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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Tuesday, December 22, 2009 · 36 Local peewees earn invite to Quebec tourney Legein on fire The Oakville peewee AAA Rangers have parlayed their dominant regular-season record into an invitation to the Quebec International Peewee Tournament. Oakville, which owns a 24-1-1 record in South Central Triple A play this year and has outscored its league opponents 12024, will compete in the prestigious tournament in February. "The boys are off to a great start and that is 100 per cent due to all the hard work they have put in since making the team in April," said Rangers head coach Duncan Harvey. "The Quebec tournament is a huge honour to be invited to. The best peewee teams in the world will be there and the boys know that they will have to work really hard in their preparation as they represent the MOHA and the town of Oakville." Members of the team include Michael Bullion, Scott Smith, Andrew Burns, Mark Bzowey, Oliver Chau, Cameron Mackenzie, Mitchell Prentice, Matt Spencer, Jesse Barwell, Cole Buchan, Andrew Dumaresque, Ashur Elliot, Rocky Iannaci, Sean Kohler, Josh Kosack, Misha Song and Sam Vasilaros-Wilson. with Flyers' farm team Playing in Adirondack seems to agree with Stefan Legein. The 21-year-old Holy Trinity grad's offensive production has gone up dramatically since he was traded from the Syracuse Crunch to the Adirondack Phantoms. In 22 games with the Philadelphia Flyers' American Hockey League affiliate, Stefan Legein Legein has scored 12 goals and added two assists. He had two goals and an assist in six games with the Crunch before being traded early in the season, and scored once in 26 games for Syracuse last year. "I feel like this is some of the most fun I've ever had playing hockey, even though I've only been here for about two months," Legein told the Flyers' website. Legein, who won gold with Team Canada at the world junior hockey championships two years ago, drew national headlines when he retired from hockey prior to the 2008-09 season. He returned to the game a few months later. "One thing I want everyone to know is that I never lost my passion for this game," Legein told the Flyers' site. "This is what I do, and I love every minute of it." Adirondack is currently 13-13-2 and sits sixth in the AHL's East Division, four points ahead of Syracuse. PRESTIGIOUS INVITATION: The Oakville peewee AAA Rangers, who have lost only one of 26 league games this season, have been invited to play in the Quebec International Peewee Tournament. Paul Harvey and Reggie Nasu help coach the team, and Kirby Dumaresque is the trainer. The Rangers, sponsored by Sotheby's Canada and Lexus of Oakville, are seeking addiditional sponsorships and donations to finance their trip to Quebec. Interested parties can contact team manager Dana Harvey at 905-842-5894 or e-mail her at pharvey34@cogeco.ca. Schedules set for Richard Bell Memorial tournament Schedules have been finalized and released for next week's Richard Bell Memorial Minor Hockey Tournament. The annual international tournament, run by the Minor Oaks Hockey Association, will begin Sunday, Dec. 27 and conclude Wednesday, Dec. 30, with games played at every arena in the town. A tournament-record 138 teams are participating in this year's event, including -- for the first time ever -- a team from Russia. The Moscow North Stars will play in the minor bantam AAA division. Moscow's games are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, 3:30 p.m. Monday, 9:25 a.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. Tuesday, the latter contest against the Oakville Rangers. All the Russian squad's preliminaryround games will be played at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. The minor atom and minor peewee teams will begin play on Sunday. Minor bantam and minor midget squads will see their first action on Monday. Admission for all games in the tournament is free. For the full schedule, log onto the Minor Oaks Hockey Association website at www.moha.on.ca. COMING AROUND: Oakville Blades forward Dustin Alcock (right) tries to get around Bramalea Blues defenceman Kirk Evely during Friday's Ontario Junior A Hockey League contest at Joshua's Creek Arenas. The Blades blanked the Blues by an 8-0 score. MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER Blades focusing on helping out goalies Continued from page 35 meeting of the season between the teams, 3-2 in a shootout. And regardless of who is in net, Nobili says they have to limit their opponents' opportunities. "It's been one of the goals all season, to minimize the scoring chances and limit the quality shots against. It's not an exact science but you try to help out your goalie as much as you can and play defensively sound hockey." That's worked so far for the Blades, who have the thirdbest goals against average (2.60) in the league -- no matter who is in net. NOTES: Mark McGowan had a hat trick in the 8-0 win over Bramalea, and with a goal in each of the other weekend games has now scored in six straight contests... McGowan, Mark Bennett and Kyle Lysaght each had a goal and two assists against Villanova... Three of Zak Ray's seven goals have been game winners, the latest in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Vaughan... Morissette made 27 saves against Bramalea and 20 in the Vaughan game. He has four shutouts, two more than any other goalie in the league.