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-416 ; The Capadian ChamnpIor% Friday, January 19,t2007 IceHawks edge Blades w; *Ue XtraîI AWD * Automatic " Ail power options " Air conditioning * 2.5L (165 HP) * 60/40 folding rear seat * AM/FM/CD Player * Ail wheel drive * & much more! MSRP $28,648 SALE $2 PRIC 22, 990* 610 MARTIN STREET, MILTON 905-878-4137 bORTH ENDO SALES SEPT HEURS OAAS E1~ L ] Mon -Thurs 900 9 00 Tz. Sat 900-500 w m SHIFT aira & fuel a PST AGS etra See dealer foidetalis Cusick standIs tati in narrw victory overfirst-place club By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Although flot likcly to improve bis lceHawks' lii si-round prospects much, Randy Novak seems dermnined to close oui the regular season by reclaiinig seveii place. And stiddenly thiat seems pos- siblec In front of a sparse but spifsted crowd at Memoial Arena -Fuesday night, the lceHawks engineeredq their fîrsi genuine upset win of the season -ecltpsing thc top-seatcd Oakville Blades 2-1. David Vallorani provided tfic heroics -net- îiiig lits team-lcading l9tfl goal on an odd-man rush wiîh îwo-and-a-flall minutes to go - while Vince Cusick weathercd a late storin and stopped 41 shots overaîl fuir bis biggest junior vicîory to date. -We're fot just looking ahead to next year. Catchîng Mtsstssauga is out goal nght now and we feel thats doable, said the lceHawks flead coach, whose club now sits five points bail of the ( hargers wîth a couple of gaines in hand lieading tnto the final two-and-a-hall wecks of regular-sca- son play. After îonîgflî. csery gaine is potentially winnable. \file nso doufit plcased with thficevenîngs oSut- come, Novak felt is teain delivered a sîronger overaîl performanc e iii Cakville 'raturday when despite being blankcd 3-0, Milton out- chanced its hosts and held them scoreless until late in the second period. As a resuit, the latter haîf of the home-and- homne senes appeared very much up for grabs - as surprising as that may have seemed just a cou- ple of weeks ago. "After Saturday we really thought we had a chance of beating them, and the guys played great," said Gusick, who tumned back 66 of 69 shots in the two games against the Blades to lift bis save percentage to .879. "Hopefully we can keep thîs rolling.' The lceflawks were held to 20 shots or less for the third time this season against Oakville Tuesday, but went into the final tipped in David Fortinos powerplay pointpblast with 1:31 left in the second peniod. Blades veteran Trevor Elliott evened things tîp 6:44 into the third on a wide-angle deposit - with a blueline shot bouncing off a skate and com- ing right to hlm - before Cusick quickly regrouped to hold off a couple more flumres and set the stage for Valloranîs late winner. Fortino assisted on both goals for his second two-assist effort in as mnany home gamtes, while the lceHawks' blueline unit was hometowii catI- up Scott Stover of the midget Hurrcanes - who got a fair amounit of tcc time and was out for thc first Milton goal. Tomight at Memonial, the IceHawks will take on the Brampton Capitals for the first time since their new coach departed ways with thein two months ago after a showdown involvmng the disci- pline of a player. Gaine turne is 7:30 p.m.