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The Canadian Champion, Tueaday, February 15, 2005--21 Minor atoms deliver fierce finish 'e geee e_, wo i>uk passage wo quartertinals Multon's AA minor atorus are quanterfi- nal-bound. Putting the brakes on a potential series turnaround in Flamborougb Saturday evening. the Winterhawks exploded down the stretch with a bandful of third-period goals to bury the Sabres 8-4 -clinching the second round in five games. "It was a great tearu effort. The boys really worked well together," said head coach Jeif Rudd, whose teau is now Milton's one remaining hope for OMHA gold. H-opes of advancing looked somewhat grim for a while last week, as tbe local lads dropped game four 5-2 Thursday evening at Milton Sports Centre and then felI behind 2-0 tbrough the early going Saturday. But a fortified attack and solid cage work by replacement tender Mack Mindenhaîl combined to turu the tide. J.R. Sanderson and Taylor McVey led the uprising witb two goals apiece, while Garetb Browne sealed the deal wîtb a last- minute empty netter, sbortly after Flamborough ruade it 7-4. Also scoring were Corey MacDonald. Jonathan Piché and Adamu Poirier, whose unassisted tally midway tbrough the sec- ond snapped a mini scoring slump for the Winterhawks. Josh Bensusan stood out with tbree assists - aIl posted in the final frame wbile captain Tyler Ganly delivered some steller defense and gunted it out after taking a rathler nasty stick to the neck in the sec- ond period. Matt Bergman, Jack Goncz and Robert Manning ail got on the scoresheet as well in one of the team's most well rounded offensive efforts of the post season. Browne and Poirier did the scoring in Rep Hockey game four, on a nifty take and lengtby wire respectively. Milton will take on the winner of the Orangeville-Stoney Creek series, which continued last night -with Orangeville needing just one more point to advance. Bants go clown fighting Milton's AE2 bantarus may have gotten swept, hut tbey didn't go down without a figbt. Raging against the dying of a ligbt in Woolwicb Thursday nigbt, the Winterbawks took a two-goal lead into the third period before losing 5-3 - witb an empty netter sealing the second-round, best-of-five OMHA series. "Overail, the team played first-place Woolwicb extremely hard." said head coach Jim Cottreli, wbose tearu swept Hespeler in first-round play. "If the last game of the series is any indication of the calibre of play this tearn is witllng to dcliv- er. we'll have a very exciting Tri County run." Liaru Hope's second of the night made it 3-2 Milton midway through the third. but the hosts evened things up and went ahead with just three minutes remaining. Also lighting the lamp was Tariq Patel. wbile assists went to Tyler Bortlîs. Cameron Cottrell and Richard Tamn. Tbursday's heartbreaker followed 3-0 and 6-I lusses to Woolwicb. last year's OMHA finalists. The Winterhawks are 1I-0 in Tri County playoff action - baving toppled Orangeville 5-I January 29 -and resumed play last night at home against Flamborough. Fniday night tbey travel to Hespeler. AE2 at oms spank Elora Multon's AE2 atorus flexed their scoring muscles in Elora Thursday evening -pre- vailing 9-2 and keeping their unbeaten Tni County campaign intact after three games. Ryan Tanason had a bat-trick and two assists, while matcbing that point total with a goal and four belpers was Andrew Smith. Zacb Wadbam and Dylan Lee had three anid two assists respectively to complemeni their single tallies, wbile rounding out the scoring were Owen Cutrara, JiJ. Stiruson and Kyle Waters. Tbe lopsided victory follows last Tuesday's 5-I decision over Caledon and a 3-3 stalemate with Orangeville. Tbe Winterhawks will look to keep their bot streak going tomorrow eveniga Memorial Arena, wben tbey face Woolwicb at 7 p.m. AE peewees unbeafen Milton's additional entry peewees stayed undefeated in Tri County playoff action by gutting out a 2-2 tie in Dundas Wednesdlay nigbt. Stevie Bennett and Sachin Gbai did tbe scoring, wbîle Dustin Christo picked up an assist in tbe hard-fougbt