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OkillSports 22SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 Blades veterans COMEBACK KIDS:come throughThe Oakville minorpeewee AEMark Jooris played a hunch, and it worked.Rangers were a Early in overtime of Tuesdays Ontario Junior Hockey happy bunch afterLeague playoff contest in Kingston, the Oakville Blades winning thehead coach moved Kyle Blaney onto a line with Kyle Ontario Minor Lysaght and Stefan Thompson. A few seconds later, Blaney Hockeyset up Lysaght for a goal that gave the Blades a 3-2 triumph Association cham-and extended Oakvilles season for at least one more game, pionship Saturdaytying the best-of-seven semifinal series with the Voyageurs at Oakville Arena, at three games apiece.completing a dra-The seventh and deciding game will be played tomorrow matic series come-(Friday, not tonight as had been previously reported in the back with a 5-3Beaver) at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, beginning at 7:30 win over the New p.m.TecumsethBlaneys been playing real well, so I played a hunch, Tornados.Jooris said of the line adjustment that led to Lysaghts win-ner 2:01 into overtime. He made a great play made a nice pass to Lysaght, and Lysaght did what he does. He finished.Lysaght, a 20-year-old Georgia native in his second year with the Blades, was the second Oakville veteran to come Minor peewees complete the comebackup with a season-saving goal. Fellow 20-year-old Mark McGowan forced overtime by scoring the game-tying By Jon KuiperijStill, the Rangers were just a goal away from being swept.marker with 3:29 to go in regulation time.BEAVER SPORTS EDITORThe third game of the series went into overtime, where defence-Thompson, another veteran had Oakvilles other goal, man Ryan Rutherham pinched in from the point to giveopening the scoring in the first period.Losing the first two games of their Ontario Minor HockeyOakville its first win of the series.Situations like this, you need your best to be your best. Association final didnt discourage the Oakville minor peeweeThe following game, the Rangers built leads of 3-1 and 4-2They need to step up in character situations, said Jooris, AE Rangers.before the Tornados came back, tying the contest with 18 sec-who was pleased with the poise his club showed in the third If anything, it made them better.onds remaining in regulation time. The teams settled for a 4-4period and overtime.The Rangers completed an impressive series rally Saturdaytie, leaving New Tecumseth just one point away from the OMHA Now the Blades hope to ride that momemtum into at Oakville Arena, defeating the New Tecumseth Tornados 5-3 tochampionship.Game 7 tomorrow as they try to earn their fourth straight win the OMHA first-to-six-points series in six games. OakvilleI was nervous about that one, how theyd react, Guaytrip to the league finals.finished the series with three wins and a tie in its last four con-admitted.Jooris is hoping the Blades can benefit from the same tests, including a 9-1 drubbing of the Tornados in Game 5 inThose nerves were quickly calmed in Game 5 as Oakvilletype of crowd support the Voyageurs have received through-New Tecumseth.blew the Tornados away.out the series. More than 1,000 people jammed the Invista No one felt after the first two losses that it was a dramaticI still dont understand what happened, Guay said of theCentre in Kingston Tuesday night.situation and that wed been outplayed, said Rangers head9-1 win. Things were just clicking, our passes were clicking, weWe need a ton of Oakville fans, Jooris said. Thats coach Phil Guay. We lost the first game in overtime and thewere getting the bounces early. Clearly at the end, (thewhat we need, a full house. It really comes into play when second game only by a goal, so we felt we were in the games.Tornados) were completely overwhelmed. It set the tone for thethe kids can build off that hometown crowd.The boys didnt give up and we changed a little bit how we werelast game. Jon Kuiperijplaying those guys.See All, page 23