Ho w th ey won it al -from RUN on page 20 OHA ttle on ice. * Jeremy Wenzel's rags t0 riches tumn- around in game two against Rayside- Balfour. After giving up two goals in the Oirsi six minutes of play, the sophomore cager slammed thse door in thse Sabrecats' faces with an exceptional performance. - T.J. Lee's game four heroies. He beat Jarrett Rose with a triple overtime winner tisai put Milton on an emotional high tisey still iaven't corne down from. Had things gone tise other way, it surely would have been curtains for the Mercisants. - Troy Walczak's game Oive exorcism at Ciselmsford Arena. In the end he did wisat precious few visitors have been able to in Rayside-Balfour's barn over tise last few years - steal a win. - Tise endurance of Ron Baker, Matt Bannan and Kevin Crowe. Tisese tisrce Mercisants played ail 29 playoff games and made big contributions every step of tise way. Surprisingly enougis after being sidelined for close to a year before joining Milton in December, Crowe tumed out to be one of tiseir biggest workisorses. - Top-notch goaltendîng. Where Jason Ciipman and Lloyd Lafrance bore the bruni of playoff work in tise past, Daniel Jacques and Jeremy Wenzel joined forces and caused two montiss wortis of frustra- tion for opposing snipers. - Darren (Mini) Haydar's scoring lurry. The Provincial League's scoring leader pruved himself ail over again in posi-sea- son play, scoring 50 points, including nine in tise Ali-Ontario finals. - The leadersisip of Jeff Haydar, Shane Sullivan, Steve French and Mark McPisail. These rink generals led the way and their faitisful charges followed - big time. - Remarkable fan support. Miltonians followed their hometown iseroes near and far, cieering tisem on to victory in visiting barns as close as Oakville and as far away as Sudbury. A contributing factor to an impressive 13-2 road record. I'd beiter leave rooru for a few more iigilights, because if Milton plays like tisey can in Nanaimo, theres more to corne. Milton wins big one e from TRIUMPH on page 20 6:32 of the Oirsi. His blueline floater caught Jarrett Rose's rigyht shoulder, took a sharp W51IL .11 IL 'lt j, 1 1 .11111 iýI 1. 'J s r s)ýc line. Fellow delenceman Mati Bannan took the scoring reins from there, notching the game-winner in the second on a two-on- one break with French and firing a bullet from the point for the insurance marker early in the third. Sandwiched in the middle of his two taI- lies was a feisty penalty-killing effort by Haydar, Ron Baker and Troy Walczak on McPhail's slashing major. JetI Hutchins, Jasen Hopiavuori and Rich Williams were standouts Friday as well with some thunderous checks that tumned Rayside-Balfour's desperation into sheer exhausiion. WkIl,-îk drers Isse î iîil , Us sshle Baker and Lee pckcd up tiie utls.r helpers. Darren (Mini) Haydar, one of' the more physical players throughout the series, was named the Most Sporsmanlike Player of the AI-Ontanio finals. He finished the series with five goals and four assists. Rose took Most Valuable Player honours. Merchant notes: Darren (Mini) Haydar is flow up to 100 goals and 100 assisis in 86 games this season ... Steve French cele- brated his 2lst birthday Friday ... Milton went 24-5 through the provincial playoffs. The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, Apnil 28, 1998-23 Millon Tennis Club RAINDA TE:- MAY 9TH FRFý SFREE BSQ ~P(oor F;ation Show pii *2MEMERSHIP5 AVAILAB4IEr * EVIRYONE WELCOME* 670 Childa Drive <905) 876-1811 MOUSE LEAGUE DEGINS MID MAY "Loaded witli everythîng you want and mfore" *Aluminuin Wlding a Silver Soldsring 400 MOROBEL DR., UNIT 4, MILON, 0N. L9T 4N6 Plus No Extra Charge STX Package: " i 7"Cast Aluminum Wheels " I 7'Oversize Tires " 3.55 Rear Axie Ratio " Colour-keyed Front and Rear Bumpers " Special STX Decal 24-Nlonth Lease Or make ans single payment of $8,981 and drive for 24 monthst IVive up to Supercab $2,995 $299 $348 Q Per $1500 $3i65 $414 Ç Month TRUCKS Tlanada's Your Ontaril elesT-ckLedr WISI IMMolMUE USAI PY.'Nw.1998 -Srie, XLI' RguIoî Cb/ 94peXXII PE.P 810A otth SIX package, monthIy lem tpy.eof XI$299t$348 5OIX3 on 24monXth leae.om .,,Frd Cedtt I.qualfied ,îtail LXXX,o., pp-ed cdt.î SonnecSdiionsand milage estritionof 3,OW m ow twoyear appl. $2995 lovmpaymnt o h'uvplyn trae feuide. Fist mndhpXpaymnt ad wuity epostXreuhred 124mon I l bae a .ilabeItoquadiied etai leseespnpaprmid credt Total lease pyrren d t 61 XincpIion fh e. Sncnii.. ,, X4, onad amlLIXge trction of XI36.XXX km XXXIX.. yeoXî pply. Scufity dpoXt ,eqire. Feght ($94W), licence, Xinsracead 411 appicabe taxe9are additiLO. Da,ler my lem fo leXs L51999d tîXîe XIII,,. Ofers ,,,y change viîthX.X notice.S.,,dae or l , .1iI,. IBsed fX19971411.64,9141 XOmanufacturer ,XXXIIId d11,iffie. OntXario IMOPO. BoxX2X0W. 046,111.OOntaio161 5E4 1