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20-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, November 26, 2002 Ple',,oase fax your sports reports to Steve LeBlanc at (905) 878-4943. Look In Today's Paper For Your "6Meet the Artist" Flyei from & Picture Framing Warehouse 345 Steeles Ave., Milton 905-878-8161 emait: harropgalleey@hotfail.comf OPEN 7 DAYS: Mon thru Sat. 10-8 * Sun. 125 Se etd aes sl Merchants go into busy stretch on a seven-game winning streak Milton dominates West'ys bottom haif teams By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion The Merchants head into their busiest stretch of the year riding their longest win streak this season. In the final tune-up to a six- gamnes-in- l0-days ruts - beginning with thrce tilts in as many nights this weekend - Milton strengthened uts hold on second place by dispos- ing of Mississauga 9-2 Friday. The lopsided victory, some- thing that's becoming routine against the Westemn Conferences bottom haîf teams, marked the local juniors' sev- enth straight win - which surpasses a drive engineered last month. i I Merchants systcmatically dismantled mid- pack Mississauga with a well-rounded effort that featured a number of standout performances - including one from former Charger Arthur The towering blueliner tallied twice and added an assist against his old club, Linemates Rich Meloche and Vic Oreskovich led the hit parade, combining for seven points. Meloche scored in each period to lift his overaîl points total over the half-century mark and his goal counit to 27. He leads the teamn in both categortes and continues to sit top-five in the league scoring race. Meanwhile. Oreskovich added anothcr chaipter to bis impressive freshman cam- paign v, ith a goîal and three helpers. Duhamel and Rob Ricci contributed two points each to the blowout. The Merchants had ample opportunity to test its still-under-constructiofl powerplay during a penalty-filled third period and capitalized with goals by Meloche and steadily-improved rookie ion Omelas. Aided by the retumn of captain Craig Macdonald and fellow forwards Tyler Shremp and Dean Strong, Milton mini- mized its guests' possession time in the offensive zone and continues to display a passing proficiency thats been quite diffi- cuIt for most teams to combat. Cody Spicer tumed back two dozen shots and kept his goals-agamnst average among the best in the league. Merchant notes: Sean Kennedy will be back in the lineup in December and is expected to be moved back to, his natural position as a defenceman ... The Merchants have scored 26 goals in their lasi three games ... Milton hosts Streetsville Friday before beginning a three -games-in-tfour- nights road trip against Buffalo Saturday. 60 THROUGH SLEEy ICE AN SNO W - GE T iRL IZZA K DU R-ING THE BRIDGES TONE SNO W TIRE S Wi TCH! 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TIRE 675 Steeles Ave. E., Milton 905-878-6785 meuth Ue severe sne service revlaremmts ofthe Rubber ManufuCtarers Assocaton (UMA) and fthe Rubher ASSaclaIMnfl n Canada. (flAC). By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Rematches dont get much more one- sided than this. Hosting round two of a home-and-home sertes with West Lincoln Saturday, Milton's juveniles flcxed their scoring muscles and werc dominant in virtually every other aspect of the game en route to prevailing 9-0. It was the second straight victory for the Winterhawks. who've now put some dis- tance betsveen themselves and an ego- bruising defeat to St. Catharines November 16. "The guys really had their heads in it." said assistant coach Dave Burrell of Saturday's blownut. "They were making great passes and digging pretty hard out there." Mark Rosselle was rock soid between the pipes in earning the goose egg, while enjoying a highly credible performance by bis blueline unit. Milton was led offensively with two- goal efforts from Travis Van Loosen, Julian Ricci and Kyle Burrell - who tallied games. Also standing out with a goal and two assists were Chris Strank and Paul Szafer. Rob Day was the other marksmen, draw- ing the hosts within a goal of double digits late in the third. Saturday's game was pushed back near- ly an hour following a zamboni mishap that left a huge hole in front of the west- end net. The Winterhawks however, showed no ill-effects from the delay - firing on al cylinders for mnost of the contest. Two nights carlier in Smithville, Milton mounted a first-peniod lead on straight deposits by Burrell and eventually knocked off West Lincoln 8-3. ion Swcetland recorded the win with a solid outing in a game that featured hitle in the way of physical play or sustained pres- sure from the hosts. Also lighting the lamp were Ricci, Szafer, Wes McDougall, Rick Nadalin, Matt'Stockton and Conor Sweeney. 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