The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y F e b ru a ry 27, 2002 - D3 Olympic gold medalist in action in Oakville this Saturday night Oakville will get a chance to see one of Canada's gold medal hockey Olympians in action Saturday night. Fresh off her triumph in helping the Canadian women's national hockey team to a gold medal over the United States, Therese Brisson is set to arrive home on Friday, and to suit up for her Ice Bears team at Ice Sports on Saturday night. The Ice Bears, who play in the National W omen's Hockey League, are based out of M ississauga but have quite an Oakville connection. They're owned by Bill Metcalfe, head coach is Steve Blundy and the assistant coach is Gary Carr, Oakville MPP and speaker o f the house -- all of Oakville. They have always played at least one game of their schedule in Oakville and it's a great coincidence that their next Oakville date will include the first post Olympic appearance o f their Olympian, Therese Brisson. Fittingly, the game is one rescheduled from earlier in the season, due to Olympic preparation commitments for a number of the players. Metcalfe said he has talked to Brisson by cell phone in Salt Lake. NATIONAL WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE Pts West Division GP W L T GF GA Beatrice 29 1 23 5 51 149 38 11 ICE BEARS 29 10 8 30 76 81 Brampton 30 8 14 8 24 73 97 TELUS 28 17 14 114 3 8 58 Last 10 9-1-0 4-4-2 2-7-1 2-7-1 W 1 O T E 1 C U U E t S To join our delivery team call 905-845-9742 You could become a carrier of the week? Winning Carriers receive a large 3 topping pizza courtesy of: Although you might expect the players to want a bit of a rest, he said it was quite the opposite, that she was anx ious to help feed the energy of the Olympic gold medal into girl's and women's hockey in Canada. At the NWHL games, autographs are always available after the game. It's actually the last game of the regular season for the Ice Bears, who have sealed up second place. They'll use the game against the last place Durham Telus, who have missed the playoffs, to tune up for a home and home play off series against Brampton. The two met in the first round of last year's playoffs with Brampton winning. Saturday's game starts at 7:30 p.m. at Ice Sports Oakville. See Friday's Beaver for a feature on Therese Brisson. O n iu x v io ' s # / P i z x o s / T h e Oa k v il l e B e a v e r L o o K fo r o u r fu ll c o lo r fly e r in to d a y 's paper. (in s e le c te d a re a s ) Huge hoops tourney in town this weekend In a few short years, the Oakville Vytis basketball program has exploded both in the number of teams it offers and in the provincial rankings. This weekend, the club will break out with a huge tournament featuring 80 teams from across the province -- from Windsor to Ottawa and most places, in between. The tournament kicks off Friday. 6 p.m. and continues all day Saturday and Sunday at 10 Oakville schools. Divisions range from atom (10 years of age) to juvenile (18 years of age). There are six girls and three boys divisions. Vytis is entering 10 teams. For the girls, Vytis will field one team each in juvenile AAA, midget AAA, bantam AAA, minor bantam AAA and atom; and two teams in ban tam AA. For the boys, Vytis will field one team each in bantam boys AA, minor bantam AA and minor bantam A. The Oakville Double Blue basketball program is entered in bantam boys AA. t io M E S H Q VF Ca n a d a m m m Eighth place midgets shock first place Brampton The Oakville Rangers midget AAA rep team are on a playoff roll, winning their first two Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) playoff series. Their next opponent is Burlington. The series opens in Burlington today (Wednesday) with the second game at Oakville Arena on Friday (March 1), 8 p.m. Oakville finished out the regular season in eighth place with an 11-15-5 record, forcing them to play a preliminary round series against Grey Bruce which Oakville swept. Oakville then shocked league leading Brampton by fight ing back from a 2-0 deficit to win the series 3-2, including their first two wins in overtime. Here's the recap. goal. Maintaining tremendous pressure on Brampton, the Rangers tied the game with 2:41 remaining. Kelly Veitch, A1 Lee and Tyler Legein scored to send the game into overtime. A huge goal by Brock Pawliw catapulted Oakville to the 4-3 overtime victory. Assists went to Joel Dixon, Pawliw and Kevin Silber. Oakville 5, Brampton 4 OT: entering the third period knot ted at 3-3, host Oakville, still needing a win to stay alive, scored with 4:57 to play to take their first lead of the