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Merchants give hang for buck despite nothing game Final game of regular season was entertaining with lots of offence By STEVE L.BLANC The Champion The Merchants' regular season finale exceeded expeetations. In other words, a polential yawner turned out to be quite entertaining. With Milton having already locked up first place and opposition coming Irom hasement dwelling Burlington, Tuesday nighl's clasit meant nolhing to eiîher club in ternis of the standings and ligured to, be a real snooze-fest. But higit-octane offence froni bolh sides gave the few dozen fans in attendance a [air amount of bang for titeir buck. And in the end they also enjoyed a hometown victo- ry, as the regular season champions outdistanced the Gaine 1 Gaine 2 (;ame3 Gaine 4 * Game 5 " Gaine 6 " Gaine 7 Fri. Feh. 9 Sun. Feb. Il Tues. Feit. 13 Fnl. Feit. 16 Sun. Feit. t8 Mon. Feb. 19 Tues. Feit. 20 at Milton (Ie p.m.) at Bramalea (8 p.in.) et Milton (8 p.m.) at Brainalea (7:45 p.ni.) at Milton (7:30 p.ni.) aI Bramalea (e p.. at Milton (8 p.m.) if necesay It will be Brampton in six over Stre*qetsville t ram JR. A on page 24 speciftcally the Brampton Capitals. Witether or not lte Caps walk away witit any hardware Ibis season remains open for mueh debate, but they dont seeni poised for a lirst-round exit - even wiîth recent troubles stemniing [romn dissension within titeir executive ranks. Danny Gould is just too good beween lte pipes and bis defensive unit is simply tooi solid for Streetsville - wito besides Jelfrey Szwez dont( have any game-break- ers. BRAMPTON IN SIX Buffalo va. Misaissauga This clasht hetween the division's two most improved teanis may lie te tougitest t0 predict. Buffalo gained home-tee advantage in its regular season finale and are arguably thte most fundame,îtally sourtd and best eoached club in lthe West. However, Mississauga cldaýrly bas momentuni in its favour - witit a rasht of late-season vtcto- ries including several over top teanis like Branmpton and Georgetown, And with a style of play geared towards tite bigger tee surfaces, not having home- ice advantage may not be such a stumbltng block - since West Seneca Arena is almost as spacious as lceland. BoIt clubs are sery opportunistic wben it comes 10 te powerplay. but oseraIt tite Citargers seern a little nmore potent up front and will probably need one or two itigit seoring a[fairs 10 prevail. MISSIS- SAUGA [N SEVEN visiting Cougars 7-5. the 29-14-5-1 Merehants - who tinished up with the sanie number of wins and points as they did lasi year - coughed up a pair of multi-goal leads before finally cemenling the win in thte third period. Andy Rozak provided the hernies. netting bis 23rd goal of tite season with a close-range deflection. He ended up just three goals shy of teani scoring leader Andrew Francone, while fellow first-liner and Western Conference Rookie of the Year Kevin Arruda potted his 2tst early in te opening (rame t0 cap a thoroughly sensational freshman canipaign Dan DeLong tallied lwice and added an assist wbile checking line partner Dan Bognar also had three points, picking up a couple of helpers on nifty center- ing passes before burying one hiniseif late in the third. Multon's other marksmen were tan LaBrash and Jamie Williams. Drawing two assists apiece were James Coleman, Scott Malcolmi and Adani Sturgeon. Derek Myronuk led for the visitors with a pair of goals and two assists. Singles went 10 Craig Courteau, C.J. Momrson and Trevor Willdeson. The Cougars capitalized on tbree of live powerplay opportunities t0 keep things interesting on a night when a rash of goals and creative passing made up for a lack of structure and physical play. Shots on goal favoured Milton 38-25. Assistant coaches Mike Kalapaca and Dan Sales ran the local bench Tuesday evening while skipper Glenn Walsh scouted the Bramalea Blues - who'll offer tirst round conipetition, stanting tonight aI Memorial Arena. Game lime is 8 p.m. Milton Ladies SIo-Pitch League ;V DATE: Saturday February 10, 2001 I LOCATION: Milton Malt AGE: 19+ REGISTRATION DATES: THUS, MM 81 7M Pm - 9:00 PM) MIL fa. 9* 0 tTOpu - 9:00 PM) Sa1* Oi(&O00mn- 1:00OPm) SUN., FES. 1Ilh P.-)OPm - 3:00 pi PLACE OAKVIAE ARENA COST $189.00 + GST SEASON: MID-APRI ft1LH Ml OF MUY YOUTH LEAGUES ADUIT LIEAGUES Now being playod on Sport Court floorlng AU. AGE GROUPS COEO (SOM AGI CR011 MAY ME COM DR TO REGMSIUADON Mail-in registrations nmy e picked uP ai Coebet 'Spd OR~ Utzmns Sprt lU Sp.m., d.,0kvl 3350 Fabvisw t, hdigtu. FOR MORE NFOR».MAfON CAi. 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