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26 - The Canadien Champion, Tuesday, October 24, 2000 Merchants rally to shade Mississauga in overtime By STEVE L.BLANC The Champion It was a night of big retumns for the Jr. A Merchants Friday. First Milton welcomed back from injury veteran forwards Elliott Altberg and Dan DeLong - adding gril and experience t0 the lineup - as well as Vince Guiducci, who'll no doubt stoengtben a depleted and fatigued blueline. Then Glenn Walsh's charges finished out the evening by return- ing 10 the win column - a place they hadn't visiled in four games. That fruitless stretch, which did include consecutive lies, looked 10 continue against Mississauga Friday. But Milton rallied witb a pair of goals midway through the tbird period before punctuaîing their comeback bid 47 secondsimb overtime to triumph 5-4. Providing the heroics - and giving the local club a valuable point in an ongoing tighl battie for firat place in the conference - was Andy Rozak. Taking a nifty drop pass from DeLong, Multon's scoring leader deposiîed a low wrister for bis second gaine winner of the season. Also assisting on the play was big lefi Winger tan LaBrash. Tbe Merchanîs' bolstered ranks allowed for a bit of forward line shuffling, whicb in turn lifted their offensive efforts. However, Missiasauga's Trevor Battaglia proved bo be a major stumbling block - conîinually robbing then from in close and making 23 of 25 saves in the opening two periods. Overaîl, Milton outsbot their guesîs 37-21. Cameron cornes through While not severely challenged on the whole, local stopper JoeI Cameron made a sensalional pad block early in the game and Iben got juat enougb of the visilors' only overtime shol to redirecl il rigbt and off the post. Flavio Faggioni connecled on the powerplay 10 ko the score with under nine minutes remaining while LaBrasb wenî top shelf 10 initiale thse comeback. The Merchants' other scorers were Scott Malcolm and Shane Remenda - who in basebaîl style swatted in a deflection off a blueline shot from captain John Nadalin. Milton stood aI 9-3-2 (wbich includes their reveraed win against Wexford, tisaI has not yet heen cbanged in tise standings) prior 10 last night's game in Hamilton. Wbile siîîing atop tbe West Conference, the Merchants have six leams who're ail within four points of tbem. Merchant notes: Defenceman Steve Schentag underwent knee surgery Friday and should retura 10 the lineup sometime next month. Fellow rearguard Chris Rook is stilI set 10 come back from a separaied shoulder injury in early December ... Former Merchant Adam Sturgeon bas yet 10 return 10 the Qi-L Sudbury Wolves and bai been attending moat Merchant games lately. His return 10 the local club, wbich would certainly strengîben their blueline and powerplay units, remains a possibility ... Friday Milton hoats Burlinglon and then completes a bome-and-home series with the Cougars Sunday aI 7:30 p.m. COT NSSON IS A PROUD .,-S-P-ONSo. Johnson Controls Ltd. fiR'HOéj~i5Afl f CO S Automotive Systemrs c SEE~IIVEWE E ~ j ~~ L!CBI ~ ~avra1 ! o4S Milton Minor Hockey Association DIVISION TEAM TEAM TIME 1 Proudly aci.-laum supports 4flym~ Milton Minor ... li NUI Hockey 100 Nipissing Road, Unit 9 Milton, Ontario L9T 5B2 (Behind Milton Mai) Trel:876-4047 Fax:876-1 100 w w ràbj "Best of Iuck teams "Proud sponsors of Milton Minor Hockey" HUTCRSLRJE QIb Canabian Cbamnpion Proud Sponsors of Ml/ton Minor Hockey Tel:878-2341 Fax:876-2364 DATE ARENA OCT 28 PRE/NOVICE BRUCE HOOD LITTLE FIREMEN 7:00 AM TONELLI HUNT PLYMOUTH CHRYSIER KNUCKLES 8:00 AM ARENA OCT 28 BEGINNERS GREEN TIMBITS RED TIMBITS 9:00 AM TONELLI WHITE TIMBITS BLACK TIMBITS 10:00 AM ARENA OCT 28 PEEWEE SCOOTER'S SNACK SHACKS ROSS DIXON FINANCIAL 4:00 PM TONELLI DIRECTV ABSOLUTE TRANSPORT 5:15 PM ARENA GALLINGER FORD TOWNE DENTAL 6:30 PM OCT 28 ATOM BRIAN'S AUTO DONE RIGHT ROOFING 7:00 AM MEMORIAL PRESSE LAW JOHNSON CONTROLS 8:15 AM ARENA VALLE FOAM IND. DREAM CAR GARAGE TV 9:30 AM CANADIAN TIRE MCCUAIG INSURANCE 10:45 AM OCT 29 NOVICE HUNT CHRYSLER JEEP KNUCKLES 2:00 PM TONELLI SHOPPER'S DRUG MART GORRUD'S AUTO 3:15 PM ARENA GOODLIFE-GREEN GOODLIFE-BLUE 4:30 PM __________ _________ OODLIFE-RED GOODLIFE-BLACK 5:45 PM OCT 29 BANTAM KEY CENTRES SUNNY OASIS 5:00 PM MEMORIAL HOME CINEMA VIDEO HION FIVE PHOTOGRAPHY 6:20 PM ARENA ABSOLUTE TRANSPORT BRIAN'S AUTO 7:40 PM KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN RUSSEL METALS 8:50 PM OCT 30 SENIORS DOCS & DENTS GUS MOWBRAY HEATING 7:35 PM TONELLI KWIK KOPY MIIXoN CHRYSLER DODGE 18:43 PM ARENA NISKAR PETRO AUSEN à NOUE hIK1RANCEI 9:51 PM