draw, the latest in a senies of low-scoring sbowdowns for the Winterbawks -wbo nipped Ancaster 3-2 to starn tbe league playdowns and trimmed Orangeville 2-I four nigbts later. Brendan Farrell notcbed botb goals in the second win. wbîle Gbai. Taylor Burgess and Jordan Dias scored in game one. with Brandon Haggart drawing two assists. The 2-0l-I AE peessees are back in action tomorrow at 7:45 at Milton Sports Centre versus Erin. Intro to snow tubing was one wild ride 'if 60-year old grannies eau do t,. you This pant s tun. linu pulted leisurcty up can do it too." the hitI wbite the view gels better and bei- A smiling 60-year-old Phîl Boks of ter. This in ilsetI woutd be wortb the price Georgetown stops short of calling me a lit - ot admission. lis the rîgbi speed, uts relax- tIc sissy baby as I stand tentatîvely at tbe fii~ ng, and tbere's zcro etement of danger. top of the snow tubing runs at Glen Eden O u i Not that I ru a stranger to danger. I live waiting my tuu. lite in the fast lane. Maybe the medium Mmnd you, sbe looks in good shape and let i j lanc. Okay it's the slow lanc. but I can see considerably younuer than ber age, and M.4 . ,..,,.. just two years ago bad tried sky diving, s0 I wasn't too quick to take ber word for tl. Earlier, Miltonian Matt Scarpino, wbo's co-ordinating tbings from tbe bottom of tbe bill, tells me that nobody bas ever faîl- en out of a tube, but also says the tubes bave been clocked by a radar gun at 68 kilometres an bour. No skill required. l'mn assured by Matt. "lt's fast and safe fun." Matt adds tbat snow tubing is for. "ail shapes. sizes and ages," as if l in particular would be interested in that information. He's quite correct. Tbis is the second season tbat Glen Eden bas bad tbe tubing runs open and their pop- ularity's growing. There are Oive chutes side-by-side that curl up at the end, witb rubber mats also in place to belp slow you down. There are walls alongside the mun so that you don't somebow go into the next lanc. with ~ MURYTW SN The snow tubing is open Wednesday througb Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Most peopte opt for the six-ride package for $t6.00, hut a single mun costs $3.50. Unused rides can be used any time during the season, with group packages available for unlimited rides. Waiting times vary. of course. witb the busiest times on the weekends, and wben tbere's mild weather. l'mn there on a pro- fessional developruent day for sehools, and the weather's absolutety perfect, s0 if's more crowded than normal. Matt gives me some finat instructions at the bottom of the hill, whicb basically were to just sit in the tube. That I can do. Then he pulls the tube over to the lift and I sit down in it facing the bottom of the bill. It's deep so there's lots of rooru. He attach- es the cord to the lift and up I go. And I sec the fast lanc wben I get to the top of the bill. Fîve of thern. There's a hile tube-bumping in tbe hune-up. but that was mostly froru kids not paying attention to what tbey were doing. At least tbey weren't old enough to drive. Phil, wbo's there witb ber daugbter and ber daugbter's daugbter, gave me some last minute instructions as the lie inoved up, sometbing about lifting my butt up wben I got to the mats. Phit and ber famîly cease to be my friends wben it was my turu and tbey sug- gesi to the attendant to give nie a pusb because I want to go very fast. I do îlot. I want to go up the butl agaîn. not down tl. I brace myself, make some last minute mental notes about looking for Phil in the parking lot, and away I go. I've just one tbing to say about the ride down the hill: It was a freakin' riot! RETIRE IN e,1-5 YEARS FREE FREE FREE p i hour consultation by Gireat Dalrly Food Specials Oon't Miss Brass Monkey Monda Best Food & Beverage Deal in own! Turn Back Tuesdays Today's Great Firkin Burger at $4.95 with Fries Way Back Wednesday 250 Wings 5-8pm Ail above apeciala with the purchase of any beverage. Thursday is Rib Night Cail for details Friday, February lBth ... The Dicken's Presents.. Phi! 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