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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - Al15 i SPORTS SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sIebIanc@haltonsearch.com ' Hawks to officially affliate w"ith IceDogs Wll become development team for Mississauga By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF I 's officiai - the Milton IceHawks and OHEs Mississauga lceDogs will bave a full-fledged affiliation next season. The announcement was made public Sunday aftemnoon by Mario Forgione, wbo owns botb teams - as well as the East Coast Hockey Leagues Pensacola Ice Pilots, with wbom former IceHawks bench boss George Dupont signed a two-year contract as bead coach Thursday Now overseeing operations for Milton - including the biring of a new bead coach to replace a just-released 10e Washkurak - are IceDogs general manager Dave Brown and assistant coach Mario Ciechillo. The duo were at the helm the last time the local lier 2 jr. A club went to the con- ference finals, in 2003. Botb Forgione and Brown squasbed rumours that sea- soned and controversial coach Frank Carnevale isq coming on board. "There's no trutb to that," said Forgione. Added Brown, "Frank and i talk regular- ly, but we baven't bad any discussions about this." With the affiliation, the lceHawks will essentially become a development team for their now major junior-parent club - which will translate into a much younger Milton lineup that many might feel won't be in the championship picture anymore. However, Browns track record at the Tier 2 level offers a strong argu- ment against the widely-heid notion that only veteran- - ae Head Cicecapole toe success. Brampton Capitals to two league titles in three years, the first in 2000 witb just one 20 year old and the second in 2002 witb only two. By contrast, this seasons lceHawks and the 2003/04 Georgetown Raiders are prime examples of bow stacking the deck witb overage OHLers doesn't guarantee a lengthy playoff run. "Success is the byproduct of bard work, and sometumes people tend to, forget tbat," noted Brown. "Theres tbis idea that yoo bave to spend a lot to get a lot, and thats not always the case." Currently examining a short list of candi- dates to take over Miltons coacbmng reins, Brown stressed it's up to bim and Ciechillo to set the bar bigb for the new-era IceHawks. "If's got to start at the top, and bopefully trickle ail the way down," be said. Tbe IceHawks bave il players tbat are now overage, wbile a bandful of otbers - including native Miltonian Matt Price and veteran defencemnan Ryan Bernardi and Jason Fortino - are beaded for tbe NCAA this coming fail. Clarke",s G U www.clarkesgolf.com Amual ringga MARC1131# ÏPRIL IST N il 7 1 MWPM SPECIAL 5 te M OFF d=bm - Men's & Ladies' Shirts ru« om &Y Norman-Callaway On Tour & More rn'II1 hoisosItd! Uni 7&.LIt