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I D4 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 22, 2003 Blades close out road trip with two wins for 5-2 record T he O akville Blades provincial ju n ior A hockey club w ent into their last couple o f gam es w ith the best goals against average in their provincial ju n ior A w est conference. A nd that stat w as im proved w ith a 2-1 w in in B uffalo ag ain st the L ightning on M onday night and a 3-1 win in M ilton against the IceH aw ks on Friday night. G oalies Dan G iffin and Chris H yk are second and third in goals against average in the w est conference behind only H am ilton's Jason F iorino at 2.353 (and th at's not including the B lades' 21 and 3-1 victories). T he B lades closed out their sevengam e road trip w ith a respectable 5-2 record, their only losses com ing at the hands o f G eorgetow n and H am ilton w ho are First and third in the w est con ference standings, respectively (the Blades are second). I T he B lades now em bark on a fourgam e hom e stand, over the next tw o w eekends. » S ee th e ir new rev a m p ed hom e schedule, below, for dates, tim es and tbcations. PROVINCIAL JU N IO R A - west conference standings OTL GF GP W L T GA PTS GAA GEORGETOWN 13 12 0 1 0 47 101 25 3.62 OAKVILLE 15 12 3 0 0 65 37 24 2.47 HAMILTON 15 11 2 1 1 71 24 43 2.87 MILTON 16 10 6 0 77 54 0 20 3.38 MISSISSAUGA 18 9 7 0 2 92 92 20 5.11 BURLINGTON 15 8 7 0 0 48 3.67 55 16 BRAMALEA 15 6 9 0 0 47 66 12 4.40 4 BUFFALO 18 11 2 1 54 83 11 4.61 STREETSVILLE 16 2 1 11 2 45 75 7 4.69 BRAMPTON 15 3 12 0 0 39 83 6 5.53 Does not include Tuesday night games: Georgetown at Streetsville; Burlington # 32 19 15 14 4 25 9 22 27 24 17 5 18 12 26 16 2 6 8 20 35 10 23 30 PLAYER NICK DODGE JASON DOPACO CHARLIE GIFFIN STEVEN PINIZZOTTO RICO ARNALDO CHRIS KORAS BRAD MCKENZIE NICK DAVIS DARRYL PASSMORE MICHAEL SW1NTON JESSE PAUL DARRELL SIMICH TYLER WOODDISSE CHRIS LEBLANC KORY HELOWKA PAUL METCALFE PAUL DAWSON TYLER KELLOWAY MARK RICHARDSON DEVIN MCELROY CHRIS HYK RYAN ELLIS DIMITRI SEMENOV DAN GIFFIN 03/04 GP 13 13 12 9 10 10 9 13 12 13 13 9 9 12 3 11 13 8 13 13 8 0 2 7 BLADES SCORING G A PTS PIM POS 10 12 22 16 FWD 12 9 21 18 FWD 6 10 16 15 FWD 3 11 14 9 FWD 4 7 II 4 FWD 7' 9 2 6 FWD 4 7 37 FWD 3 4 3 7 6 FWD 2 5 7 11 FWD 1 6 7 23 DEF 4 4 0 FWD 13 2 2 4 4 DEF 1 3 4 4 DEF 2 1 3 20 FWD 2 1 3 0 FWD 1 2 14 DEF I 0 2 2 26 DEF 0 1 1 4 DEF 0 1 1 9 DEF 0 1 1 2 FWD 4 0 1 1 GOAL 0 0 0 0 FWD 0 0 0 11 DEF 0 0 0 2 GOAL HT 5-10 5-8 6-1 5-11 5-10 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-1 5-9 5-9 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-1 5-11 6-5 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-1 WT 175 175 175 175 185 205 220 170 190 185 160 175 195 190 190 190 210 192 185 175 180 190 215 175 YOB 1986 1984 1986 1984 1984 1983 1986 1985 1983 1985 1987 1986 1985 1985 1986 1984 1985 1986 1986 1986 1984 1984 1986 1984 # GOALIES M IN .G .P G.A AVG. S.O. POS HT WT YOB 30 DAN GIFFIN 359 5.9833 15 2.507 0 GOAL 6-1 175 1984 35 CHRIS HYK 426 7.1 20 2.8169 0 GOAL 5-11 180 1984 * does not include Friday's 3-1 win in Milton and Monday's 2-1 win in Buffalo O A K V IL L E BL A D E S R EV A M PED 2003/04 H O M E G A M E S C H E D U L E ----------------The Oakville Blades' new home will obviously nol be ready for them - for this season which has caused rtiem to revamp their · home schedule, ^ lo st of the games «re at Ice Sports in .·Oakville but some Save had to be shift" ed to Westwood Jirena in Etobicoke. Please note that the games are listed in order of the new schedule (the middle column). Oct. 26 Sunday vs M ilton Oct. 24 Friday vs Buffalo Oct. 3 1 Friday vs Bram pton Dec. 5 Friday vs M ississauga Nov. 7 Friday vs G eorgetow n Nov. 14 Friday vs H am ilton Nov. 21 Friday vs Streetsville Nov. 23 Sunday vs Burlington Jan. 23 Friday vs B ram pton Dec. 7 Sunday vs Bram alea Dec. 12 Friday vs Bram pton Nov. 28 Friday vs Buffalo Dec. 19 F riday vs G eorgetown Jan. 2 Friday vs H am ilton Jan. 9 Friday vs M ississauga Jan. 16 Friday vs Streetsville Jan. 18 Sunday vs M ilton Jan. 25 Sunday vs Burlington Jan. 30 Friday vs Buffalo m oved to Saturday, O ct. 25 m oved to Sunday O ct. 26 m oved to Saturday, Nov. 1 m oved to Sunday, Nov. 2 sam e date Friday, Nov. 7 m oved to Saturday, Nov. 15 m oved to Saturday, Nov. 22 sam e date, Sunday, Nov. 23 m oved to Saturday, Nov. 29 sam e date Sunday, Dec. 7 sam e date Friday, Dec. 12 m oved to Saturday, Dec. 13 TBA m oved to Saturday, Jan. 3 TBA m oved to Saturday, Jan. 17 sam e date Sunday, Jan. 18 m oved