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24-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, December 9, 2003 *H AAIN CYAPION D'rc'DCMER9 20 IceHawks upstage top-seated Raiders .Photos by GRAHAM PAINE 'AA' midgets dump G'town ini penalty -fihled showdown Sunday marked a night of big returns for Milton's and Chris Whiting. AA midgets. Botb teains struck thee times on tbe powerplay, as Home froin a lengthy road trip that spanned each penalty box was rarely empty - and often tbree weeks, the Winterhawks made il sporting duel or triple occupancy. back int the wmn column for tbe first Robert Smith tumed back nearly two time in four gaines. dozen shots to record the victory, bis But it sure wasn't pretty. team's seventb in league play. Milton In a structure-less showdown almost scored three rapid-ftre goals in the third entirely devoid of flow and even- period tu put the gaine out of reach. strengtb play, Milton wiped out an early In Woolwich Saturday night, the deficit witb stralght shorthanded mnarkers Wmnterhawks simply ran out of steain and went on tu lopple neighbouring surrendening an early lead and evcntually -Georgetown 7-4 at Milton Sports Centre. ffallmng 4-3. Malt Buck powered thse highly-confrontational affale They'll be in tough Saturday aftemoon when they wiîh three goals and a pair of helpers, while also stand- play host tu Brampton at John Tonelli Sports Centre. ing out with three-point performances were Matt Reed -Gaine time is 2:15 p.m. Huge effort leads to upset victory By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion It goes without saying that Lee Swallow hales being relegated to spectator. But be sure liked wbat he saw in Georgetown Saturday night. Currently nursing an undisclosefi upper body injury, the IceHawks captain looked on with a huge gemn as bis visiting charges delivered arguably mheir most inspiring per- formance of the season tu edge the confer- Raiders 3-2. The upset victury capped a good news week for Sw allow, wbo jusl a few days carlier was cleared for a return lu action - whicb is tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday in Streetsville. "TMe boys really rallied around each uther and pulled il out tonigist," hie sald. "It's a big finish lu mhe week and a good lune-up tu a busy four-games-in-five- nights stretch. Hopefully we can take il lu mhe next step." Fueled by a twu-goal effort froin Jonathan Ornelas and a îop-notch sbowing by Jaune Flury - who turned back 29 of 30 shots in mhe final twu periodi and made 39 saves uverail - thse IceHawks banded Georgetown ils first lots mhis year aI Gordon AlcotI Arena. IceHawks on a roll Thse emotiunally-cbarged win was mhe seventis in eigbt gaines for mhe fourtis-place locals, who insproved lu 20-il-0-t and increased mhe likelilsoud of finishing top tbree in mhe West. Milton worked bard lu establisis an early lead and even barder lu preserve il, banging on througis penioda îwo and tbree wimh ils biggesl physical sacrifice lu date. 'We played as a teain and guI mhe job dune. Afler scoring those three goals in the first period, we knew we could win il," said Wes Clark, who jainmed in bis own rebound lu gel lhings rolling and bas now lit the lansp half-a-dozen limes during bis team's curreul four-gaine win streak. Added bead coacb/general manager George Dupont, "Il's a big win, and two points most teama don't get (against these guys). We weren't afraid lu go afler the buose pucks tonight, sud Janiie was superb." Severely uut-cbanced after getting the initial jump on mheir bigger and mure expe- rienced huaIs, the IceHawks clung to the narruwest of leads for nearly 35 minutes - mhanks in equal parts lu Flury's crafly cage wurk and a season-high display of gril. Andrew Bunello, Dean Strong, Julian S arrainu and neweuiner Niek Dzieduszyeki drew assisîs for the victurs. while Ryan DelMonte potted both goals for Georgetown. Late surge fuels home-ice win At Memorial Friday, Milton uvercame a first- haîf scuring druught lu amass five uaswered goals and top- pe e Biramalea Blues 7-4. Strung's shurtbanded deposit early in the third stood up as the gaine winner, while omher singles camne from Clark, Dzieduszycki, Jeff Caister, Matthew French, Bradley Suessinger and rapidly- improving freshinan Ryan McInemey. Kain Titi was between mhe pipes for mhe win, mhe fourtb straight against Bramalea. Sti11 going wimh just thee forward lines, the IceHawks may need a bltle spot-duty assistance frum their affiliate Toronto Marlies lu gel tbrougb a four-gaines-in- five-mights stretch beginning Friday aI hume againat Georgetown. IceHawk notes: Currently sitting wimh 16 goals and 26 total points, McInemey should gain at least some consîderation for mhe West's Rookie of mhe Year award.. Believed lu be on mhe outs with mhe teain, veteran winger Ryan Silveira was a healmhy scratch for botb gaines over the weekend.. Former Milton Jr. A star Travis Riggin was une of the linesmen for Saturday's IceHawks-Ralders tilt. He's now a second- year officiai in the Provincial Jr. A League ..Miltunian and veteran Raider Daryl Knowles drew twu assisîs against bis hometuwn teain Saturday ... The IceHawks travel lu Hamilton Saturday and close out the weekend iii Burlinglon Sunday. Both gaines stars aI 7:30 pi. 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