24 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday January 9, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Cimadamore breaks out By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER NIGHT TO REMEMBER: Oakville Blades forward Julian Cimadamore holds four pucks, representing the number of goals he scored in the Blades' 8-1 pounding of the Burlington Cougars Saturday night. Cimadamore and linemate Nick McParland both had six-point efforts in the win. www.oakvillebeaver.com After his first shift of Saturday's game against the Burlington Cougars, Oakville Blades forward Julian Cimadamore thought he might be in for a long night. Instead, the 18-year-old enjoyed a game that hockey players dream of, scoring the first four goals of the contest and adding two assists in the Blades' 8-1 rout. So much for the value of first impressions. "My first shift, it was a hard-hitting shift and I thought it was going to be a tough game," Cimadamore said. "I've had hat tricks in minor hockey, but never had four goals or six points or anything like that. This was my first game with four points or more in junior hockey." Cimadamore's first marker came 3:47 into the game, on an Oakville power play. He tallied again with 3:21 to go in the first period, then recorded the natural hat trick on a shorthanded breakaway midway through the second frame. His fourth goal came on a tap-in from close range with six minutes left in the second period. He then drew assists on two third-period goals by linemate Nick McParland (who enjoyed a fine night himself, setting up all of Cimadamore's goals to also finish the game with six points). "I had a penalty too, to top things off," Cimadamore said with a laugh. "It was one of those nights." Cimadamore's offensive outburst came a day after he scored both the Blades' goals in a 2-1 overtime win over the Milton IceHawks, Oakville's first action after a two-week Christmas break. He has eight goals and 10 points in his last three contests, following a 10-game stretch in which he found the net only three times. "Before this streak, I struggled a little bit, only getting empty-net goals and not really being that confident," said Cimadamore, who now leads the Blades with 24 goals. "I guess now since I've been eating properly and trying to take time to rest, that's benefitting me right now. Every hockey player goes through struggling periods, and you have to push yourself through or else it will take over your game." The win was Oakville's 18th in a row, improving the team's record to 29-4-3. The Blades own an 11-point lead on the Georgetown Raiders for top spot in the Provincial Junior A Hockey League's West Conference standings. "Everyone's just amazed," Cimadamore said. "(At the start of the year) we had a young team with a lot of new players, and we thought we'd be an average team. Everyone's turning heads." McParland credited Blades head coach Carlo Coccimiglio for much of the team's success. "Carlo pushes us hard in practice, and has a really good system set up for us," said McParland, the team's leading scorer with 22 goals and 38 assists. "When everyone buys into the system, we can't be stopped. "It's kind of like Team Canada. They're not always the most skilled -- some European guys are just born with a puck on their stick -- but (Canada players) just buy into the system." Dustin Alcock, recently acquired from the Stouffville Spirit, had the other two Blades' goals Saturday. Luke Moodie had three assists, while Luke Turcotte, Chris Haltigin and Kellan Lain each recorded two helpers. Scott Greenham stopped 19 of 20 shots for the win. Burlington, which made a coaching change over the Christmas break, was coming off an 8-0 pounding of the 23-13-2 Brampton Capitals the previous night. Friday in Milton, the Blades were a bit rusty after the long layoff, but won on Cimadamore's goal 1:58 into the extra session. McParland had two assists in the victory, and defenceman Scott Judson also assisted on the game-winner. Greenham made 27 saves. With the league trade deadline coming tomorrow at midnight, Coccimiglio said the team is considering a couple of possible moves. The Blades will play two home games this weekend, hosting the Streetsville Derbys Friday and Hamilton Red Wings Saturday. Both games at Joshua's Creek Arenas are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. To adver tise in this section Call 905-845-3824 ELECTRICAL FLOORING PAINTING PAINTING & WALLPAPERING REUPHOLSTERING DELUX FLOORING FLOORS & STAIRCASES INTER-CAN PAINTING INC. 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