Minor midget A Rangers earn MOHA's fifth Silver Stick title The Oakville minor midget A Rangers became the fifth Minor Oaks Hockey Association team to win an International Silver Stick title this season when they won their tournament recently in Newmarket. Oakville claimed the championship with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the Toronto Avalanche in the final. Thomas Law scored twice, Matt McLachlin also tallied and Matthew Rusak was strong in net as the Rangers beat Toronto for the second time in the tournament. Oakville blasted the Avalanche -- a team that had beaten the Rangers in a preseason tournament -- 7-3 in round-robin action. In the Rangers' other games, they defeated the Colorado Arapahoe Warriors 5-3, the Greater Toronto Hockey League's North York Knights 3-1, the California Fresno Monsters 2-0 and Ontario's Ayr Flames 2-1. Luke Roy scored twice in the win over Colorado; Matthew Perruzza and McLachlin each tallied twice in the first game against the Avalanche; Law scored twice and Ryan Bell provided stellar netminding versus North York; Spencer Douglas and Aidan Challis scored in the win over Fresno; and Roy deflected home the winning goal late in regulation against Ayr. Also scoring goals during the tournament for Oakville were Mitchell Jeffrey, Craig Cook, Vincent Reale, Tyler Bowie, Chris Boushy and Patrick O'Brien. Other contributors to the win were Brett Switzer and Logan MacNeil. Stephen Sweett, Graeme Bowie, Justin Bowie and Brian Rusak coach the team, Cort Challis is the trainer and Lenka Rusak is the manager. The Oakville minor midget A Rangers recently won the International Silver Stick tournament in Newmarket. 25 · Friday, February 15, 2013 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Blades suffer second lopsided loss in less than two weeks The Oakville Blades were routed 9-1 Wednesday in Georgetown, the second time in 10 days the local Ontario Junior Hockey League squad has been on the wrong side of a lopsided decision against division-leading squads. Oakville surrendered the first seven goals of the contest before Harrison Domagala scored 1:39 into the third period. The Raiders, who outshot Oakville 50-20 on the evening, responded with two more goals in the final frame. The Blades (30-13-4), who also lost 8-1 to the St. Michael's Buzzers Feb. 3, hope to rebound this weekend with a pair of home games. Oakville will entertain the Burlington Cougars tonight (Friday, 7:30) at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, then host the Buffalo Jr. Sabres tomorrow (Saturday, 8:30 p.m.) at Joshua's Creek Arenas. Kurtz confident goals will come Continued from page 24 www.oakvillebeaver.com "I wasn't producing numbers like I was in junior, so I had to do something else to make myself stand out, whether it's (penalty killing), sticking up for a teammate or throwing a big body check. The goals will come. It happened in junior, when the first couple years were slow and then it picked up. Hopefully in a little bit I'll start finding the back of the net more, but until then I'll do whatever the coach wants me to do or what the organization wants me to do to help the team win." "He's battling like I am," added Peter, who doesn't travel to Virginia for many Norfolk home games but plans to attend the Admirals' Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Night March 1. "I'm battling (various) challenges. He's battling a lot of challenges on the way to getting to the NHL. It's quite the story for a middle-of-the-road guy and all the challenges they have to go through to make it. I've never seen a guy work so hard." · John Kurtz's multiple sclerosis donation page can be found at http://bit.ly/RnRndM Tackle, Flag and Summer Camps Oakville Minor Football Tackle: Ages 9-19 Flag: Ages 5-12 info@oakvilletitansfootball.ca OAKVILLE LADIES SOFTBALL LEAGUE REGISTER TODAY Entering its 29th year, the OLSL is a competitive fastball league for women ages 19 and over. We are looking for experienced players to join us for the 2013 season. Volunteer coaches welcome! Please see our website to get your 2013 registration form at www.eteamz.com/olsl/ like us on For more information, please contact us at olsl@live.com or 289-259-4152 Registration dates are Feb 21 & 28 at Oakville Town Hall from 7-9pm www.oakvilletitansfootball.ca & follow us on @oakvilletitans