www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 21, 2012 · 18 Hornets eliminated from PWHL playoffs The clock struck midnight on the Oakville Hornets' Cinderella run, and in decisive fashion. Oakville was eliminated in the second round of the Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL) playoffs last weekend by the Toronto Aeros, who finished off a threegame sweep of Oakville with a 4-0 victory Saturday in Toronto. The Aeros, who lost just once in regulation time during the regular season, outshot Oakville 72-16 on Saturday and 154-49 overall in the series. Toronto opened the series with a 5-2 victory Thursday, then downed the Hornets 4-2 Friday at Joshua's Creek Arenas to set up Saturday's elimination game. Melani Moylan had both the Hornets' goals in Game 1, while Victoria Bach netted both Oakville's markers in Game 2. Hornets netminder Camille Leonard stopped 141 of the 154 shots she faced in the series, including a 68-save effort in the final game. The Hornets were 13th in the PWHL standings during the regular season, posting a record of 10-21-3, but upset the fourthplace London Devilettes in the first round of the playoffs. Despite elimination from the PWHL playoffs, the Hornets' season is not over. The team will compete in the Ontario Women's Hockey Association championship tournament April 13-15 in Mississauga. OMHA CHAMPS: The Oakville minor atom AAA Rangers pose with the trophies and medals they earned by winning the Ontario Minor Hockey Association championship last weekend at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Atoms went undefeated in first four games Continued from page 17 King's grad signs with Giants King's Christian Collegiate grad Joel Reinders (pictured, right) has signed a contract with the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Reinders, an offensive tackle, inked the deal with the Giants last week. The 6-foot-8, 317-pound Reinders' CFL rights are held by the Toronto Argonauts, who selected him two years ago out of the University of Waterloo. Reinders attended the Cleveland Browns' training camp in 2010 but was released. The 25-year-old did not play football until his third year at Waterloo. He played two years of university basketball for the Warriors before quitting the team, and tried out for Waterloo's football team the following spring. OAKVILLE BEAVER FILE PHOTO goals, three assists) were Oakville's other top contributors offensively. "Everyone had a couple goals or assists," Luik added, "and we had really strong goaltending (from Davis Tolnai and Hayden Williamson). Our team defence is also probably one of the biggest differentiators we have between ourselves and the other teams we play against. We have six solid defencemen." Oakville finished the tournament with a 4-0-1 record. The Rangers beat the Burlington Eagles 4-1, tripled up the Niagara North Stars 9-3, downed YorkSimcoe 4-1 and tied the Clarington Toros 4-4 in their other games. Also contributing to the Rangers' win last weekend were Marcus Sang, Nathan Ribau, Dante Parisotto, Owen Luik, Eric Russell, Dante Stevenson, Jacob Murray, Stephen Halliday, Robbie Strachan and Zach Terry. Sean Garvey and David Parisotto are the team's assistant coaches, Al Strachan is the trainer and Jim Halliday is the manager. Atoms reach finals The atom AAA Rangers nearly gave Oakville its second OMHA championship of the weekend, reaching the final before dropping a 2-1 decision to the Markham Waxers. Kyle Kachan opened the scoring of Sunday's final for the Rangers, assisted by Ryan O'Hara. Markham replied with two first-period markers and neither team scored over the final two frames. Oakville entered the final with a 2-0-2 mark. The Rangers' wins came over the Hamilton Bulldogs (2-1) and Whitby Wildcats (3-1), with the ties coming against the Burlington Eagles (2-2) and Markham (4-4). O'Hara tied for the tournament scoring lead, collecting four goals and three assists in five games. Michael Vukojevic and Dylan Jackson added two goals each, with Alton McDermott, Will Thomas and Ty Jackson also finding the net. Duncan Penman and Ty Jackson had three assists each. Peewees fall in bronze-medal game The peewee AAA Rangers were denied OMHA bronze with a 3-1 loss to the Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs. Oakville finished the tournament with an overall record of 1-3-1. The Rangers defeated the Brampton Batallion 4-1, tied the Ajax-Pickering Raiders 3-3 and dropped games to the Quinte Red Devils (2-1) and Hamilton (4-3). Jack Ricketts (four goals, four assists) and Cole Purboo (four goals, one helper) were the Rangers' top point-getters on the weekend. Josh Hiebert added a pair of markers. 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