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A thrilling 2-1 overtime win over the NobleKing Knights gave the Oakville minor peewee A Rangers the title at the recent Can/Am tournament in Lake Placid, N.Y.

The Rangers won three of their games and tied the other two at the competition despite playing against some older teams.

“The team’s constant no-quit, team-first attitude is what helped them achieve the championship win,” said Oakville coach Jamie Church.

The Rangers squad includes Noah Church, Owen McLean, Dylan Greenhalgh, Ethan Paulos, Francesco Commisso, Cooper Elliott, Tristan Kerec, Isaac Boutin, Easton Lindsay, Robbie Gauthier, Jodh Dhillon, Curtis Hui, Kyle Misztal, Tyler Adams, Matthew Tani, Curtis Goddard and Yuhan Lu. Dave Kerec and Keith Elliott are the team’s assistant coaches, Al Paulos and Jatinder Dhillon are the trainers, and Maria Hui is the manager.

Novice A

The novice A Rangers posted three shut-out victories, including one in the final, to win the recent Georgetown Harvest Best of the Best Tournament.

After posting 7-0 wins over Ajax and Georgetown and earning a 2-2 draw with Burlington in qualifying, the Rangers edged Ajax 3-2 in the semifinals and blanked Georgetown 6-0 in the final. Nicholas McNevin and Natthan Jesseau shared the shutout in the championship game. Sean Ecclestone had four points in the final, with

Tyler Tufford and Liam Austin contributing three points apiece.

Other members of the Rangers are Alexandre Dupuis, Brodigh Maandag, Cole Semeniuk, Dylan Eadie, Dylan Lamb, Jack Wieninger, Jacob Schneider, Liam Boswell, Lucas Mathers, Rian Meisner, Ryan Gregoire and Stevie Flynn. David Jesseau, Al Gregoire, Andrew Mathers and Randy Meisner are the coaches, Ian McNevin is the trainer and Tony Semeniuk is the manager.

Bantam AE 1

The bantam AE 1 Rangers recently claimed the championship at a tournament in Uxbridge, outscoring their opponents 11-1 in winning all five of their games.

Adam Nemcsek (three goals, one assist), Adam Lefebvre (two goals, two assists) and Cameron Stone (two goals) led the Rangers’ offensive attack in support of goaltenders Malik Wocker and Malcolm Beard. Also con-tributing to the win were Luke Dickson, Connor Sinclair, Ben Yacula, Ben Hamburg, Brandon Watada, Hamish McNeil, Matthew Damery, Jacob Zedor, Jack Baldin, Eric Hansen, Jake Dickson and Bradley Byers.

“Our team is going to continue to com-pete hard all year long and the kids know that is what they will have to do to be successful,” said Rangers coach Mike Stone, whose team will compete in the Silver Stick qualifier in Chatham and the Three Rivers Cup tourna-ment in Pittsburgh later this season.

Rod Damery, Zoltan Nemcsek and Joe Baldin also coach the team, Brian Watada is the trainer and Linda Hansen and Marilyn Damery share the managerial duties.

Minor peewees claimCan/Am title in overtime

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TROIKA OF TITLE WINNERS: Pictured from top to bottom, the Oakville minor peewee A, novice A and bantam AE 1 Rangers teams all won hockey tournaments recently.

“We were really excited to have Evan,” said Blades general manager Duncan Harvey. “His reputation had been growing the last couple of years and we knew we were inher-iting a pretty special goaltender. Once he got here, our staff was even more impressed than what we had heard.”

The Burlington native has continued to impress his new team. Though he entered the season as the No. 1, even the Blades didn’t anticipate Buitenhaus carrying the workload he has shouldered. After stopping 28 shots in a 3-2 loss to Georgetown in his Blades’ debut, Buitenhaus reeled off six straight victories. He has started all but two of the Blades’ 21 games.

“Evan hasn’t done anything to stop deserving being in net,” Harvey said. “Even in the couple of losses he’s had, he’s played really well.”

With a record of 12-5-3, Buitenhaus has yet to allow more than three goals in any of his losses and his 2.52 average ranks among the top 10 in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. And like last season in Thorold, the best might be yet to come. Buitenhuis was

named the OJHL goalie of the month for October after going 5-1-2 with a 1.41 aver-age, a .938 save percentage and three shut-outs.

Buitenhaus has handled the transition to a new team and new league with ease. He credits his two-year junior apprenticeship for preparing him for the opportunity with the Blades. The biggest adjustment to Jr. A has been having to be at his best every night.

“The weaker teams in this league can still give you a run for your money,” he said. “Before against the weaker teams you could just go along for the ride.”

Now, the 6-foot-2 netminder hopes to take the Blades for a long ride.

“We want to finish as high as we can (in the regular season) and then we want to win it all,” he said. “We’re a young team but we can do it.”

And his team is confident Buitenhaus is the guy who can lead the way.

“He’s a guy who makes the key saves,” Harvey said. “When that moment arrives and you need your goalie to come up big, he does it time after time.”

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