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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday March 27, 2002 - C3
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Bronze at nationals in Kitchener
PHOTO: Oakville
members of junior
team include
Melanie Silber,
Allison Simpell
and Sarah Collins.
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PHOTO: novice
team members
Lisa Taylor, Sarah
Holden, L aura
Collins and
Madeleine
O ’Shaughnessy.
The Gold Ice junior and the Gold
Ice Infiniti novice synchronized skat­
ing teams both earned podium appear­
ances at the their respective national
championships in Kitchener earlier this
month.
Both teams collected the bronze
medal.
The Gold Ice Junior team is in its
second year and is coached by Wendy
DeGraaf and Stephanie Klein.
Oakville skaters on the Bramptonbased team include Melanie Silber,
Allison Simpell and Sarah Collins.
As well, M elissa and Alicia
Visconti from Milton are also alumni
o f the Oakville Skating C lub..
Here’s how Skate Canada described
their performance on their website:
“Gold Ice ... skated to third place
with an intense and dramatic perform­
ance highlighted with a wheel incorpo­
rating splits by some team members
and an innovative element circle with a
wave of back shoot the ducks. A dou­
ble line back drag intersection near the
end capped a technically difficult per­
formance. This was a come-back per­
formance for Gold Ice who finished off
the National Team last year.”
It caps off a stellar year that includ­
ed first at sectionals, first at Tri-State
invitational, fourth at Winterfest, first
at Gold Medallion and first at Heritage
Classic.
The Gold Ice Infiniti novice team,
based out o f Streetsville-Meadowvale
arid Brampton, is coached by Wendy
D eG raaf and Nita Patel. O akville
skaters include Lisa Taylor, Sarah
Holden, Laura Collins and Madeleine
O ’Shaughnessy.
Here’s how Skate Canada described
their performance on their website:
“Gold Ice Infiniti finished third
with their stirring rendition o f
Gladiator. The team performed a clean
skate featuring many difficult transi­
tions and varied footwork skated with
commitment and passion beyond their
years."
It caps off a stellar year that includ­
ed first at sectionals, third at Tri-State
invitational, fourth at W interfest,
fourth at Gold Medallion and fourth at
Heritage Classic.
The two teams will close out the
season with several exhibition per­
formances ...
• On Sunday, March 24 for the
Stephanie Gaetz (Barbara Underhill's
daughter) Keepsafe F o u n d a tio n s the
Brampton Entertainment Centre;
• On Friday, March 29, during the
two intermissions for the WTN NWHL
Cham pionship Series 2002 at the
Brampton Entertainment Centre;
• On March 3 1 during an intermis­
sion for the Old Timers Hockey Game
at the Air Canada Centre (junior team);
• the Streetsville/M eadow vale
Carnival, April 5-7 (novice team).
‘This is the best team I’ve ever coached’ - Gringmuth
"After the two quick goals the guys chatted me down,” said
Wren. "We all pulled together as a team and everything paid off in
the end. I’m extremely happy right now."
Head coach Roy Gringmuth, who was doused with Mountain
Dew after the game, said the win, is a "fabulous feeling."
"I knew the boys would come through," he said. "After the third
Tigers goal we really worked hard to shut down their offensive
gam e.”
W ren’s stellar netminding and the team’s all around defensive
(C ontinue d from pag e C 1)
by Jenkin to put the Rangers up 5-1 heading into the third fame.
Sentiment throughout the hometown arena was that the Rangers
had the championship all but wrapped up.
But an early surge by the Tigers cut the lead to 5-3 with just over
10 minutes to play.
Thanks to outstanding goaltending by Oliver Wren and strong
defensive play by Scott Emberely the Rangers were able to hang on
for the victory.
play in the third period preserved the win and gave Gringmuth his
third championship in his last five years as head coach.
"This is the best team I’ve ever coached,” he said.
“Throughout the entire playoffs we never lost a game.”
When asked what he plans to do after the game, Gringmuth
smiled: "there’s going to be a party somewhere tonight."
Also scoring for the Rangers was Cory Martin.
David Delzotto scored twice for the Tigers while Jordie Ofield
netted the other.
McMurrich netted shutout in Tuesday night’s 40 win
Take six single A's, seven AA's, and three
AAA's from the pee wee ranks o f 2001, and
what have you got — the 2002 Ontario
Minor Hockey A ssociation (OM HA) minor
bantam AA champions ...
Coach Roy G ringm uth's team claim ed the
title Thursday evening with a third straight
win over a 'shocked' Aurora Tigers team who
were last year’s peewee AA champs.
The minor bantams, with a regular sea­
son record o f 22-4-2, were undefeated in
OM HA play, disposing o f Burlington in
three straight, St. C atharines in four gam es
(including one tie), and Chatham in three
straight.
Backed by the stellar netm inding o f M ike
McMurrich and O liver W ren, the dynam ic
duo in the regular season had a goals against
average o f 1.18. Sensational!
NEPEAN 4, OAKVILLE 2
Gene Falsetto scored the game-winner 8:26 into the third period to lift the
Nepean Raiders (2-0-0) to a 4-2 win
over the Oakville Rangers (1-1-0) to
open the second day o f play at the 2002
OHL Cup in Brantford.
