j interhawks daim ttwo fles at annual hol«iday tournament v)1ideaIton.co fn By Steve t*Blanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Mitons oldest and youngest hosts rege upreMe at the annual Wn- terhawks Classic. Both did so with hard-fought wins over teamns theyd tied in round-rob- in play to match last year's tourna- ment champions hip tally. Thnned oui a Uitile with suspen- sions, the 'N peewee hosts capital- zed on an early poweeplay and rode some impressive goattending by Jeremy Kemîicha n ta a 2-1 victory aver the Woolwich Wildcats Sunday afftmoon at Milton Sports Centre. The narrow win gave Milton its sec- ond championship in three hours and allowed the six host teams to finish just over the .500 mark - ai il-10-3 over the four-day tourna- ment. The finalsts had tied 2 2 a couple of days earlier, white Milton edged Cambrdge 2-0 and fought to a 3-3 stalemnate with Georgetown on the way ta the title showdown. Cal-up Tes>hawn Chant scored the eventual gome winner with less than a minute remaining in the 5epnd period, burying a rebound backhand inta the top left corner on a delayed penalty. Christian McLar en assisted on the play, white Aus- tin Wînn struck just a few seconds into the Winterhawks' first power- play midway through the opening trame, with Joshua Anderson set- ting him Up. Kernichan turried back 18 of 19 shots in the championship rematch, preserving the razar-thin lead with a couple af scramble saves in the clos- ing moments of play while his team was shorthanded. Woolwich cut the Winterhawks' lead in hait wth 4:12 left on a huge slapshot into the bot- tom left corner. With division braggrng rights on the line for thoir rematch with the Pick- ering Panthers Sunday morning, the mite Winterhawks scored on their first two powerplays and delivered topnotch defence on the way to prevaîling 4-2. Pickerrig had battled ta a 6 6 draw wth Mlton n the prelimmnary round and tied thigs Up wîth swxand-a- haîf minutes remaining. But the hosts would flot be denied, as Joseph Viola poked in a loase puck about a minute later befare Noah Race scored a late insurance tally to essentially seal the deal. Anthony Russell made a couple of dynamite diving baves ta highlight his chamnpionship win, and cnjoyed ample assistance fronm his bluehine unit, which showed great hustie ta get back and preveot countless Pan- thers shots. Milton's mites went 1 -0-1 in round- robin play before ptimmelinq Credit Valley in the quarterfinals andi get- tîng a balanced attack ta outdis- Above. Milton Winterhawk Chri: Lemare (l12) chases ater a loose puckr the Applewood Coyotes net during rou robin AA tyke play at fast week~s Win hawks Classic tournament at Milton Sç Centre. At regt. Màton's Matif Duggan (lei) races an Applevw opponent ta a rolting Fi EricmwRàI/msui,,jNutIBbo (Fogmo woe, h-W tance Brantford 7-5 in the semis. The 'AA' tykes fedl short of giving the hasts a 3-for-3 sweep in cham- pionship play, dropping a 5- 1 deci- sion (wîth an empty netter) ta the Appiewood Coyotes. Milton matched its rivais in terms af quality scoring chances, but needed a lengthy wrister hy Ethan Rye with six minutes left ta avoidi beinq blanlced. Jack Wokhuk made soins #£y saws through the first two periods to keep the lUnteitaws withln strlk- ung distance. After a 3-2 first-rourud defeat to Applewood. the Wiinterhawics 'AN< tykes rallied with Iopsded wins ovef Credit Valley (7-1) and Flam- barough (8-1) ta reac1h the final. In 011w chmiWUsNp py, Ap- plewood edged Stoey Creek 3-2 for the nomie miie. Goi.aldng Park claimned tyke *K supremacy witb a 3-1 vktory ofer Buringiaon and Ctarngton nmpped Stratfoird 2-1 fSr the tyloe AE ùtle Steve LeSkmc con be reaiched at sie- blanc@miltoncnadiarKhompion. com or on TW~rAT1iltorOnSçporrs. Defintly flot a December to remember for strugging IoeHawks The IceHawks are hoping that with the close of 201 2 aRa cames an end ta their recent offensive woes. Fnding the back af the net just once in each of their lasses this pat weekend --bath 5-1 defeats Mlilton now ride,, a four-game losiq sireak and has dropped 10 ofits last 1 2 qames. n seven orf thoNe lasses they ve IceHawk Michael Capicotto (ground- ed) reaches for the puck .gains* Oran- geville durlng Jr. A action Suniday. $0ri teCI ro 0, scared twa goals or less. A lack ai finish rather than creat- irig opportunities seems ta be the buggest problem, as the keHawks matched bath their apponents over the weekend in terms af shots on net. Mlton also stayed Dut of the pen- alty box against Orangeville Sunday at Memorial Arena - allawing tir guests just two powefplays - but could only muster aà secrd-period tally by Daniel Hoît. The Flyers built up a 4-0 Iead en route to their decisive vlctory- At lorcnto L akL-shore Saturdav- Mil- tan surrendered thiee second-peri- od goals in an identical loss. Their lotie goal came unassisted in the thwtd period train teamn scorng leader Shane Bennet who as ai fast night sat sixth in the league scoringq race wth 26 goals and 27 assists. Some late penalty trouble squashed any comneback hopes against Toron- to Lakeshore. Justin Urquhart was in net for bath lasse$. The keMawks sat at 12-24 headinq into fast niqhts trip ta Buffalo. They return ta Memarial Friday ta face'- stnhtqqlinq Hamilton at 7-30 p m~