IQJHL Blades on winning, losing side of upsets o - After handing the league-lead TM ing Georgetown Raiders a rare loss last Friday, the Oakville § Blades were upset by the Or al angeville Flyers the following S. day 's The Flyers scored two third^ period goals for their home ly town supporters to break a 1-1 £E tie and win the Ontario Junior > ffockey Feague game 3-1. w Oakville trails Georgetown oj by 13 points but leads Oranj geville by 18 this season. ^ Matt Mayami opened the O scoring with a power-play goal ~ for the Blades midway through o the second period. The Flyers z . tied the score in the final min§ utes of the period and scored ^ the winner 5:12 into the final -g frame. They added an emptyg net goal in the game's last min| ute. % Brendan McGlynn took the loss in goal for the Blades de spite stopping 31 of 33 shots. The night before, Drew Worrad and Ryan Foss each scored twice as the Blades handed the Raiders just their fourth loss this season. Worrad broke a 1-1 midway through the first and Foss in creased the lead to 3-1 four minutes later, ffe added his second of the game in the opening minute of the second to make it 4-1 Oakville. Georgetown climbed back within a goal by the 11-min ute mark of the second, but McGlynn, who finished the game with 36 saves, shut the door the rest of the way. Worrad capped his second straight three-point game with an empty-net goal to seal a 5-3 victory. Jackson Bales opened the scoring for the Blades before Georgetown tied the score with a power-play goal. Jack Jeffers and Tyler Fhldebrandt each had two assists for Oakville. The Blades are the only team to have beaten the Raid ers twice this season. George town boasts the OJFIFs best win percentage at .859. Oakville also has an over time loss against Georgetown to take five of a possible eight points in four games against the Raiders this season. S p o r ts B r ie fs Hornets seven seconds short of shutout Maddy McArthur had her shutout bid snapped with seven seconds left as the Whitby Wolves scored late to earn a 1-1 tie with the Oakville Hornets. McArthur made 27 saves before Whitby scored the tying goal. She made a couple more saves in overtime to finish the game with 29. Jessica Digirlamo had Oakville's goal with four min utes to play in the second period. It was her ninth of the season, the most among all Provincial Women's Hockey League blueliners. The Hornets were 19-2-3 this season heading into a game against the Stoney Creek Sabres on Tuesday, which occurred after the Beaver's press deadline. Ben Blacker NCHC' s goalie of the week Oakville Blades' Drew Worrad (above) and Ryan Foss scored two goals each in a 4-3 win over the Georgetown Raiders last Friday. They were brought back to earth the next night when they lost to the Orangeville Flyers. | photo by Tim Bates - OJHL Images Oakville improved to 21 10-2 and increased its lead atop the OJFIFs South Division to four points over the St. Mi chael's Buzzers. The Blades are in action at 5 p.m. today (Thursday) in Toronto against the Patriots, their last game before Christ mas. Oakville's Ben Blacker was named the National Col legiate Hockey Conference's goalie of the week after making a career-high 32 saves Saturday. The freshman goalie for the Western Michigan Broncos finished the week with a 1.39 goals-against average and a .956 save percentage. Blacker stopped 11 of 12 shots in relief in Friday's 5-1 loss to North Dakota. He followed that up by al lowing just one goal in a 3-1 victory to earn a split with the Fighting Hawks on Saturday. He made 21 of his saves in the third period as the Broncos played more than half of the period shorthanded. The win improved Blacker to 3-0 this season with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage. It is the second time Blacker has be honoured by the NCHC this season. He earned the freshman-ofthe-week award in the opening week of the season. HOCKEY & SKATING WINTER ACADEMIES RUNNING JANUARY - MARCH Oakville Beaver BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED LEVELS: YOUTH HOCKEY ADULT HOCKEY SKATING C O N V E N IE N T W E E K D A Y & W E E K E N D T IM E S Please send a photo of your family posing with your snowman and you will be entered to WIN a FAMILY NIGHT OUT! (Dinner & Bowling - value $ 15 0 ) Select photos will be posted online or run in the paper on Friday February 24, 2017. Email your photos to: km ic e li@ m e tro la n d .c o m CONTEST DETAILS: Entries to be received by m idnight February 2 0 , 2 0 1 7 . One entry per fa m ily/a d d re ss. A random draw from all entries received to be held on W ednesday February 2 2 , 2 0 1 7 . W inner will be contacted by phone. For com plete co n test ru les & regulations visit: w ww .insideHALTON.com REGISTER NOW AT ICESPORTS.COM/OAKVILLE OR CALL US 905-845-6989