Falsetto’s winner came just 31 sec­
onds after Oakville’s Justin Donati tied
the game with a powerplay goal.
Matt Cowie, Geordie Michie and
Patrick Sweeney, into an empty net,
also scored for Nepean. Nick Dodge
also scored for Oakville.
SCORING SUMMARY...
NEPEAN
0 2 2 -4
OAKVILLE
0 11-2
First Period
(No scoring).
Pen: Michie NEP (Roughing) 11:33; Tough OAK
(Roughing) 11:33; Chereshnevsky OAK (Roughing)
13:03.
Second Period
1. NEP: Cowie 1 (Deszcz, Bottiglia) 01:00
2. NEP: Michie 3 (Sullivan, Sweeney) 08:10
3. OAK: Dodge 1 (Donati, Pamanzone) (pp) 11:45
Pen: Michie NEP (Boarding) 02:48; Michie NEP
(Cross Checking) 11:35; McMillan OAK (Hooking)
14:43.
Third Period
4. OAK: Donati 1 (Giffin) (pp) 07:55
5. NEP: Falsetto 1 (Marier, Mather) 08:26
6. NEP: Sweeney 2 (en) 14:39
Pen: Presz NEP (High Sticking) 05:52; Marier NEP
(Interference) 06:11; Michie NEP (High Sticking)
08:52; Giffin OAK (Holding) 09:58; Sweeney NEP
(High Sticking) 12:20.
Goaltenders: Robbie Sibbald for Nepean. Matt Pike
for Oakville.
PP Conversions: NEP: 0/3; OAK: 2/6.
OAKVILLE 5, HURON PERTH 3
Tyler Donati scored three goals,
including the game-winner, to lead the
Oakville Rangers (1-0-0) to a 5-3 win
over the Huron Perth Lakers (0-1-0) in
OHL Cup play on Monday.
Darrell Vitello opened the scoring
2:45 into the first period to give Huron
Perth an early lead. Donati replied with
his first o f the game 3:31 later.
Cody Thornton, with his first of
two, regained the lead for the Lakers
2:33 into the second period. Graham
Tough replied for Oakville on the pow­
erplay at 7:59.
Thornton gave Huron Perth the lead
once again 4:51 into the third, but
Oakville overcame a one goal deficit
for the third time in the game with Ben
Heersink evening the score 8:38 into
the third period.
Donati gave Oakville the lead 3:29
seconds later and completed the hat
trick with 17 seconds remaining in the
game.
For most o f the boys, it was their first
brush with a gold medal opportunity, and
coach Roy Gringmuth flashed a couple at
them before the third game against Aurora.
“This was a team w in,” he said. “The
boys played a team game the whole season
long.
The M itron system , used by all
O akville team s, helped make the differ­
ence.”
(GAME TWO)
The Oakville Rangers m inor bantam AA
rep hockey team took a 2-0 lead in the
OM HA cham pionship series with a 4-0 win
on Tuesday o f last week.
"It's not over yet ”, rem arked coach Roy
Gringm uth, following Tuesday’s win, "but
we're in good shape.”
O utshooting Aurora 38-19, and backed up
by
the shut-out goalkeeping o f Mike
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The Oakville Rangers bantam
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two games at the all-Ontario
provincial championships which
are on tap all week in Brantford.
Oakville was set to play the
third game of the championship
Tuesday night against Toronto
Red Wings.
Earlier in the day, Oakville,
which is the second ranked team
in the province, was edged 4-2 in
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SCORING SUMMARY...
OAKVILLE
113-5
HURON PERTH
111-3
First Period
1. OAK: Donati (Donati) 08:44
2. HUR: Vitello 12:15
Pen: Thornton HUR (High Sticking) 03:50; Peters
HUR (Delay o f Game) 08:49.
Second Period
3. OAK: Tough (Dodge. Giffin) (pp) 06:01
4. HUR: Thornton (Gartshore) 12:27
Pen: McDonald OAK (Charging) 04:03; King HUR
(Cross Checking) 06:33.
Third Period
5. OAK: Heersink 06:22
6. OAK: Donati (Donati) 09:51
7. HUR: Thornton (Gartshore. Amstett) 10:09
8. OAK: Donati (Giffin. Hannigan-Daley) 14:44
Goaltenders were Chris Rowan (Oakville) and
Justin Peters (Huron Perth).
PP Conversions: OAK: 1/3; HUR: 0/1.
BALL HOCKEY
McM urrich, Oakville moved ahead in the
first period on Mike M aganja’s goal, assisted
by Carson Jenkins.
A power play opportunity in the second
saw Jeffrey Sebben make it 2-0, assisted by
Mike LeDressay and Nicholas Dvernechuk.
Oakville sealed the game with late goals
by Bryce Dakin and Jesse M ejaski. Assists
on those goals w ere garnered by Eric
Murray, Dakin and Shane Jackman.
Gringmuth paid tribute to his 'm ucker and
banger' line o f centre Mike LeDressay and
wingers Derek Westroh and Jeffrey Sebben.
"They make things happen out there.
They ju st make our team that much better
overall".
Correction:
the w inning goal in
M onday's 3-2 victory was scored by Carson
Jenkin. Our apologies.
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