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22 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, Novembar 21, 2000 Midgets trim Brampton despite being outplayed Out-chanced, but flot outdone. 3-1. Thtwstestory for Milton's AA midgets, who registered Iep .1J ck>i Great goaltending by Spencer Abraham and a third-period only hall the number of shots as Brampton Thursday - 20 to 40 rmarker by George Kopas - with assista fromn Jake Cochrane and - but rnanaged to triumph 4-. Ricardo Raduka - helped keep things close. Tim Anderson, Stephano Citton, Julian Ricci and Justin Tingley spt*rn h vnn for th *itehws Denting the twine Before that, the boys were doubled 4-2 by the Guelph Storm. potted the goals in this highly confrontational showdown that was so uigteeeîg teWnehws marred early on by shoddy refemrng and eventually escalated int were Ricci and David Tielemans. The Winterhawks dug themselves into a big hole early on but fighting and aubsequent injuries. Assists were registered by Day, Dumencu and Paul Szafer. managed to cut tbe bleeding and show strongly down the stretch Evan Burreil picked up a couple of assista while single helpers Close defeats for a respectable finish. went to Rob Day, Chris Dumencu, Trevor Ford, Trevor A LgtnthlapwrJefyCakendRcrdM k- Langatone and Michael Wini&d. Goals and wina have been tough to corne by for Milton s AA Lighn hee seam p thre Jer Clk e R iar Mon - One night earlier the local lads were outshot by an even wider minor novices these daya. whanon ach henp d eGpte te' tlyvthrasst ett margin - 52-16 - and this time it cost them as they were hum- The local rink rats have scored juat three times in the past two rno agen ai Lecky. bled by Simcoe 6-2. gaines and corne up a little short on each occasion. Fine delensive work by Lauren Kelly 4nd Mackenzie Zuest Jason Strong's 46-save performance was about the only bright Most recently, they were trimmed by the Flamborough Sabres gave Milton a fighting chance. Milton bests grityCaps w ui 500 introm MERCIIANTS on page 20 After Brampton stormed ahead on back- to-back tallies from Jeff Hristovsky, Alterg cut the lead in hall by jsmming one n d in low and evened the counit juat before firat intermission by depositing his own doorstep leftovers. Then Remenda took over to finish the comeback. Continuing to, exhibit shades of the now departed Ryan Eby, Milton's high flyer barreled his way to the net and deliv- ered the gaine winner midway through the night by tipping in a centering pass from Andy Rozak. From there he provided the insurance marker with four minutes left in regula- tion, making a nifty little move inside and sinking one through the pads of Scott McKeown - who was filling in for star cager Danny Gould, one of eight players suspended from the night hefore. The Merchants benefited from the return of Dan Debong and Mike McGrsne as well as the robust play of Vince Laise, who's been showing strongly since being a healthy scratch three gaines ago. JocI Camneron was between Uhe pipes for the win. his il th this year. Thursday evening was a throw hack to the old MerchantCaia was ith mis- adventure striking at thse end of the second period. About a dozen players were involved in the fiasco, which took nearly an hour to sort out and eventually came out in Milton's favour, with Gould being tossed and Nadalin - who fought twice duning the mele being mîstaken for rookie winger Scott Malcolm and remain- ing in the gamne. Malcolm, James Coleman and Dan Bognar were tossed for the Merchants while Capitals coach Mario Cicchillo and a handful of bis charges eamned ejections. And while thse Merchants also got an extensive powerplay out of the deal, they were simply unable to rslly from a 4-1 Isole they'd dug for themselves esrlicr in the night. They scored twice during the lengthy stint with the extra attacker but also sur- rendered a shorthanded goal which essen- 'è tially proved to be the différence as the Brampton won 6-4. An empty netter in the final minute sesled Milton's fate. 'Me Merchants' goals came from Alterg, Laise, Kevin Arnsda and newcomer Jason Harahaw, who alse, picked up an assist for bis third multi-point performance since becoming a Merchant. Merchant notes: Defenceman Chris Krieg, formerly of the Hamilton Kilty Bees. saw bis first action as a Merchant during the two-game series with Brampton and showed strongly on the blueline.. Milton hosts Mississauga Friday and clos- es out the week in Buffalo Saturdsy.