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24-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, November il, 2003 IceHawks toppled by overely-aggressive Blades Oakville's size, stic u k workjust too much iJ for Milton to handie By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Even under ideal circumn- stances the rebuilding IceHawks are gomng to have a tough time knocking off a top-three club like Oakville. But wben tie Blades' extra-curricular stick work comes into play anti faces min- imnal punisbment from officials, tielivering an upset victory goes firom a diffscult task to, a near impossible one. Sucb was thse case at Memnorial Ai-ena Sundsy aflemnoon. Oakville establisheti a 3-0 cuabion in the fii-st 24 miinutes anti apent the balance of the gamne, a gooti cbunk of it anyway, liter- aily sticking it 10 tise bosta, en moute to pi-e- vailing 4-2. Mucis of tie bebind-tbe-play slasbing anti spearing - wbicb bas become an al too fansilia- cailing card of thse intimida- tion-mintiet Blades - eludeti referee Mike Neill. A bantiful of mninor akirmishes serveti to further binder the IceHawks, wbo're far- fromn a physical powerbouse. "A guy (Milton's Ryan McInemney) wbo bas two penalty minutes ail yeai- gels calleti for holding wbile ail tbis dangerous stuif gels by. The message being sent is that tbis crap is acceptable. It's bologna,". funeti IceHawks skipper George Dupont. Fairly solid effort Effort-wise, Milton offereti a fairly creti- ible performance - especially since cap- tain Lee Swailow anti rookie defencemnan Ryan Bemnardi were with mninor injuries. Jamnie Flury kept thinga tigbt witb a 26- save sbowing, wbile Mattbew French anti Ryan Angelow sank straigbt powerplay deposils to draw within a goal before Oakville captain Nick Dotige spoileti the comneback biti witb a laIe tioorstep rebounti. Wes Clark assisteti on botb IceHawk markers. Two nigbts earlier at Memiorial,' Milton overcamne a rather sluggisb starlt 1 topple the Burlington Cougars 7-3. An unusually potent second perioti witb five goals in 16 mninutes - oversaat- oweti somne eai-ly special-teamas woes, dur- ing wbicb tise bosta were beaten twice on the powerplay anti aquandereti a two-man ativantage of their own. Angelow anti Dean Strong eacb tailieti twice, wbile other multi-point efforts were recordeti by Clark, Jeif Caister, Chais Cloutier, Ryan Silveirs anti October's Player of the Montb Joni Ornelas. Kain Tssi was steady over the final two periotis 10 pick up tise victosy. Thse weekend spîtt pusheti the IceHawka to 13-9 on tie year anti lifleti tbemi into a fourth-place tie witb Mississauga. Swailow, Bemnaidi anti fresisman forward Mike DeMarchi are all question marks for tonigbt's trip to Gortion Alcott Ai-ena 10 face tihe top-seateti Georgetown Raidiers. Gamne time is 8 p.m. Prior 10 Friday's gamne, Beacbcombers Hot Tubs anti Home presenteti thse first IceHawk Player of thse Month awardti 1 Omnelas, who bati 13 goals anti 7 assists in October. Milton is back lit borne Fritiay bo take on tise Streelsviile Derbys, who're nOW being aided by -former IceHawks director Davidi Damo. ',Steve LeBlanc con be reached at .tler b<anc@haltonsea.rh.cfmt. Photos by GRAHAM PAINE IceHawk Jason Or.ekovlc la upended by OakvIlle defonders PeUt MetCelfe (left) and Oherlie Giffn behlnd the Oekville net, whlle Mflton teemmate Ryen Silveira <et rlght) tangUes wtth OekvlIes Tyer Woodlse durlng an emotonally-chargsd showdown eit Memorlal Arena Sunday afismnoon. Mlfton loat 4-2. Local drivers shine during Super Finals HalyC> igCuh agtrhle h Mohawk Racetrack fana got their money'a worth Saturday evening, as the top Ontario-sireti trottera anti pacers tielivereti outstanding racing in eight $300.000 Super Finals. Twýo-year-old trotting fily Peaceful Way openeti tise talent show with an impressive Ontario Sires Stakes record performance to score bier eighth straight victory anti move witlsin $8.500 of a $1- million season. Leaving from post six, Milton driver Chris Cbristoforou anti Peaceful Way saileti to the front juat past the :28.4 opening quarter anti maintaineti a comfortable leati before accelerating off to a fourth-lengtb win in 1:57 over Ilhailscouldtalk anti