i The Canadiani Champion, Tuesday, April 5, 2005-21 -AE2 atoms golden at April Fools CIassic By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion M ilton's AE2 atoms refused to end the year empty-handed. Taking sorte of the sting out of their recent Tri County finals loss to Hespeler. the Winterhawks capped 2004/05 play in cham- pionship fashion at Milton Sports Centre Sunday aftemnoon securing division bragging rights at the April Fools Classic. A 4-1 decision over the Dundas Blues represented the tourna- nient hosts' lone title victory among three local teams that reached the finals. The AE2 atomn championship combatants had battled to a 2-2 stalemate in round-robin play Friday evening, but their retum engaginent was hardly svhat one svould consider evenly matched. Milton kept the Blues on their heels for the lion's share of the game. swartning the net almost constantly through the first two periods and sealing the deal with a third-period deposit four min- utes afler Dundas made it 3-I1. Building on bis 4-0 whitewash of Orangeville Friday morning. Justin Davidson was rock aolid between the pipes. Tallying twice witb the title on the line were Andrew Smith ind J.J. Stimson. who ended the tournament with four goals apiece each scoring one in both the shutout of Orangeville and 4-3 set- back to Stoney Creek. Dylan Lee notched a couple of markers in round-robin play, while chipping in singles were Zachery Boyes. Tanner Briggs and Ryan Melanson. Milton's other two finalists the AE and AE2 peewees -both dropped five-goal decisions in their championship showdowns. The AE2 peewees' 7-2 bass to, the Essex Ravens was particular- Iy tough to swallow, since they had upstaged Essex 4-l in round two and reached tIhe finals unbeaten. But the Ravens gradually found their legs after a long trip to Milton and eventually took flight with four second-period goals in the championship. Mark Cocker and Paul Martens did the scoring for tbe Winterhawks, wbo were led overall a seven-point tournamnent effort from Nicholas Cragg. Cocker and Ben Seguin were close beliind with five points each. Meanwhile, the AE peewees had just ai rough a ride in their finals tilt with thse Stoney Creek Warriors - getting blanked 5-0. Patrick Fitzpatrick managed to keep the score within the realm of respectability - making several big stops - but just didn't get any offensive support along thse way. The Wamrors, who'd eclipsed their hosts 5-4 in round-robin play, solidified thse win wîth two third-period deposita. Leading Milton's round-robin production with three goals and three assista was Sachin GIsai. Perbapi the most noteworthy teami of thse entire 49-entry field waa thse additional entry atom, Manitoulin Island Panthers, who didn't score or give up a single goal through three round-robin 1958 ~OLp & COUNRY~ Above, Winterhawk Sarah DiGiallonardo spits West London defencemnen Patrick Fitzgerald and Dylan Carter on her way ta the net, while (inset Ieft) J. Quinn Kerr bat- tdes for the loose puck againat West London's Nick Pincombe durlng AE atomn round-robin play at Milton Sports Centre Saturday afternoon. Below, Mllton's AE2 atoms celebrate their championship wln over Dundas. Action photos by GRAHAM PAINE games and went onl t atone Stoney Creek 3-0 in the finals. In other chamnpionship play, Georgetown nipped Ajax 2-1 for the AE novice titie, Flaniborough blanked Pickering in thse AE bantani finale, North London edged Uxbridge 2-I for AE2 bantanm brag- ging righta and Muskrat toppled Chedoke 5-1 for the AE miùdget crown. T R-AFAL GA R G1OLF & COUN MiltonIOlakvîlle 905-878-2303 Mississauga 9 0 5- 826-64 64 MEMBERSHIP O0T Open MQfl. -F19aîM