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28 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, February 10, 2004 sieblanc@&haltonsearch.com /Hawks deliver rout to regain series lead Opening round series Ji- -. U Il with Chargers on verge of getting out of control By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion T omove forward the IceHawks must now hold iback - on the rough stuif that is. Taking that notion to heart at Memorial Arena Sunday, Milton's juniors maisstained their composure during another punishing snd confrontational encounter witb Rick Bince's Mississauga Chargers. 'Mat restraint resulted in an 8-2 thraslsing of the intimidation- minded visitors, and gave Milton a two-gamnes-to-one lead in a series thas's tbreatening to tum cbaotic - botb ots and off the ice. "No retaliation - that was the difference," noted captain Dean Strong, whose team didss't stars trading blows with the Chargers until long after the verdict had been delivered. 'We stuck to Our systemns and won the key battdes. "I thissk we rattled theus today. We've juat got totr and stay away fromn tse crap. Echoing those sentiments was IceHawks owner Mario Forgione, who's currently behind Use bench in replacement of suspended head coach George Dupont. Pleased with game three effort "After dropping game two, the guys came back with a lot of character," said the interim skipper, on board to "create contissuity" during Dupont's absence. "We were happy witb the way tbey han- dird tbemselves (against the rought stull}." Capitalizing on Mississauga's blatant lack of discipline, Milton scored three times with the man-advantage. Two of those goals came from aftemoon standout Julian Sarraino, who recorded the IceHawks' first hat-trick of the playoffs. His powerplay markers both came on a five-missute major, pun- ishment for Charger Matt Harris' naaty kick to a fallen Jonathan Ornelas. lIs for bis first playoff test as an IceHawk, Jamie Flury was solid but largely untested in the hometown cage. Omelas and Adam Pileggi each tallied twice to fuel the lopsided victory. Steadily-improvmng bluelmner Ryan Bemardi - a recent fu-st- round draft pick by Burlmngton's Jr. A lacrosse team - contributed thrte assista. Sunday's blowout capped a hectie weekend in which the IceHawks and Chargers booked up three times in just 46 hours. That made for an awful lot of extra-curricular activity and subse- quent battde scars - especially with opponents that had laid the groussdwork for a binter rivalry through regular season play. Each teamn prevailed as home, with the Chargers doing so by a 5-2 margin Saturday night at Malton Arena. This marked the first tusse Bince - a welI-known, outspoken Milton coach through the Io.44awk Rffl amwldi M" to fr m dm .-h ctof »"Mlsslu'e Non L»b Mt0" WlusmOn bale on during 6undsy'. 8-2 Milton romp ai Moinoial Arena. Thu bol4.wks now Iid thse cUonafty0hgs b$-4sven »or" tw games to on. Photo by GRAHlAM PAINE early '90s - beat bis former team in playofi action. Frequently distracted by Useir bosts, Use IceHawks bad trouble getsing into any kind of a groove - even abter Strong notched bis second of the night 10 draw Useus witlsin a goal. Remarked Forgione, "It (gaine two defeat) was an eye-opener. It really showed us wbat it's going 10 take to win Ibis tbing." At Memorial Friday, Use IceHawks struck a mere 12 seconds into Use night - on a bottom-sbelf wire by Omelas - and hung - I on to edge Mississauga 4-3. Alsu ligbting Use lamp were Nick Dzieduszycki, Brett McCully and West Conference Defenceman of Use Year Matthew Frencb - who so far bas been one of Use focal points of Use Milton- Mississauga rivalry. The series continues tomorrow night at Etobicoke's Westwood Are. Game time is 9 p.m. IeeHawk notes: Milton bas scored first in ail tbree fsrss-round gaines and remains perfect on Use penalty kill at 12-for- 12 ... Nine IceHawk players have at least three points in Use series, while tbree others have two ... Former IceHawk James Duhamel, Mississauga's leading sniper, had a goal and two assists Saturday, but bas been held without a point in boUs games at Memorial.. The two teams retum to Milton for gaine five Friday at 7:30 p.m l..Is oUser West Conference action, Oakville leads Burlington two games to one after an overtimie victory Sunday, wbile Georgetown is up 1-0 on Bramnalea. TRY.OUTS neb. mrq oce l MO' Outdoor geamo for the follwig Rep Team. :LEASI *-OVC TH HEA COC-FTETA A 1 1 TEAM HEAD COACH 4