Miss Michelle H. The lian shaveti four-fifiba of a second off tise former record for a two-year-old trotting fily on tise seven-eightbs mile oval, set by the great Elegantimage in 1996. "Unitil somnebotiy beats bier, I'd have to say she's tihe best. She proveti it in the Goldsmith Maid (Oct. 18). I'd neyer seen any horse, let alone a two-year- olti trotting fslly, do the kinti of trip she titi in tise muti," saiti tramner Dave Tingley. Tmgley shares owssersbip on Peaceful Way widh breeder Angie Stiller of Ai-va anti Joseph anti Barbara Myers of Jamesville, VA. The Guelphs res- itient now turna bis attention bo preparing tise gift- eti young trotter for tise November 21 anti 29 Breeders Crown as The Mead.owlands in New Jersey, where she'1l tackle tise beat freshanan trot- ting fillies in Norths Anierica. Also headeti to tise Breeders Crown off an impressive Super Final victory is Ansigo Hal, Who cntiseti to an effortless 1:56 triumph in tise three- year-old trotting colt division. Like Christoforou, fellow Miltonian Mike Lacbance sent thse Bulaneed Image son to thse front JusI mter thse fira turn andi pulled ewey fhm tie , Hoof 4e Beat field with every powerful stride - hitting the wire two-and-three-quarter lengths up on Meadowview Sunny and JM Vangogb.* Lachance tiiove the 2003 Hambletonian champi- on to the victory for tramner Blair Burgess andi own- ers Robert Burgess of Campbellville, Karmn Olsson-Burgess of Milton and Walnut Hall Limited of Lexington, KY Following the Breeders Crown, the partniers have decided to give the colt a weil-deserved rest ant i en resumne bis training in preparation for a four-year-old campaign. Aniigo Hall's feminine counterpart -Queen 0f Jewels - began hier winter vacation after adding a glittering Super Final trophy to hier collection. The win was Miltonian Steve Condren's second trip to the winner's circle on the $2.4-million program, and cemented Queen 0f Jewels' statua as the top Ontario-sired tbree-year-old trotting filly of 2003. "I was worried before the race. She didn't seem as gooti tonight as she had been. We had some cougbing gomng on and I juat wasn't happy with the way thinga were going," said trainer Carnmn Hie. "î'm very relieved. Before she won dhe last Golti Final 1 thought that she'd had a good year, and then.sbe won tise Gold Final, anti now titis. It's a great yea."I Hie shares ownership on the winner of $4-44,706 witis Stewart Cocksbutt of Rockwood, Burligton's Gasy Smith anti Peter Kloepfer of Mohawk teletimer at 1:571, two lengtbs aheati of Chelemark Ginger andi Wescott. Condren's other Super Final victory came in the two-year-old trotting colt division with I Conchnito, who bit the wire in 1:58.1 to, score bis sixtb win for trainer Robert Mclntosh Stables Inc. of La Salle, Dave Boyle of Bowmanvllle and CSX Stables of Liberty Center, OH. Freedom Hanover tiellvered a 1:54.1 upset in the novice pacing colt event, one of tbre divisions settled by a narrow mai-gin, for Sampson Street Stables of Olti Forge, PA., Deena Rachel Frost of Delray Beach, FL., Jerry Silva of Belmore, NY anti Matbias Meinzinger of Central Islîp, NY Fresbman pacing filly Serious Comfort alan eketi out a bead victory over rival Invitro, claimaing the 1:53.3 win for tramner Roy Jeffries anti owner- breeders Millar Farms of Newmarket, anti tbree- year-old pacing filly Please Me Please captured bier fifthi win of the season with a 1:52.4 squeakcr over Burning Point on behalf of Robert McIntosh Stables bIc., AI Mclntosb Holdings bIc. of Leamington anti Dwight Stacey of Mitchell. The final $300,000 division went to, Armbro, Acquire, who battled to a 1:52.3 front-enti vîctory over Border Patrol anti Make l Brief. 'He's been a sougb horse ail year. He really deserveti tbat," said Bruce MacDonald, who con- ditions the Rualler Hanover colt for Mardon Stables of Loretto anti Daniel MacIsaac of Charlottetown, PEI. The win boosteti tise colt's record 10, five wins, 10 seconda anti tbree tbirds, in 27 starta. While many of tbe tbre-year-olds enjoy a weil- tieservedti est, Mobawk fana wiil bave one last opportuniîty to catch the two-year-old trottera anti pacers in action in thse Canadian Breeders Cbampionsbip November 22.