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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday January 17, 2007 - 33 Wren's recruits paying off for Burlington Cougars By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Not that Oliver Wren's 28-save performance wasn't an important part of the Burlington Cougars' upset of the Oakville Blades, but his biggest contribution to Friday's 5-2 win came months earlier. That's when Wren recruited a pair of former high school teammates to join the Cougars. With Kerry Barchan and Josh Shrum entering their final year of junior hockey, both were hoping to move to the Provincial Jr. A League. They had spent the previous season with Port Colborne Sailors of the Golden Horseshoe Jr. B League and had received training camp invitations from their hometown Jr. A team. However, their former team- mate persuaded them to give the Cougars a chance. "I just told them it was a great organization, with a great coach," Wren said. "Wes (Wiseman) is the most loyal guy and if they wanted to be treated fairly, this is a great place to play." The successful sales pitch helped draw the two Oakville natives to Burlington and the Cougars have been reaping the rewards ever since. Barchan was named the conference's top player in October and leads the Cougars with 29 goals and 59 points while Shrum is the league's top scoring defenceman with 57 points, including a team-leading 48 assists. For the trio of Oakville residents, who played together on Q.E. Park's 2004 Halton high school championship team, the win meant more than just knocking off the league's first-place team in their own arena. www.oakvilleminorbaseball.com Email: omba@oakvilleminorbaseball.com 905-847-5545 STAY TUNED FOR 2007 REGISTRATION DATES! 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Burlington Junior Varsity Stampeders - Registration Ages 15-16 (as of May 31st) Unrestricted Weight "It was a pretty big win considering playoffs are just around the corner and we had been in a bit of a slide," said Barchan. "And definitely having lots of family and friends there made it better." The Blades came into the game having won 23 of their last 25 games. Meanwhile, the Cougars had just won three of their last 10. It looked like those trends would continue when the Blades scored twice in the first four minutes but the Cougars refused to pack it "It was a pretty big in. "Two months ago we were win, considering losing 7-3 (to Oakville) and we playoffs are just came back to win, so a two-goal around the corner deficit was nothing," said and we had been in Barchan, who finished the game with three points, includ- a bit of a slide. And ing the game-winning goal. definitely having lots of family and friends "We knew we could score." And score they did. Jordan there made it better." 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