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The annual Frank Sabatino house league hockey tournament begins Friday and wraps up Sunday. | Oakville Beaver file photo The 14th edition of the Minor Oaks Hockey Association's annual Frank Sabatino Memorial Tournament will take place this weekend in Oakville. The competition for atom and peewee-aged house league teams will begin Friday with round-robin games at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex and Joshua's Creek Arenas, with the championship games slated for Sunday at Sixteen Mile. A skills competition, always a tournament highlight, will take place Saturday afternoon from 12-4:30 p.m. at Sixteen Mile. Over the years, the Frank Sabatino tournament -- named after the former MOHA director and convener who passed away in 2001 -- has grown from an eightteam all-Oakville house league tournament to an event Frank Sabatino house league tournament this weekend that draws more than 40 teams from across the province. This year's tournament will feature teams from Newmarket, Aurora, Cambridge, Burlington, Waterloo, Halton Hills, London, Ottawa, Brampton, Mississauga and Oakville. Once again, the tournament will raise money on behalf of the Oakville Hospital Foundation, with proceeds being donated to the Ian Anderson House and Oakville Trafalgar Hospital's palliative care service for cancer patients and their families. The Frank Sabatino Memorial Tournament is proud to be recognized as a community sponsor on the Oakville Hospital Foundation's donor wall. For more information on the tournament or to view the tournament schedule, log onto bit.ly/1y5jqG6. Three Oakville residents are among the Canadian Junior Hockey League players that will participate in next week's CJHL Top Prospects Game at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Oakville Blades forward Jackson Bales, Aurora Tigers defenceman Callum Fryer and Cobourg Cougars forward Alex Riche are on the Team East roster for the Tuesday, Jan. 20 contest, which will showcase 40 of the top NHL prospects in the CJHL, as identified by NHL Central Scouting. The 17-year-old Bales has scored six goals and added 18 assists in 37 games so far in his rookie year with the Blades. In October, he helped Team Oates win the Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge in Etobicoke, collecting a goal and two assists in five games. Fryer, 18, is in his second season with the Tigers, tallying one goal and 10 assists in 30 games. He also played in the Central Canada Cup, recording an assist in three games for Team Hawerchuk. Riche, in his third OJHL season, Three Oakville players in CJHL Prospects Game was traded by Milton to Cobourg in November. He has 17 goals and 41 points in 42 games this season. The 18-year-old played on Team Nieuwendyk at the Central Canada Cup. He had one goal and one assist. The Team East squad for the CJHL Top Prospects Game includes 10 other players from the Ontario Junior Hockey League and five from the Central Canada loop, one from Quebec and one from the Maritimes. Oakville Blades coach Mike Tarantino will assist Team East head coach James Richmond (Aurora) behind the bench, and the Blades' training staff of Craig Clayton and Dr. Ben Fryer will also work the game. The CJHL Prospects Game will begin at 7:45 p.m., after pre-game ceremonies at 7:35 p.m. Tickets for the game cost $10 and can be purchased at Puckz Pub (located inside the arena), Corbett's Source for Sports (450 South Service Rd. W., Oakville), at all OJHL games or online at www. oakvilleblades.com. 31 | Thursday, January 15, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Blades offence kept in check in weekend losses The Oakville Blades were held to one goal in two games last weekend as the local Ontario Junior Hockey League team remained winless in 2015. Oakville was blanked 3-0 Friday at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex by the Toronto Patriots, and dropped a 2-1 decision the following night in Orangeville. Daniel Mannella made 37 saves in the Orangeville game, but the Flyers scored with just 11 seconds remaining to pull out the victory. The Blades are now 0-4 since the Christmas break, and 1-6 in their last seven. Defenceman Austin Broadhurst, who the Blades acquired from the Mississauga Chargers Friday, scored Oakville's goal against Orangeville. Broadhurst had seven goals and 20 points in 32 games with Mississauga. The Blades sent 17-year-old blueliner Ryan Markovic to the Chargers in exchange for the 20-year-old Broadhurst, one day before the OJHL trade deadline. Broadhurst helped the Wellington Dukes reach the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian final last season and is in his fourth year in the league. The Blades (22-17-2-1) visited the Buffalo Jr. Sabres Wednesday and host Orangeville Friday. 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