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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 12 Mar 1999, p. 25

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'deacî66WlcnFfly; %MMlt12, 1bW :e Bantams get a bit of revenge Haydar lits 50-point mark Milton's AA minor bantans put tise finishing touch- es on an unheaten Tri County playoff drive by top- pling Orangeville 5-2 Saturday. Goaltender Jasor. Strong turnied back 38 shots to exact a measure of revenge against the Flyers, who knocked them out of OMIIA action st month. Darryl Tielemans broke a 2-2 die late in the second period - with a sisorthanded solo effort - while topt1ight defence was delivered by Sean Welsis. Also burying tise biscuit were Mitchell Boisvenue, Matthew Funneil, Julian Rîcci and Paul Szafer. Jeif Nadalin cisipped in a couple of assiats. Since being bounced from the provincial play- downs, the Centricut Winterhawks have enhanced their defence and discipline. As a result they registered a 4-0-2 league playoff record - with an impressive 1.7 goals-againat aver- age along thse way - which should earn tisern a berth into the cisampionship finals. Yet to loac Supers defence and goaltending kept the AA minor atoins unbeaten in Tri County playoffs as tisey fought to a 3-3 stalemate with Burlington Saturday. Milton squandeoed a two-goal lead late in thse gaine but overall their effort was solid. Blueliner Joel Gard showed strongly in his own end to fend off Burlington's st ditch attempta at a go-aheari goal while standing tali between the pipes was Michael Sullivan. Denting the twine were John Black,ý Jeremy Brown and Luc Hartwick while Connor Mitchell doew a pair of assista. Five nights earlier the Wallace Pontiac Winterbawks stnsck early and ofien in a 6-1 thumping of Brampton. Brown led offensively wits a hat-trick: while singles were added by Hartwick, Matthew Binnington and Blake Friflenburg. Posting two helpers eacis were Mitchell and Alex Bemndt, with Brendan Duke holing the fort in topfiigbt fashion. Back on track Milton's A minor novices recovered froin an OMHA series loss to an older Guelph team in fine fonin, toppling Fergus 4-1 Saturday. The Winterhawks provided a defensive blanket over the last two periods to secure the victory. Goaltender Lucas Reid asserteri himself with a terrific perfor- mance. Mark Brown tallied twice, scoring tise gaine winner and insurance marker seven minutes spart. Milton's other sharpshooters were Kris Delnin and Adrian Eppinger. Setting up goals two and three was Mark Elliot. Single assista went to Ryan Cochrane, Eric Gottwald, Jordan Haggart and Bradley Mazzocato. Lead squandered The AA major bantains squandered a two-goal lead last Friday and dropped a 5-3 decision to thse Oakville Rangers. This despite out chancing their opponenta nearly three to one. Milton also lost Jon Taylor to a season- ending knee injury. Trevor Ford, Darryl Langstone and Ricky Nadalin did thse scoring while Rob Day's first tally of the sec- ond was abnsptly nullified by the referee who didn't sec Oakville's cager pull it out of the net. Inspired efforts were turned in by Ryan Harper and Mike Volpe. Flu cuts into novices The A major novices ran into a brick wall of compe- tition recently, dropping 7-2 and 9-2 decisions to Grand Valley and Guelph oespectively. Milton iseld Grand Valley scoreless through thse first haîf of their game but couldn't hold off a late onslaught. Scoring for the locals were Scott Campbell and Michael Vipond. I Guelphs, tise fiu-ravaged Winterhawks neyer real- ly stood a chance against a teain they rarely beat under the best of circumstances. A double minor to Milton in tise tisird period resulted in two final goals against and a further humbling. Brian Hunter sank bots mark- ers for tise Dynamic Packaging sponsooed crew. Darren "Mini" Haydar collected two more assists in the final weekend of tise regular season to close out his NCAA rookie year mits an even 50 pointa. Both helpers came last Friday, in the first half of tise New Hampshire Wildcats' two-game sweep of Maine. These wins, 6- 1 and 4-1, gave the University of New Hampshire their first ever Hockey East regular season championship. They finished with a 18-3-3 record in conference play and were 26-5-3 overaîl - ranking second across tise country. Haydar lit tise lamp 27 times and added 23 assists in 34 games this season. Nationally, hie was second in goals and tied for eights in total pointa. The 19-year-old rigist winger won eue» STRONG on page 26 How can we thank you for'making the Civic Canada's best seiIin-z car? 238" prmonftUfi mon The Civic Special Edition $1 yS90 wDrCae'io Standard Features Inctude: . 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