The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - Al15 SPORTS SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBILANC e-mail sleblanc@haltonsearch.com GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN CHAMPION PUCK PURSUIT: Zack Brady (right) of the Chudleigh Canadiens tries to, skate past Chad Green of the Conbel Express & Logistics Flyers as the two chase a loose puck in Saturday's atom champîonship final at House League Champîonshîp Day. Brady had a goal and three assists to, Iead the Canadiens to a 7-4 vîctory. For complete resuits, see page 16. Gleed, Corneil edged in triple-overtimne heartbreaker By Steve LeBlanc ,Yeab its kind of reminiscent of last the local blueliner scored 9:20 in CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF year, but somebow this feels a lattle dif- ibird peniod Saturday to give Coi ferent," remarked Gleed, just before bis 3-2 vîctory over the Colorado C It was the second-longest game in flight back Sunday Tigers in the Midwest Regional se NCAA Tournament bistory. 1 really thought It was bis first goal of tbe seas But for ion Gleed, Sunday night's we were going to "It was a nice time for it to c Midwest Regional final in Green Bay, pull it ont this said Gleed of bis lone 2005/06 de Wisconsin couldn't bave felt anywbere time. Its a tougb wbicb beat Colorado College near as long as tbe flight back to Ithaca, way to end my Matt Zaba on the glove side and p New York. -university career." team witbin a game of tbe Frozen Tbe 22-year-old Miltonian and bis Cornell weatb- His tally capped a buge com Com-elI University teammates no doufit ered a third-peri- for the Big Red, wbo managed spent the plane ride agonizing over the od storm and single sht in the opening frame 1-0 triple overtime loss suffered at the matched tbe sbortbanded one by Gleed - hands of tbe bometown favourite JnGed favoured Badgers fortifying their efforts to overcom Wisconsin Badgers in the final hurdle inGed in shots tbrough 0 deficit. to, Frozen Four play. overtime before Gleed did receive a small coi For veterans lîke Gleed, a senior Wisconsins jack Skille buried tbe win- tion prize wben he was named t defenceman and assistant captain, tbe ner upstairs 11:13 into tbe tbird extra named to tbe Midwest Regiona bass reeked of unwelcomed deja vu. session. Tournament team. Exactly one year ago tbe Big Red were Sundays bearthreaker came on tbe With bis university career eclipsed 2-1 in sudden death by tbe heels of what was the biggest moment Gleed intends tc go to the Mo Minnesota Gophers - also the home- in Gleed's hockey career. Canadiens' rookie camp in town darlings - in the NCAAs quar- A former Provincial Jr. A league Montreal selected Gleed in the se teffinal round, champion with the Brampton Capitals, round of the 2004 NHL entry dra to the nell a ollege 'mis. on. omec, posit, goalte ut bis Fotur- eback just a - a before e a 2- nsola- o the 1 AIl- over, ntreal Iuly. ventb [t. Rogers denied national titie as Bears repeat Alberta edges Lakehead 3-2 to dlaim university championship Fîve minutes was aIl that stood between the Lakehead University Thunderwolves and a national championship. The Alberta Golden Bears scored three times in five minutes during the firat period of Sundays TELUS University Cup final and beld off Lakehead for a 3-2 vie- tory in front of 7,615 fans at Rexaîl Place in Edmonton. The loss to the defending Canadian university champi- ons means Miltons Dan Rogers will have to, wait until next year. But waiting another year may not be such a bad thing. Only three Lakehead players are not eligible to retum next season. Althougb the Thunderwolves will lose lead- ing scorer Joel Sherben, both Jeif Richards and goalie Chris Whitley, wbo were both named to the national tour- nament aIl-star team, will be back. And the loss of Erik Lodge on the blueline should gîve Rogers a bigger role next season. Lakebead opened the scoring witb a power-play goal 1: 16 into Sunday's final but Alberta came back to score three goals in fîve minutes midway througb the period. Lakehead cut the gap to, one mid- way tbrougb the second but could- n't get the equalizer. Rogers, who belped tbe George- Dan Rogers town Raiders win the Central Canadian chaîspionsbip last year, bad two goals and fiye points in 19 games in bis rookie season witb the Tbunderwolves. He was held pointless at nanionals but post- ed a plus-3 mark in the first two games of the toumnament. Lakebead, seeded third in the sîx-team national cbam- pionship tourniament, rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Acadia 4-3 witb three third-peniod goals in its opening game of the tournament on Friday i In Saturdays semnifinal againat Saskatchewan, Lakehead built a 2-0 lead. Saskatchewan pulled within one, scoring with just over two minutes to play but the Thunderwolves scored into an empty net to, seal the vtctory Former Milton lceHawk Shandor Alphonso *of Orangeville was also a member to the Lakehead squad. 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