Wednesday, March 29, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D5 Y2sK8 features supporting cast of about 600 skaters (Continued from page D6) competitor, judge and coach and as a parent whose four children have been club members and show participants. When the lights go down and the skaters appear from behind the curtain, it's all worthwhile, adds Young. "It's all about the kids," he says. "The only measure of the show's success is not monetary, but the enjoyment of the kids." Young distributes credit for the show 's success year after year to people such as (associate producer) Annemarie and Gerry Donaldson, who handle ticket sales, Kim Warren who is responsi ble for props, director Laurene Collin-Knoblauch who are among the 30 volunteers, 12 coaches and 50 court moms who coordinate the minute details, such as the 700 costumes. Young also gives credit to the "wonderful" arena staff. "One of the very big jobs is court mom. We enlist one of the mothers, or fathers, to get the material and the pattern, ensure that parents are aware of rehearsals, dress rehearsals." The show runs approximately two hours and 45 minutes with 39 group numbers, features and solos, plus the added attraction of former three-time Canadian champ Josee Chouinard, who will appear in both the first and second half of the show. The coaches' creativity never ceases to amaze him, says Young. "It's very intense once you begin but it's not about volunteer time. It's about giving kids an opportunity they may never have again in their lives. Everybody has their 15 minutes of fame and this is part of that 15 minutes. That's the only reason we do it." Four showings will be held over a three-day run at Oakville Arena, Friday, March 31 (7 p.m.), Saturday, April 1 (1:30 and 7 p.m.) and Sunday, April 2 (1:30 p.m.). Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children and are available at the Oakville Skating Club office, located inside River Oaks Recreation Centre, and through Oakville Cycle and Sports, Trafalgar Village. Disappointing OMHA finals has team already looking for a 5th straight trip next year The O akville R angers m inor peew ee AAA rep team (sponsored by Fleischm ann's Yeast) were edged 3-2 by last y e a r's O ntario M inor Hockey A sso ciatio n (O M H A ) cham p io n Peterborough Petes in the bronze medal game at the OM HA Tournam ent o f Cham pions held March 24th to 26th in Peterborough. The loss was a disappointing end to an o th erw ise successful season w hich saw the Rangers finish in first place in the South Central AAA League with a 23-1-6 record. They accom plished this feat w hile record ing both the low est team goals against average and the fewest penalty m inutes in the OM HA. The Rangers were also hom e town cham pi ons o f the Oakville International Tournament held over Christmas. The Rangers and the Welland Tigers held identical 1-3-0 records after the round-robin portion o f the tournam ent, but the Rangers lone win was a 5-3 victory over W elland which was enough to put them in the bronze medal game. O akville spotted the Petes a two-goal lead going into the third period, but Carson Jenkin (from Zack Shepley) and Conor Kelly (unas sisted) got the Rangers back into the game. The third period comeback w asn't enough as the Petes scored the game winner on a deflection o ff a Ranger skate late in the third. Kelly was named Player o f the Gam e for Oakville. The Rangers began the tournam ent with a 30 loss to eventual cham pion York Simcoe Express. G oaltender Russ Brownell stopped 37 of 40 shots and was named Player of the Game for Oakville. The Rangers earned their sole victory o f the tourney in the second gam e with the 5-3 win over Welland. Goals were scored by Conor Kelly (3), Stephen W heeler (who also earned gam e M V P honours) and John D avitsky. Assists went to David D obrinsky (3), Cory M artin, Stephen W heeler, Jam es A lbrecht and M ichael Galbraith. Gam e three saw O akville fall 3-1 to the W hitby W ildcats. Continuing his strong play, Kelly (from D obrinsky) had the lone Oakville m arker w hile D obrinsky captured Player of the Gam e. The R angers concluded the prelim inary round w ith a 5-2 loss to Peterborough. James A lbrecht (from Eric M urray and Davitsky) and M urray (from A lbrecht) provided the offense. A lbrecht was nam ed Player o f the Game. This m arks the fourth consecutive year that the R angers have m ade it to the OM HA Cham pionship Tournam ent but have left with out tasting the cham pagne. Perhaps five will be a charm. Comeback kids off to OMHA finals The O akville R angers novice triple-A rep team have earned their third straight berth into the Ontario M inor Hockey A ssociation (OMHA) tournam ent o f cham pions. And we do m ean earn. In their best o f seven C entral division cham pionship series against the H alton Hills Hurricanes, the O akville Rangers had fallen behind 3-1 (as p revious ly recounted in the O akville Beaver) before reeling o ff three straight wins. The Rangers will now head to M arkham for the seaso n 's final and T he O akville R angers novice triple-A rep team celebrate most im portant w eekend o f hockey, their seventh gam e O M H A sem ifinal victory. playing two gam es on Friday, two games on Saturday, and then, hopefully, a playoff date on Sunday. Last year, the R angers w ere finalists in the bronze medal match and the previous year they were finalists in the gold m edal m atch. www.russellhockey.com Coach Bill M etcalfe said the team has a realistic Game of the Week shot at a medal although the underlying goal, as Low Level Adult Hockey League always, is to have fun w hile learning life skills as well Spring & Summer Season as hockey skills. (individual or group registration) The Rangers com pleted their com eback on the A social, relaxed recreational weekend with goaltender P eter D iSalvo supplying atmosphere shutout goaltending in a 2-0 win. All games take place at River Oaks Arena in Oakville Halton Hills m ounted a ferocious assault but goals Also registering for by Tyler Stothers and A nthony S calia in each o f the ADULT HOCKEY SCHOOLS second and third periods won the day. for Men & Women Ian Paradis and Patrick M arsh each nabbed assists. Russell Hockey Enterprises GAM E SIX O akville evened up the series at three gam es apiece SUMMER NON-CONTACT with a 7-3 win at O akville A rena on Friday night. As one-sided as the score turned out, O akville actu ally had to had to erase three one-goal deficits. But at 3-3, O akville then reeled o ff four unansw ered goals. LEAGUE The highlight goal o f the gam e was the sixth goal HALTON MEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE when Steven G uzzo drew a defender from the front o f the net, then slid a picture perfect pass to A nthony Trophies · N on-contact ' Balanced teams · Prime time Scalia who trailed the play and deposited the puck > Excellent games beyond the reach o f the helpless goaltender. officiating · 27th season o f Goal scorers w ere A nthony Scalia (2), Tyler · Individual operation · Sweaters/socks provided entries Stothers (2), Cam W atts, David Provost and Scott REGISTER ON WED., APRIL 12 4:30-5:30 P.M. Tanski. 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