game. However, with their goalie out, Brampton scored in the final minute to send the game into overtime. Kelly Veitch with two goals and an assist and Jeff Vaive with one goal and an assist in regulation time, led the way. Rob Stein also notched a sin gle. Other assists went to Josh Smyth (2), Jeff Bentley and Chris Veitch. With 2:40 left in overtime, Steve Turner broke loose and scored the winner as the Rangers evened the series. Setting up the winning goal was Brock Pawliw and Stein. Oakville 4, Brampton 3: while Canada was preparing for their big game, the midget AAA's were doing the same as they traveled to Memorial for game five on Sunday. Oakville came out flying in the first period, opening a two-goal lead. In the second period, Oakville was on their heels the entire period as Brampton evened the scored before the break. In the third period, the Rangers scored twice, deflating the home team. A late goal by Brampton was not enough as Oakville prevailed 4 -3 to win the series. Leading the way were Steve Turner with two goals, Brock Pawliw with one goal and two assists and A1 Lee with a single marker. Other helpers went to Rob Stein (2), Tyler Legein and Chris Veitch. Applicable to Merchandise displayed in all of our 52 Manufacturers' Showrooms. With No Down Payment! No Monthly Payments! No Interest & No Accrued Interest until next February...* Upgrade to Shlar Plus ·rtwn you purchase and keep any SWar-P*pp»r S75 Retail Value on Sofa1 FREE! FREE! S50 G ift C e rtifica te (or M&M Meat Shops any ttaytag Refrigerator It's Like Getting it FREE For One Year! Plus for a limited tim e only get a F R E E B o n u s with your purchase of selected items throughout the store! Come in and see for yourself! Sony C lock Radio wtwn you purchase and keep any Sony purchase over $199________ FREE! B u y d ire ct fro m H o m e S h o w Canada's 5Z m an u factu rers' sh o w ro o m s Furniture. M attresses. Appliances & Electronics 13/ Chrislea Road 9 0 5 -8 5 0 -5 3 0 0 Just o ff Highway 7 at the 400 (Preliminary round/Grey Bruce) Oakville 3, Grey Bruce 2: goals were scored by Tyler Legein (2) and Brock Pawliw. Assists went to Brandon Taverner, Joel Dixon, Jeff Bentley and Kevin Silber. Oakville 6, Grey Bruce 2: the only part of the game won by host Grey Bruce was the penalties as they amassed 28 minutes to Oakville's 6. Brock Pawliw notched 2 goals and 1 assist, Jeff Bentley added a goal and an assist with the other marksmen being Brandon Taverner, Rob Hunt and Chris Veitch. Other helpers went to Steve Turner (2), Joel Dixon, Tyler Legein and Ryan Kuri. Oakville 6, Grey Bruce 5 OT: Oakville definitely wanted to avoid another trip north and they managed to edge a more inspired Grey Bruce team on the strength of Tyler Legein's overtime goal. Rob Stein had an outstanding game as he notched a hat trick plus an assist. A1 Lee and Brock Pawliw also scored. Chipping in with helpers were Rob Hunt (2), Pawliw (2), Steve Turner (2), A1 Lee, Brandon Taverner, Chris Veitch and Jeff Bentley. ` Buy d ire ctly from HomeShow Canada w hich features more than 52 participating m anufacturer showroom s and kio sks under one roof Help Fight Juvenile Diabetes in Halton! KNIGHTS O F C O LU M B U S 4TH A N N U A L (Second round/Bram pton) Brampton 3, Oakville 2 OT: host Brampton had sat idle for more than three weeks. They finished 23 points ahead of Oakville. The Rangers didn't come out as strong as they should have in this game and lost the game in overtime. Rob Stein and Steve Turner scored with assists going to Tyler Legein and Stein. Brampton 7, Oakville 2: trailing by a 2-1 count going into the third period, host Oakville played their worst period in the playoffs. A1 Lee scored both goals with assists going to Brock Pawliw, Joel Dixon, Jeff Vaive and Jeff Bentley. Oakville 4, Brampton 3 OT: with the host Battalion lead ing 3-1 with less than eight minutes left, Oakville refused to give up as they scored with 7:35 left to play to trail by one S M u m m e r in o r H o c k e y f a r h j$ Bonce g ue L ea May - August Schedule Including "vacation week" to assist with holiday planning · · · · · · N on-contacct · Divisions for boys & girls ages 5-15 14-game schedule · Trophies & awards No weekends or Fridays · Certified officials Prime time evening games · Coaching & sponsorship Games on Olympic size River Oaks surface positions available Balancing of teams · No fundraising Saturday, March 16 Knights of Columbus Hall 1494 Wallace Road., Oakville Applications available at River Oaks, Glen Abbey, Mainwav & Appleby College Arenas. 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