of youth teams as guest coaches. On Wed. Jan. 26th, 7.00 p.m. the Blades will conduct a hockey clinic "Learn How To Score Your Goals‘ for players and coaches. Greg Ireland, head coach of the Blades and his coaching staff will lead this clinic. This has been generously hosted by the Olive Garden Restaurant at 165 Cross Ave. (842â€"1581) Preâ€"registration required... limit of 40 participants. @ Family Night, Markham Cobourg Cainquood ingwo Lindsay resr2s Tuesday‘s Results: Markkham 6, Ajax 3 Burlington 8, Hamitton 5 GP (as of Jan.