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OkillOAKVILLESMUSIC STOREwww.gearmusic.netSports 324 Kerr St.905-339-351516SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011 Overtime loss pushes Blades to the edge in Buckland finalThe Oakville Blades hopes of winning a sec-Oakville looked as if it might equalize the seriesond straight Buckland Cup, and third in fourSunday, building an early 2-0 lead, but theyears, were hanging by a thread going into lastDukes dominated play the rest of the way andnights (Tuesdays) game in Wellington.won the game on defenceman Rusty HafnersOakville visited the Dukes trailing the best-goal less than four minutes into OT.of-seven Ontario Junior Hockey League champi-Hafner flicked a shot from the blue line thatonship series 3-1 after Wellington rallied for amade its way through a maze of players and3-2 overtime win Sunday in Game 4 at Sixteenhandcuffed Blades netminder Daniel Savelli.Mile Sports Complex.We talked about it in the dressing room,Last nights Game 5 began after the Beaversputting pucks on net, Hafner said. I put onepress deadlines. Log onto our website (www.on net and it found its way.oakvillebeaver.com) to see the result of lastPat Sitko and Mark McGowan had the Oakvillenights contest. If the Blades won last night,goals Sunday and Savelli finished with 42they would host Game 6 tonight (Wednesday) atsaves.Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, a 7:30 start.Braedan Russell and Josh Ranalli scored forAfter dropping the first two games of thethe Blades in Game 3, when Savelli made 39final, the Blades got themselves back into thestops.series Friday with a 2-1 victory in Wellington. Jon KuiperijHinchcliffe's IndyCar debut a short oneJames Hinchcliffes IndyCar debut ended veered to the right to avoid them but as hemuch earlier than he hoped.passed, Viso spun his car around to get back inHinchcliffe was clipped by the car of E.J. Viso the race and clipped the back end of Hinchcliffeson lap 40 of the 90-lap Honda Indy Grand Prix car, breaking his rear suspension.of Alabama Sunday, knocking him out of the We were looking at a shot of getting in orthrace and relegating him to a 24place finish.around the top-10, Hinchcliffe said. On theThe Oakville native had a good qualifying restart, I think Simona got into E.J. and thatsession to start eighth in the field of 26 but ran wasnt his fault, but Day 1 of racing school youinto trouble on the first lap when he spun out. learn that when you are spinning you hit theThough he avoided contact with any other cars, brakes and the clutch and he just hit the gas. Iit dropped him to the back of the field. went around the outside of him hoping he justWe got off to a rough start, he said. I was hit the brakes but he pinned it (hit the throttle)hoping to not make too many rookie mistakes and the back end whipped around and took usand on Lap 1 we went around and fell to the out.back but the team got me back on a great strat-Hinchcliffe wont have to wait long foregy.another chance. He and Newman/Haas team-MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVERDriving the white, red and blue No. 06 car, mate Oriol Servia, who finished fifth on Sunday,Hinchcliffe worked his way through the field will be at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long BeachBLADES' BACKS AGAINST THE WALL:Oakville Blades forward Stefanthand was running in 12 place when a caution for the third race of the season this weekend.Thompson (in white) is pinned against the boards by Wellington Dukes player Curtis Leonardflag came out on Lap 37. On the restart, the cars Hinchcliffe earned his first of three IndyLightsduring Sunday's Ontario Junior Hockey League playoff contest at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex.of Viso and Simona De Silvestro spun out in victories last season on the 1.968-mile streetWellington defeated the Blades 3-2 in overtime to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-sevenfront of him and Viso ended up with his car track.Buckland Cup championship series. Oakville visited Wellington last night (Tuesday) hoping topointing the wrong way on the track. Hinchcliffe Herb Garbuttkeep its season alive.