to Saturday, Jan. 24 m oved to Saturday, Jan. 31 Ice Sports O akville W estw ood A rena Ice Sports O akville W estw ood A rena Ice Sports O akville Ice Sports O akville Ice Sports O akville W estw ood A rena Ice Sports O akville W estw ood A rena Ice Sports O akville Ice Sports O akville Ice Sports O akville Ice Sports O akville W estw ood A rena Ice Sports O akville Ice Sports O akville 8:45pm 8:30pm 8:45pm 6:45pm 8:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 8:30pm 6:45pm 8:30pm 8:15pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 8:30pm 6:45pm 6:45pm Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver It's getting to be an annual event for N otre D am e (green/w hite jersey ) to m eet up with O ak ville Trafalgar in the senior H alton cham pionship. Junior Devils are edged 3-2 ( C o n t in u e d Ir o m p a g e D 1 ) it more. They outplayed us. We have a few things to Fix. But w e plan to be back here on Friday (for the G -H A C cham pionship gam e)." E xactly w hat needs fixing, how ever, she w asn 't about to delve into. "O h I w ouldn't tell you that," she said, laughing. "I'm pretty sure they can read the paper, too, you know ." T he tw o team s share a lot in com m on. B oth are d y n astic , p articu la rly in the last h a lf d ecad e. A nd b oth ex te n siv e ly reto o led in the o ff-seaso n . "O h yeah , w e lost alm o st all o f o u r p lay ers (fro m last y e a r)," said co ach Vogt. "We h av e ab o u t fo u r o r five b ac k ." A d d ed Irish co ach M iek e V anderK ooy: "w e lo st nine p lay ers o ut o f 15 w ho w on last year. " So w e 're stack ed w ith a lo t o f y o u n g p lay ers w ho cam e up from th e ju n io r team -- th ree -tim e H alton ch a m p io n s to d ay ." Both team s d id n 't m iss a beat th is year. O ak v ille T ra falg a r w ere ju s t ab o u t p erfect. T h ey lo st a co u p le o f to u rn am en t g am es and lost M o n d a y 's H alton final, b ut o u tsid e o f th at they w on the rem a in d er o f th eir p la y o ff g am es and all o f th eir reg u la r seaso n g am es. A nd the Irish w ere ab o u t as clo se to p erfec t as you co u ld get. "T h is is o u r 20th g am e, w e 're 2 0 -0 , 83 g o als for, and on e a g a in st," said co ach V anderK ooy. In p articu lar, it has been a seaso n to rem e m b er for Irish k ee p er S arah G o ertzen w ho has been b etw een the p ip es fo r 19 o f the 20 g am es, allo w in g ju s t the on e goal in the very first to u rn am en t gam e to start the season, an d th en ro llin g o ff 18 straig h t sh u to u ts, in clu d in g M o n d a y 's sh u to u t in the H alton ch am p io n sh ip . T h e only gam e she w a sn 't b etw een the p ip es -- in th e la st gam e o f the re g u la r seaso n -- she play ed o u t, and sc o re d a h at-trick . B oth team s also seem to h av e a m u tu al ad m iratio n so ciety g o in g fo r ea ch other. D on C h erry w o u ld crin g e at the resp e ct and sp o rtsm a n sh ip at th ese g am es. "We h av e a lot o f resp e ct for th em as a team , th eir school an d esp ec ially th e ir co ach , S h irley V ogt," said Irish cOach V anderK ooy. " We know each o th e r really, really w ell. I th in k th ey p lay the sam e so rt o f sty le, the sam e sort o f sy stem as w e play. A nd w e p la y ed th em so m uch o v er the last few years. " A nd like I said , they g iv e us th e b est g am e every year, and that w as tru e to d ay ." S co rin g fo r the Irish , w ho led 1-0 at the h alf, w ere S h an n o n T reacy, N ad ia M arq u es an d A nn L av allee. I th o u g h t it w as a real g o o d gam e p la y ed by b oth te am s," said L av allee, w hose g o al p ut th e g am e o ut o f reach. "T he first 10 m in u tes w as a little sh ak y b ut then w e.ste p p ed it up. I w as pro u d o f u s." O A K V IL L E T R A F A L G A R SR. RE D D E V IL S : Sarah S hove. K atie P rice-O w en , H eath er L o ck h art, V anessa F orster, A li S ig al, M andy S w an ep o l, K aitly n M artin , S arah H all, L in d say P eeb les, N ico le H o llan d , M onique Sam i. Je n n a W alker Je ssic a P av in , M eg h an W h ite and C a itlin M acD o n ald . N O T R E D A M E F IG H T IN G IR ISH : L auren B arch, N ick ie B lazen k o , D an a G aleazza, A licia G arner, Jacki G ib so n , Teri G ib so n , S arah G o ertz en , S h an n o n K ack, A nn L av allee, S arah M acL ellan , N ad ia M arq u es, E m m a M attiacci, H eath er M itch ell, L eah M ae M o rala, H eather M u llig an , Ja ck ie P en n er an d S h an n o n T reacy. 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