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D 2 - The Oakville Beaver, W ednesday March 13, 2002 OAKVILLE RANGERS BANTAM AAA Head coach: SCOTT McKENZIE Assistant coaches: JOHN DAVIS. TOM GrFFIN and KEVIN McLAUGHLIN T rainer: MARK ROWAN M anager: GRAHAM TOUGH T he O a k v ille R a n g e r s b a n ta m A A A w e b site , lo c a te d a t w w w .oakvillebantam aaa.ca, is also receiving recognition. N a m e d a s 'w ebsite o f the m o n th ' b y the. O ntario H ockey F ederation f o r Decem ber, the O akville R angers A A A w ebsite is fille d with team inform ation such a s p la y e r profiles, g a m e s sc h e d ule, photos, ne w s a n d events. The reader is g u a ra n te ed up-to-date inform ation a s the site is u p d a ted regularly. A lso on the site are links to the team 's m in o r bantam a n d p e ew e e websites. us C H RIS ROWAN ISO. fc-0... goal CO NN O R FARRIS 162, 6 -0 ... defence shoots left ANDY M acDONALD 160, 5 -8 ... defence shoots right BEN HKKRSINk 172.6-2 ... defence shoots left #7 GRAHAM TOUGH 182. 6 -0 ... defence shoots right LU K E PARNANZONE 189, 6-0 ... right wing shoots right BRAD M cK ENZIE 215, 6-3 ... left wing shoots left #10 TY L ER DON ATI 162,5-9 ... left wing shoots left #11 N IC K DAVIS 162, 6-0 ... right wing shoots right #12 M ARC RICHARDSON 154, 5-1 0 ... defence shoots left #14 N ICK DODGE 167, 5 -9 ... centre shoots right #15 C H A R L IE G IFFIN 161, 6-0... centre shoots left #16 JO R D Y M cM ILLAN 160, 5-8 left wing shoots left #17 MIKE CHERKSHNEVSKY 187,6-0... defence shoots left #18 DAN HANNIGAN-DA1.EY 155, 5-6 ... right wing shoots right #19 JU STIN DON ATI 152,5-9... centre shoots right #29 MATT PIK E 164, 6 -0 ... goal O a k v il l e S u m m e r M in o r H o c k e y L e a g u e May - August Schedule Including "vacation week" to assist w ith holiday planning Divisions for boys & girls age 5-15 Non-contact Trophies & awards · 14-game schedule Certified officials · No weekends or Fridays Coaching & sponsorship positions · Prime time evening games · Games on Olympic size River Oaks surface available No fundraising · Balancing o( teams Applications available at Riva Oaks, Glen Abbey. Mainwav & Appleby College Arenas. 0MHA champ advances to all-Ontario's (Continued from page D1) For information or to receive an application 905-510-1447 or www.hmhl.bizland.com A STAFF WITH SEVERAL YEARS OF COACHING, OFFICIATING & LEAGUE A DM INISTRATION EXPERIENCE GUARANTEES A WELL-ORGANIZED & QUALITY LEAGUE FOR YOUR CHILD R E G IST R A T IO N : SATURDAY, MARC H 16/02 9:00 A .M .-11:00 A M . A T R IV E R O A K S A R E N A BALL HOCKEY Halton BHL player stats, weekly awards, trophies, safe play, Ont. & Cdn. championships Games a t Kinoak Arena for Men's 18+ team registration (905) 568-4522 Member of Ont. Ball Hockey Assoc. -- 1 was a parent -- and the triple AAA's won the OMHA champi onship and the double AA's won the OMHA championship and the singles went to the OMHA finals that year." said coach McKenzie. "It would be great if we could finish bantam with the triples and the doubles both winning OMHA championships. 1 think that would be terrific." And that's not to mention Oakville bantam-age product Evan McGrath who started out in Oakville, went to the GTHL. and came back this year to have an awesome regular season with the Oakville Blades junior team, win ning the league rookie of the year and finishing as the the top scorer on the team and third in the con ference. For sure, this weekend will mark the Rangers swan song on home ice. win or lose. But if they can win. as they are favoured to do so, they will take their act to Brantford later in the month (March 25-30) for the province wide Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) championship which hooks up the OMHA win ner with the champions from the other associations in Ontario. . including the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) and Alliance. The tournament is sponsored by the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and their final pre-touma- Stats Pack OM HA CHA M PIO NSHIP TEA M S: Oakville. Halton Hills. Quinte. York Simcoe confirmed. Fifth team will cither be Niagara Falls or St. Catharines who play one-game playoff today (Wednesday). FRIDAY (M arch 15) 11 a.m.. OAKVILLE vs Halton Hills 1:20 p.m.. Quinte vs York Simcoe 3:20 p.m.. OAKVILLE vs ? 