25 · Friday, January 13, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com COMING SOON TO OAKVILLE Canada's First-Ever Private Hockey Academy $+ $ MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER EXPERT ADVICE: Longtime Canadian women's national hockey team player Jayna Hefford (right) instructs the Oakville atom A Hornets at the team's practice Monday. Atom A Hornets get a surprise visit from Olympic y p champion p Members of the Oakville atom A Hornets benefited from the expertise of an Olympic champion earlier this week. The Hornets were surprised at their Monday practice by an appearance by longtime Canadian women's national hockey team member Jayna Hefford, who put the players through drills and also spoke to them about setting goals and working hard. Hefford is a four-time Olympic medalist (three gold, one silver) and a six-time world champion. The forward scored the gamewinning goal in the 2002 Olympic gold medal game, a 3-2 Canadian win over the United States. Canada had dropped its previous eight meetings with the Americans that year. Hefford also told the Hornets about preparing for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Canada did not win gold at the world championships that year but focused on getting better each practice, and went on to win Olympic gold. Royal Bank of Canada's Play Hockey program and RBC DS Lester Wealth Management sponsored Hefford's appearance at the Hornets practice. $ ' 9$ 1 & ( +2&.(< $&$'(0< OPEN HOUSE!!! Saturday, January 14th 10:00am - 4:00pm PRIVATE HOCKEY ACADEMY LIMITED MEMBERSHIP: AGES 6 - 13 Games, Prizes and Equipment Trials. Bring the boys and girls and come check us out! Don't forget to bring your stick! Taekwon-do instructional course Jan. 20 Local Taekwon-do instructor and Oakville Sports Hall of Fame member Mike Morningstar will host an ITF International Instructors Training Course in Oakville later this month. Leading the course on Friday, Jan. 20 will be 72-year-old Korean ninth-degree black belt grand master Rhee Ki Ha, who will instruct black belts and red belts in the finer points of Taekwon-do. He will be accompanied by his son, seventh-degree black belt master Andrew K.H. Ree. Black belt instructors from across Canada, the U.S., Puerto Rico, Australia, the United Kingdom, Kenya, Pakistan and Ethiopia will visit Oakville for the course. Serious students of Taekwon-do are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Mike Morningstar at Morningstar Taekwon-Do by calling 905847-8955, or visit www.mstartkd.com "Developing Healthy Lifestyle Habits Through Hockey" CALL US TODAY TO BOOK A PERSONAL TOUR OR DROP BY TO VISIT OUR NEW FACILITY. We Service: CFM, DRU, GSW, Hunter, Gas Fireplace Repair Solving Solving Problems Problems Since`82! Since `82! Experience is the Difference! 905-845-0701 E-MAIL: scott@gasfix.ca Insta-Flame, Valor, Napoleon, Regency, Majestic, Heat-N-Glo, Heatilator, Selkrik, GTI, Dovre, Pacific Energy, Town & Country Security, HearthStone, Montigo, Lennox, Temco, Kingsman, Polaris, Heritage, Drolet, Continental, Vermount Casting, Osbourne & many other brands. WWW. ADVANCEHOCKEYACADEMY.COM 2220 Speers Road Oakville Phone: 289-430-7298