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The Minor Oaks Hockey Associationrecently concluded its house league seasonwwith its championship weekend.

Following are results from each of theMOHA house league division finals, as wellas the winners of division awards (whereapplicable):

Tyke BlueyTim Horton’s Stinger 1 (goal by Daniel Tremblay; assists byNicholas Radice, Matthew Wallace), Tim Horton’s Tigers 0Tyke WhiteTim Horton’s Bruins 4 (goals by Trey Magrin 2, Ethan Malicki,Dominic Nowak; assists by Chayse Fielding 2, Noah Reid 2,WWilliam Raitt 2, Connor Waters, Nowak), Tim Horton’s Canucks 1(goal by Ethan Bencich; assists by Evan Carlesi, Nathan Chin)Tyke redyTim Horton’s Flames 2 (goal by Tyler Tufford; assists by TylerSimpson, Griffin Pick), Tim Horton’s Flyers 1 (goal by NolanMarshall; assists by Paul Turvolgyi, Sean Ecclestone)Novice blueBlack Panthers 2 (goals by Tyler Francis, Daniel Natareno; assistsby Benjamin Swan, Arnav Srinvasan, Charles Pearce, ZacharySilva; shutout by Antonio Bevilacqua), Vikings 0; division topscorer: Rayan Pathan; division top goalie: Victor Tranovski; divi-sion top defenceman: Desmond ThomasdaleNovice whiteGolden Grizzlies 3 (goals by Lukas Chocina 2; assist by CharlieDreesen; game won in shootout), Ice Dragons 2 (goals by HaydenBrown 2; assists by Evan Muller, Joey Bell); division top scorer:Evan Muller; division top goalie: Adam Chocina; division topdefenceman: Joey BellNovice MDDodge Caravan Warriors 1 (goal by Ryan Hayes; assists by WilliamSheehan, Jacob Hill; shutout by Jacob Simm), Dodge CaravanPenguins 0; division top scorers: Dylan Sheridan and BrodySimpson; division top goalie: Owen Hempel: division top defence-man: Cormac AdamsMinor atom blueAAtoMc Flames 2 (goals by Matthew Fairclough 2; assists by VictorAAdrian Muntean, Alexander Huick; shutout by Liam Ecclestone),AAtoMc Bullets 0; division top scorer: A.J. Fanelli; division topgoalie: Liam Ecclestone; division top defenceman: Victor AdrianMunteanMinor atom whiteAAtoMc Lightning 3 (goals by Jake Logan, Trevor Sands, MichaelNapolitano; assists by Justin Bye, Owen Ainsley), AtoMc Hawks 1(goal by Piero Roppoli; assists by Cole Frain, Ethan Calleja); divi-

sion top scorer: Dylan Byrne; division top goalie: Marco Sorrenti;division top defenceman: Sam ClarkeMinor atom MDAtoMc Bulls 6 (goals by Aidan Gromek 2, Blake Kinch 2, GiovanniFolino, Matteo Cordiano; assists by Luca Marandola 2, Folino 2,Ethan Ceolin, Aidan Fishwick, Kinch), AtoMc Gladiators 3 (goalsby Jake Ryan, Joseph Nasato, Connor McKay; assists by AdamGreen, Ryan Ferri, John Wesley Appleton, Ross McKay); divisiontop scorer: Adam Green; division top goalie: Owen Coyne; divisiontop defencemen: Daniel Munro and Markian KlufasAtom blueAtoMc Panthers 3 (goals by Thomas Breckon 2, Zach Ingram;assists by Spencer Friday 2, Bodin Ingaldson, Matteo Thomas-Dale), AtoMc Yellow Jackets 1 (goal by Peter Lee); division topscorer: Peter Lee; division top goalie: Mario Cordiano; division topdefenceman: Declan AdamsAtom whiteAtoMc Bruins 5 (goals by Lucas Leitgeb 4, Nicholas Montanari;assists by Soren Zamuner, Ryan Glenn, Jake Jasnich, LoganLindegaard), AtoMc Titans (goals by Jack Reimer, MichaelRutherford; assists by Kyle Patton, Jonathon Hickey); division topscorer: Lucas Leitgeb; division top goalie: Aden Walsh; division topdefenceman: Tyler JanoveczAtom MDAtoMc Yellow Jackets 3 (goals by Caleb Field, Holden Harris,Matthew Wright; assists by Carter Pauley, Jacob Scanga, LucasPrat, Joshua Wood), AtoMc Pats 1 (goal by Keelan Froats; assistsby Jack Othen, Trevor Stamegna); division top scorer: AnthonyTazbaz; division top goalie: Mitchel Morrison; division top defence-man: Max GilbertMinor peewee bluepFrank Sabatino Memorial Tournament Devils 3 (goals by ConnorIrwin Lewis 2, Evan Turgeon; assists by Nicholas Perry, DavidStavin), Future Star Leafs 2 (goals by Julien DiSabatino, JackMistele; assists by Nicholas Novak, Andrew McManus, DiSabatino);division top scorer: Adewumi Aladetimi; division top goalie: RyanNicholson; division top defencemen: Michael Walton and NicholasNovakMinor peewee whitepSting 2 (goals by Alex Dickson, Mason Spencer; assists by PatrickMcAdams, Ben Cates, Cater Sutherland; shutout by MichaelCummings), Mustangs 0; division top scorer: Ethan Hammond;division top goalie: Michael Triolo; division top defencemen: LiamKennedy and Patrick HenryMinor peewee MDpOak-land Ford Flyers 6 (goals by Ethan Froats 3, Austen Hundert,Ryan Gilmartin, Riley Benham; assists by William Sanci 2,Dominic Barichello, Grayden Power, Hundert, Gilmartin, Froats),Oak-land Ford Penguins 3 (goals by Alex Green, Aidan Hamboyan,Daniel Littlejohn; assists by Wyatt Mann, Robert McMahon,Matthew Curtis, Nicholas Snyder, Mitchell Rosicki); division top

