CELEBRATE: 27 • Wednesday, January 20, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER • www.oakvillebeaver.com Oakville Guzzo’s late goal lifts Blades Lumberjacks play- ers and coaches Steven Guzzo scored with including 36-15 in the final two whoop it up after 2:53 left in regulation time to periods. winning the pee- lift the Oakville Blades to a 4-3 The previous evening at wee final of last win over the Trenton Golden Joshua’s Creek, Oakville weekend’s Frank Hawks Saturday in Ontario roughed up the Buffalo Jr. Sabatino Memorial Junior A Hockey League play at Sabres 7-3. Bennett led the way house league Joshua’s Creek Arenas. with a hat trick, while Ryan hockey tourna- Mark McGowan, Stefan Murphy contributed a goal and ment. Michael Trojanovic and Mark Bennett three assists. Also scoring goals Ferrari’s overtime also tallied for the Blades, who were Kyle Lysaght, Josh Ranalli goal gave the improved to 34-6-1 on the sea- and Guzzo. Mike Morissette Lumberjacks a 2-1 son. Oakville sits seven points stopped 20 of 23 shots for the win. behind the Kingston Voyageurs win. for first place in the league The Blades play two more standings, but has two games in home games this weekend. The MICHAEL IVANIN / hand. Couchiching Terriers visit OAKVILLE BEAVER Blades goaltender Daniel Joshua’s Creek Friday and the Savelli made 24 saves to earn the Collingwood Blues are in town Lumberjacks sweep at Sabatino tourney victory Saturday. Oakville out- Saturday. Both contests start at shot Trenton 46-27 on the night, 7:30 p.m. It was a good weekend to be a McLean had the goals for the marker. Lumberjack. Lumberjacks, while goaltender Ryley Other members of the peewee Oakville Lumberjacks teams were Wells was named game MVP by the Lumberjacks are Jack Arfin, Mark Ice drops pair of road games crowned champions in both the tournament committee. Coulter, Getty Dixon, Connor Goltz, atom and peewee divisions at the Also contributing to the atom Scott Hiltz, Garbiel Langevin, Ben Last weekend was a rough in net for the Ice. Minor Oaks Hockey Association’s championship were Alexander Merrick, Andrew Myers, Mitchell one for the Oakville Ice, which Sunday, Oakville was once annual Frank Sabatino Memorial Bowman, Hayden Coulman, William Raleigh, Lucas Ribeiro, Matthew dropped a pair of road games to again in the game in the third house league tournament last week- Eadie, Tristan Fowler, Thomas Gay, Romano, Jack Snell, Aidan upper-echelon teams in the period, trailing 2-1 before the end. Samuel Gima, Kyle Medd, Jordan Ng, Swanepoel, Bradley Vournakis and Provincial Women’s Hockey Rangers broke things open with Both division finals were all- Zoe O’Neill, Adam Quesnel, Harrison Bradley Wood. Carl Hiltz, Dan League. three unanswered goals. Julie Oakville matchups. The atom Reimer, Benjamin Sosniak and Langevin and Mike Snell coach the Oakville fell 5-2 to the Hall had the Ice’s lone goal on Lumberjacks defeated the Wranglers Thomas Trudelle. Gary O’Neill coach- team, Dean Arfin is the trainer and Aeros Saturday in the evening. 2-1, while the peewee Lumberjacks es the team, Jeff Longhurst is the Charles Swanepoel is the manager. Toronto, then dropped a 5-1 Oakville (9-13-6) will look to edged the Eagles 2-1 in overtime. trainer and Peter Gima is the manag- The tournament raised $2,500 for decision to the Kitchener- get back on track this weekend Both games were played Sunday at er. the Oakville Hospital Foundation, Waterloo Rangers Sunday in when it plays two home games Joshua’s Creek Arenas. The peewee contest had an even presented in the memory of former Kitchener. against sub-.500 clubs. In the atom game, the more climactic finish. After multiple MOHA house leaguer Alex Pace. Despite being outshot 48-14 The Ice will host the London Lumberjacks jumped out to a 2-0 overtimes, game MVP Michael Alex’s family attended the cheque Saturday, the Ice scored twice in Devilettes Saturday and the first period lead before the Wranglers’ Ferrari scored his second goal of the presentation. the third period to pull within 3- Markham Stars Sunday. Both Nathan Taylor narrowed the score to match to lift the Lumberjacks to vic- Game MVP awards were compos- 2 before Toronto scored two late games are scheduled for 4:30 2-1. Kevin Longhurst and James tory. Robbie Folino had the Eagles’ ite sticks, donated by Corbetts. markers to put the game away. p.m. starts at Joshua’s Creek Kristyn Capizzano and Arenas. Megan O’Neill had the Oakville The Ice has six games Line brawl makes for short night for Dawson goals, scoring 47 seconds apart. remaining in the regular season, Ali Binnington stopped 43 shots four of them at home. ■ By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR

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