3 1 |Thursday, January 26, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Kevin Nagel, Oakville Beaver Sports Editor, knagel@burlingtonpost.com Sports seven of the 16 competing teams were from Oakville but none ad vanced to semifinal play. The Thornton Tigers won the division by blanking London Ban dits 2-0. Another seven Oakville teams were in the peewee red/select di vision hunt among 16 teams as well, but like the peewee white division, visiting teams occupied all the semifinal slots in the play offs. Port Credit Storm shut out the Brampton Bears 5-0 to take home the division title. "Connected to your Community " O a k v illeB a n d itsed ged4-3 in F r a n kS a b a tin oM e m o r ia l fin a l Visiting teams took home the three division championship trophies up for grabs at the Frank Sabatino Memorial Hockey Tournament last weekend. The Bandits were the only Oakville team to reach a tourna ment final, being edged by the Kitchener Rangers 4-3 in the atom red/select championship game. The Bandits fell behind 3-0 in the first period but scored three of the next four goals to make it close. Nicholas Malovic, Matthew Kirchmair and Evan Stagg scored the Oakville goals. In the peewee white division, · Photo of cheque presentation at bit.ly/2jW9Ft6. Oakville Bandits' Evan Stagg (front) celebrates after scoring Oakville's third goal as teammate Fraser MacKay (right) demonstrates his delight during the champion ship game of the Simon Bureau atom red/select division at last weekend's Frank Sabatino Memorial Hockey Tournament. The Bandits were playing the Kitchener Rangers, who eventually won the title with a 4-3 victory. It was one of three finals held Sunday at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. | photo by Graham Paine - Oakville Beaver Doggett jumps at chance to represent Canada at World Universiade By Herb Garbutt Oakville Beaver sta ff Team Canada. The words conjure up images of Sidney Crosby scoring on Ryan Miller at the Olympics, Wayne Gretzky passing to Mario Lemieux at the Canada Cup or Jordan Eberle's last-second tying goal against Russia at the world juniors. Slater Doggett thought the ex tent of his involvement in Team Canada's next venture would be cheering on the team from home. Then came his invitation to tryouts for Canada's team at the World Universiade. "Honestly, I didn't know much about this tournament," Doggett said. "I thought my chances of wear ing a Canadian sweater were over." Once Doggett found out a little bit more about the hockey tourna ment -- an Olympic-style multi sport event held every two years that is open to all students -- there was no way he was missing out on it. Though competition was tough, with the best university players from across the country, he landed one of the 22 coveted spots along side Queen's Golden Gaels team mates Eric Ming, Spencer Abraham and Kevin Baillie. The tournament runs Jan. 29-Feb. 8 in Almaty, Ka zakhstan. The 22-year-old brings the abil ity to contribute in a number of ways, which he has demonstrated in both his Ontario Hockey League and university careers. After play ing more of a checking role with the Kingston Frontenacs for two seasons, Doggett broke out for a 25-goal, 51-point season, finish ing second in team scoring for the Windsor Spitfires. "My first two years in the OHL, I was more of a fourth-line guy who had to play good defensively," he said. "My overage year, I got more of my scoring touch back and I've been able to carry that forward into the OUA. Even when I was struggling last year, Queen's is known for having one of the best defences in the OUA and I was able to focus on that." This season with Queen's, Doggett ranks fourth in Ontario University Athletics with 29 points in 20 games and fifth with 12 goals, including four game-winners. That has helped Queen's compile a 15-4 1 record, leaving the Gaels just one point back of McGill for top spot in the league. Doggett had entertained the thought of playing pro following his final OHL season. He accepted a tryout with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL, picking up a goal and two assists in six games, and attended the Chicago Blackhawks rookie camp, but Doggett weighed his op tions over the summer. "There are so many good play ers, even in the ECHL. It's tough to have a long career," he said. "I thought I would get a degree and if there was an opportunity (to play pro) after that, I would try it then." He had taken some courses at Queen's while playing with the Frontenacs, so a return to Kingston was a natural fit. He's now studying applied economics. Canada has earned a medal at each of the last five tournaments, including gold in 2007 and 2013. Doggett is looking forward to the opportunity to add to that total. "It's not like a full season, you have three round-robin games and then you're into playoffs," he said. "Every game is like a Game 7 so we just want to go all out. There's nothing to save it for." Though hockey will be the pri mary focus, Doggett said he is also looking forward to the experience of "a mini Olympics" with ath letes from other sports competing alongside the hockey tournament. He also hopes it prepares him and his Queen's teammates as the Golden Gaels begin their bid for an OUA championship a week after the four return from Kazakhstan. LAStllUHf trady© T* |y > S M A R T S A M S U N G U U LED TV ;* S x SAVE $500 Buy a n d sell in y o u r n e ig h b o u rh o o d . |s898 6 0 " SAMSUNG SMART LED TV #95384 I 1080p* 60 Hz · 2 HDMI A lpine Ski Boots S now Rem oval Service G irls W in te r Jacket H ockey Skates R acing Goggles 9 <2km 9 <4km 9 <1km Visit www.tradyo.com or download the free app. AppStore Buy U Sell *metroland media