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S H U T E -- I N G W I T H S T A R S Smith backstops North Bay into OHL final Oakville's Jake Smith stopped 31 shots in a 3-2 win Wednesday to help the North Bay Battalion complete a four-game sweep of the Oshawa Generals and claim the Bobby Orr Trophy as the OHL 's Eastern Conference champions. Smith was outstanding in the series, allowing just Jake Smith seven goals on 91 shots | Terry Wilson -- for a .923 save percentage OHL Images and a 1.75 goals-against average in the series. Smith is 12-5 with three shutouts in the playoffs, posting a 2.01 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage. North Bay will face either the Erie Otters or Guelph Storm in the OHL final. Erie leads the Western final 3-1 going into tonight (Friday) action. Oshawa's loss ended the junior career of Oakville's Scott Laughton, who had a goal and three assists in three games in the series. Laughton finished with four goals and 11 points in nine playoff games. In his four seasons with the Generals, the Philadelphia Flyers' first-round pick in 2012 had 96 goals and 219 points in 230 games and added 31 more points in 32 playoff games. Ex-Rangers recognized by OHL for scholastics Oakville's Jesse Barwell was named to the Ontario Hockey League scholastic team. A second-round pick of Mississauga in last year's draft, Barwell had four goals and 29 | Friday, April 25, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Hockey Briefs 13 assists in 60 games in his rookie season with the Steelheads. Barwell was the Steelheads' nominee for the OHL scholastic player of the year. Barwell's former Oakville Rangers teammate Adam Craievich was the nominee for the Guelph Storm. The Sarnia native was also named the winner of the Ivan Tennant Memorial Award as the league's top academic high school student. Oakville players thriving at Esso Cup Oakville's Rachel Marmen and Claire Merrick each had an assist as the Stoney Creek Sabres edged the Weyburn Gold Wings 3-2 Wednesday in a battle of the last two unbeaten teams at the Esso Cup. The win improved the host Sabres to 4-0 at the national midget girls' hockey tourney. Merrick had two goals and an assist in Stoney Creek's opener, an 8-1 win over the Moncton Rockets. The Sabres followed that up with a 3-0 shutout of the Fraser Valley Phantom. Stoney Creek then edged the Sudbury Lady Wolves, the team that beat the Sabres in Tuesday's provincial final, 2-1. Stoney Creek wrapped up round-robin play last night (Thursday). The semifinals will be played tonight (Friday) and the goldmedal game will be televised on TSN Saturday at 4 p.m. Former Toronto Raptors fan favourite Muggsy Bogues (bottom right) puts members of the Oakville Venom under-13 boys' bantam 2 basketball team through a parachute sprint earlier this month at the Air Canada Centre. The Venom earned the opportunity to train at the Raptors facility through the Ford of Canada Drills & Skills program, which recognizes youth hockey and basketball teams for contributing to their communities. The Venom also toured the Raptors' locker room, met with professional coaches and nutritionists and received Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment merchandise. | photo submitted The Oakville Oilers peewee house league hockey team won a recent tournament in Havelock. | photo submitted Peewee Oilers slick at Havelock tournament Two goals per game was enough for the Oakville Oilers peewee house league hockey team to win the championship at the recent Jamie Gratton Memorial tournament in Havelock. The Oilers blanked Oshawa 2-0 in their first game, tied Peterborough Douro 2-2 in their second and edged the host Havelock Hawks 2-1 in the gold-medal contest. Members of the team are Justin Ferrari, Imran Koehnen, Carson Best, Curtis Large, David Pavlin, Jeremy Graham, Luke Everest, Joshua Reid, Ethan Zabarylo, Ben Allmark, Stuart Telfer, Liam Fujita, Julian Walker, Mitchell Switzer and Chris Vernon. Coaches and trainers are Russ Vernon, Ray Donaldson, Stu Large and Dan Zabarylo. u AL sF Online registration is open for the 2014 season for all programs. If you prefer to register in person, check the calendar on our website for in-person registration dates. P A T M S A r T e S m L m INFORMATION AND ALL BMFA FOOTBALL REGISTRATION REGISTRATION SESSION NOW OPEN S R S E R D E E P D ME Stampeders Fall Registraton In-Person and Online and then pick-up equipment on MAY 7TH & MAY 10TH, 2014 FALL STAMPEDIERS have joined the Ontario Football League (OFL). FREE Stampeders T Shirt to all who try out. All equipment except shoes provided by the BMFA. Practice and home games are on turf fields. Buses provided for players for all out of town games. BMFA donates approximately $5000 dollars each season to "STAMP OUT CANCER". ATOM (players born 2004-2005) PEEWEE (players born 2002, 2003) BANTAM (players born 2000, 2001) Local schools in HDSB basketball Tier 1 championship games Oakville schools played in both the Halton District School Board's elementary boys' and girls' Tier 1 basketball finals last night (Thursday) at Milton's Craig Kielburger high school. Pilgrim Wood looked for its first-ever undefeated season as it took on Milton's Tiger Jeet Singh in the boys' final. Forest Trail, coming off a 33-23 victory over Chris Hadfield in the semis, clashed with Burlington's Alexander's in the girls' contest. Coverage of those games will appear in one of next week's editions of the Beaver as well as on our website, www.oakvillebeaver.com. nNm oO MIN gGtT n i l N r I u L R b . .BU W www WW AT W O N E ONLIN balLl.Lc R E CaA . T S I t A B o o T f REG O r O oRF in NO Be a part of over 20 Provincial Championships.