5:20 p.m.. Halton Hills vs Quinte 7:20 p.m.. OPENING CEREMONIES 8:10 p.m.. York Simcoe vs ? SATURDAY (M arch 16) 9:20 a.m.. OAKVILLE vs York Simcoe 11:20 a.m. Quinte vs ? 2 p.m.. Halton Hills vs York Simcoe 4 p.m.. Oakville vs York Simcoe 7 p.m.. Halton Hills vs ? SUNDAY (M arch 17) 9:20 a.m. BRONZE MEDAL match (4th vs 3rd) 11:50 a.m. GOLD MEDAL match (1st vs 2nd) ? Niagara Falls and St. Catharines were to play a one-game special playoff today I Wednesday). TH IS SEASON (2001/02), SO FAR W L T GF GA GFA GAA G Exhibition 1 1 7 3 3.50 1.50 2 0 187 49 1.58 League 31 31 0 0 6.03 Tournament 19 7 2 107 59 3.82 2.10 28 34 14 Playoffs 6 6 0 0 5.66 2.33 OMHA F inals. .. Friday-Sunday al River Oaks Arena. 67 5.00 1.86 Over-all 57 7 3 335 125 Biggest tourney win this season was the prestigious Big Nickel in Sudbury MINOR BANTAM YEAR (2000/01) W L GAA T GF GA GFA G Exhibition 0 0 16 2 8.00 1.00 2 2 1.68 League 30 0 1 175 52 5.65 31 Tournament 27 1 106 54 3.93 2.00 22 4 5.78 Playoffs 9 8 1 0 52 19 2.11 14 OMHA Finals 4 1 0 22 4.40 2.80 5 141 Over-all 74 66 6 371 5.01 1.91 2 Won OMHA championship 3-2 against Richmond Hill in OMHA gold medal game. It was sweet m 'enge as Richmond Hill handed them their only loss in the round robin. 4-1. There is no OHA championship at the 'minor'year. M A JO R PEEW EE W L T G 4 Exhibition 7 2 1 27 2 League 30 1 20 0 Tournament 13 7 Playoffs 6 6 0 0 OMHA Finals 5 3 1 1 OHF Finals 4 8 4 0 Over-all 76 55 18 3 Won OMHA championship and went on tied fo r a silver medal. YEAR (1999/00) GF GA GFA GAA 3.71 4.29 26 30 166 1.83 55 5.53 57 3.40 68 2.85 29 7 1.17 4.83 19 2.40 12 3.80 27 33 3.38 4.13 194 4.41 335 2.55 to OHA championships where they ment rankings have Oakville sec ond in Ontario, behind only Nepean. Being favoured carries with it. its own pressure. But given that the Oakville team is seeking their third straight OMHA title, and fifth overall, it's a pressure they've shown them selves capable of handling in the past. They obviously would like Canada's # 1 Choice For Ten Years foro » ! !» IxitfKJ Cwvht* t»se<J on Foro SrarvJc"* rttoch. 'tsgrctralioos from 1902 U . Oeren'foff 2Q0t. K eep your m o n ey in your p o c k e t. unto2002 C A S H B A C K o n th e cash p u rch ase ol all '0 0 2 l.tu ru s. W in d star, E xplorer a n d m ost 1 ISO nothing better than to go out with a blast. "We've talked about it all year," said coach McKenzie. "We've talked about it being our last year together as a group, bccause some guys will go to midget, some guys will go to jun ior ... "1 think everybody knows this is their last chance at minor hock ey as a group, and they've been together for a long time and they know that, and they want to go out as winners." Certainly, the team is primed. "We have no injuries," said coach McKenzie. And he said their Sunday night practice was the best in the six years he's been at the helm. "They're flying. They know what's there, they know how important this tournament is, and they know how important it is to get to the OHL Cup. and they just want to be there." In a perfect world, they would have liked more game action. In a way, they're a victim of a combi nation of their own success and the OMHA's mysterious playoff planning. With their two playoff sweeps, the Rangers will have only played six games between Jan. 20, when they posted their last regular season win. and this Friday. 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