scorers: Ethan Froats and Daniel Littlejohn; division top goalie: Jack Armes; division top defenceman: Graydon PowerPeewee bluePizza Pizza Flyers 3 (goals by Alexander Ng, Nikolas Luce, Andre Freitag; assists by Aidan Kenny, Justin Goping, Matthew Fedsin, Ng, Luce), Optimists Leafs 2 (goals by Alex Staszczyszyn, Kyle Fitzgerald; assists by Nicholas Billingshausen, Dane Khachi, Harrison Reimer); division top scorer: Alexander Ng; division top goalie: David Riolo; division top defenceman: Aidan KennyPeewee whiteBudd’s Chev Olds Panthers 2 (goals by Matthew Popowycz, Aiden Thakkar; assists by Kyle Landreville, Dylan Howse, Mathieu Lecavalier), Budd’s Chev Olds Heat 1 (goal by Andrew Mouchantaf;

assists by Taylor Marcos, Ross Lavole); division top scorer: Liam O’Brien; division top goalie: Jacob Blaney; division top defence-man: Vasily FedotovPeewee MDRoyal Lepage Cobras 2 (goals by Adam Bell, Riley King; assists by Geoff Marchioli, Tyler Blanchard, Liam Robertson), St. Hilda’s Eagles 1 (goal by Hayden Coulman); division top scorers: Nathan Taylor, Hayden Coulman and Riley Coleman; division top goalie: Michael Dipietro; division top defenceman: Bryan WatsonMinor bantam blueCMRG ImPACT Lightning 4 (goals by Steven Marchand 2, Liam Matthews, Fawzy Elsammak; assists by Jakob Webster 2, Ryan

Minor Oaks Hockey Association crowns its house league champions

DIVISION WINNERS: The Oakville Dodge Caravan Black Panthers novice blue team was one of many Minor Oaks Hockey Association house league division champions this season.

See Minor, page 39

It probably should not come as a surprise that James Hinchcliffe’s first IndyCar podium finish came at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The Oakville driver has always excelled on the California street course, dating back to his days on the Atlantic Champ Car series. He finished third at Long Beach in his very first Atlantic race; he earned his first Indy Lights win there; and last year, in just his second IndyCar start, he finished fourth. That had remained his highest finish — since equaled three times, including in this year’s season opener in St. Petersburg, Florida — until Sunday.

The only surprising element to Hinchcliffe’s first chance to uncork some champagne since jjoining the IndyCar circuit was that he was able to overcome a pre-race penalty and then move up five spots in the final eight laps.

The weekend got off to a bad start. Despite qualifying sixth, Hinchcliffe was moved back 10 spots on the starting grid — a penalty lev-ied against 14 drivers for changing their engine before it had met its minimum mileage requirement.

But driving, pit strategy and a last-lap mis-hap all helped him move up.

Hinchcliffe picked up one spot with a pass and two more when cars had to pit for fuel in the final laps. Hinchcliffe and his teammates went with a two-pit strategy and were able to stretch their fuel to avoid a final stop.

“Ultimately it came down to the Andretti

Autosport guys making the best calls on the pit stand,” Hinchcliffe said. “It’s great to have such a cool team behind you, supporting you and making those right decisions. That’s what makes IndyCar racing so cool; you can start 16th and still have a crack at (a podium finish) if you play the strategy right.”

Running fifth on the final lap, Hinchcliffe was behind teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato. Hunter-Reay tried to get by Sato on one of the final turns but ended up making contact and spinning him. Hunter-Reay crossed the line third, followed by Hinchcliffe, but was then penalized 30 sec-

tonds for the contact with Sato, bumping last ryear’s rookie of the year on to the podium for

the first time.“I do feel bad for Ryan,” Hinchcliffe said.

“Obviously I’m (on podium) because of his penalty – we finished fourth on track and sort of only got there because of him. He was punching holes left, right and center and I

fwas just following him through for part of the race.”

Still, Hinchcliffe was enjoying his first podium finish.

“It was an eventful race – I know from my seat it was exciting. I bet it was from the outside too. It’s cool to see some exciting rac-ing back in IndyCar,” he said. “I’m just happy to be (on the podium) and hopefully this isn’t the last time I get a trophy in this series.”

The series heads to Brazil for the Sao Paulo Indy 300 April 29.

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