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'OHI rookie mnaking progress Erontencs' coch pleased The play clinched the second multi-point game with BriUainý performance standout, who now sits with two goals and eight assists, and bas yet to frnd himself as a healthy By Steve LeBlanc scratch this year after missing the first two games CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF with a nagging shoulder injury Noted the Frontenacs' firsi- Josh Brittain wasn't exactly in a jovial round draft pick, "My confi- Smood upon departing Kitchener dence is definitely up from the Memorial Auditorium Sunday night. stant of the year and 1 feel I'm After aIl, bis Kingston Frontenacs making real progress." had just bast 5-4 to the host Rangers First-ycar Kingston head after taking a one-goal lead into the coach Bruce Cassidy tbird period. . agrees. 'Josh's corne While certainly flot pleased witb the along preîîy well for us. evening's outcome, the 16 year old The physical part is no Miltonfian's disappointmenî was îempered problem, hes handled bimself with ai least some degree of personal satis- well there. is just the pace of the faction - having delivered another game, the constant stops and staris on building-block performance in bis the wing, that bes still got to get used OHL rookie campaign to. But hes done a good job so far. " Making bis two-assist Now sîtîîng at 13-16-3-1, Kingston will effort ail the more likely need a stronger second baîf in order to encouraging was the fact ~'secure a playoff spot in an especially-compet- that it came ai the end of iosh itive Eastern Conférence. anoîher grueling îhree- Brittain game weekend - and againsi the leagues boîtesi and most defenisively-sound îeam to boot. "We were gelling preîîy good," said the six- fooî-four-inch, 205-pound lefi winger, referring to bis line that included former Milton lceHawk Kyle Bocbek, wbo îallied twice off Brittain set ups. "1 was jusi trying to work bard in the corners, get the puck oui and make stuif bappen." The towering forward cerîainly did tbaî on Kingston's fourîb goal of the nigbî jusi before sec- ond intermission, managing a hard-fougbî take- away and short disb off tbat led to a one-time blasi tally by Bocbek. But one way or another, Brittain can look forward to some higb-stakes hockey in the not-too-distant future - with the Fronîenacs hosîîng the 2008 Memorial Cup. "ThatîIl be preîîy exciîing," be said. Meanwhile, Elgin Reid - Miltons other OHLer -bas recordcd a point in five of seven games since being dealt from the Ottawa 67s îo the Owen Sound Attack. The I 9-year-old veteran defenceman already bas îbree goals wiih bis new îeam - maîching bis scoring total from ibis years 22 games with Ottawa - witb the most recent coming in Saturday's 3-2 win over Guelph. The Canadian Champion, Friday, December 15, 2006 - Ali9 For this week's rep hockey resufts, visit wwwmlitonçanadianchamplon.com. op- nue