I THE OAKVILLE BEAVER ~SPORTS l AND RECREATION 1 On tHnE BaLL Pick up Wintario‘s New Holiday Season Gift Pack. 5 tickets in every pack, each with 2 chances at the quarter million dollar jackpot! But only for a limited time. "It‘s a great way to play an old favounte Man advantage no advantage for Blades who give Milton early Christmas present The Oakville Blades were toe to toe with the firstâ€" place Milton Merchants for most of the game Tuesday night before finally derailing and losing by a 6â€"3 score which was not indicative of the play. The Blades watched a 2â€"0 lead gradually turn into a 3â€"2 deficit in the third period. To their credit, they evened it up a 3â€"3 before the wheels fell off in the last six minutes as they gave up three unanswered goals, including two goals while they had the man advantage. In all, they allowed three shorthanded goals while countering with only one on the power play. That particular shortcoming carried over from Saturday‘s 8â€"4 win over the lowly Royal York Rangers when general manager Murray Walker had remarked that he sometimes wished it was like football so the team could decline the penalties. To be fair, he said the puck didn‘t particularly bounce the Blades‘ way, in particular for Kent Williams who missed half a dozen glorious situations. The Blades close out 1994 with a preâ€"Christmas game this Friday against the always tough Hamilton Kilty Bees. Their next scheduled game in the Provincial Junior A west division isn‘t until Tuesday, January 3 when > they host the cellar dwelling Georgetown Raiders. In between, however, they will be participating in the Newmarket junior A showcase tournament. There are 20 teams involved and the Blades are in a fourâ€"team division with two teams from the east diviâ€" sion of the Provincial Junior A league (last place Ajax and fourth place Cobourg) and with the second place team from the Northern Ontario Junior A league (Sturgeon Falls). The Blades play Ajax on Tuesday at 11:20 a.m., Cobourg on Wednesday at 8 a.m. Sturgeon Falls on Thursday at 12:40 p.m. There will be plenty of scouts on hand from Major Junior A leagues and colleges, but Walker advised that the best way to get noticed is to meld it into a team effort. Scoring in Tuesday‘s game against Milton were Mike Gamble, Corey Waring and Jason Slaney. Picking up assists were Mike Byrne, Corey Waring, Matt Swain, Kent Williams, Bryan Vines and Mike Gamble. Walker said the Blades have let go two players â€" Marcel Kars and recently signed Marty Corrigan. p6el ‘gz 12qwaoag YHAVIG I11IIAMYVO â€" 22 ATOM TRIPLEâ€"AAA A hot Mascot Truck Part Rangers fired 27 goals in just three games to demolish Welland, Streetsville and Halton Hills in the past week. During the three games they only allowed three goals against. So far this month, the team has won all four of their regular season games. The team is preparâ€" ing for a tough tournament in Burlington Christmas week, facing the Toronto Marlies, Barrie and Detroit Compuware. Two of the games are slated for 7 a.m. starts. OAVKILLE 9, HALTON HILLS 2: Brett McGrath led the scoring outburst against Halton with a hat trick. Geoff Curtis and Chris Riddell each fired two. Other goals went to Blyth Gill and Mike Ruppel. Assists went to Shawn Lewis (4), Josh Pippy (3), Robby Tarantino (3), Chris Riddell (2), Brett McGrath and Jamie Green. Defenceman Brian Mills, called up from the doubleâ€"AA Rangers played a solid game. Oakville outâ€" shot Halton 38â€"22. OAKVILLE 11, STREETSVILLE 0: Mark Mateja recorded his first shoutout of the seaâ€" son. Jamie Green and Geoff Curtis each netted two goals. Other markers went to Chris Riddell, Brett McGrath, Josh Pippy, Keith Zavitz, Blyth Gill, Robby Tarantino and Mike Ruppel. Setting up the goals were Mike Ruppel (3), Brett McGrath (2), Bryan McLoughlin, Josh Pippy, Jamie Green, Robby Tarantino, Aaron Jarc, Eddie Fiore and Shawn Lewis. OAKVILLE 6, WELLAND 1: after falling behind 1â€"0 early.in the game, Oakville roared back to overwhelm Welland last Wednesday. Scoring for Oakville were Keith Zavitz, Geoff Curtis, Bryan McLoughlin, Jamie Green, Josh Pippy and Chris Riddell. Assists went to Zavitz (3) and Mike Ruppel. BANTAM DOUBLEâ€"AA . OAKVILLE 5, BURLINGTON 5 (Dec. 17, home): Jeff Elia had the hat trick, including a late goal in the third period which tied up the game for the M cDonald‘s (Iroquois Shore) Rangers. Mike Dragosits and Jamie Ward tied the game. Assists were picked up by Mike Dragosits (3), Joey Lynch (2), Jordan Zacny (2), Kyle MacDonald, Ryan Carson and David Pink. (See photo) The team record now stands at 7 wins, 13 losses and three ties. _ ST. CATHARINES 3, OAKVILLE 2 (Dec. 16, home): McDonald‘s (Iroquois Shore) Restaurant started out quick with two first period goals but soon lost their legs. They regained them in the third but couldn‘t notch the tying goal. Picking up assists were Justin Miller, Ryan Carson, David Pink and Regan Walsh. OAKVILLE 5, BRAMPTON 4 (Dec. 11, away): the second game in as many days Oakville‘s Ryan Carson tries to elude a Burlington player in doubleâ€" AA bantam hockey on Saturday. with Brampton, Oakville jumped out in front 5â€"1 and then held on for the victory. Wes Attrill, up from the bantamâ€"A team played a great game with a two goals and an assist. Jeff Elia was the big gunner with two goals and two assists. Bryan Kirsten added the other goal. Also picking up assists were Kevin Gibbons (3), Ryan Carson, David Pink, Jordan Zacny and Kyle MacDonald. BRAMPTON 5, OAKVILLE 4 (Dec. 10, « home): the game was. evenly matched with the final goal near the end of the second period. Oakville couldn‘t squeeze out anothâ€" er in the third to tie. Bryan Kirsten, Justin Miller, Neil Walsworth and David Pink hanâ€" dled the scoring. Picking up assists were Steven Elia (2), Jeff Elia, Jamie Ward, Neil Walsworth and Justin Miller. OAKVILLE 3, BURLINGTON 3 (Dec. 5, away): after playing five games the previous two days and.down by four players for.this, (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) match, you knew it was going to be a long night. McDonald‘s Restaurant (Iroquois Shore) Rangers went up 2â€"0 but couldn‘t hold on as Burlington came back with three in the third period. Oakville then dug in even dieeper in the last minute of the game with an extra man to come up with the tying goal. David Pink got the goal, assissted by Kevin Gibbons. Also scoring were Gibbons (from Reagan Walsh) and Jordan Zacny (from David Pink and Scott Drummond). PEEWEE A ELORA 2, OAKVILLE 1 (Dec. 14 away): Oakville kept the game close despitde a series of called penalties in the third period. Elora went ahead 1â€"0 in the first, but Oakville came back to tie it in the second period on a goal by Mike Curcio, assisted by Marc Daniels and Luke Domski. Matt Dyer, tended.tha.cage for Oakville. #