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The win ended the season for the Golden Hawk men's hockey program after a record season that saw them fin- ish with a 22-5-1 record and the second strongest offense in the country. But the "ighlGders started to flash their potential after that, dropping No. 5 seeded Father (may. to reach the semifr nals In the semis, the Highlanders took on the defending champs from Eastern (hmmcrce and fell 66-56. eWilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men's I hockey team was 58 seconds away from qualifying for the CIS national hockey finals. Irtitead Yvan Busque of No. l seeded Moncmn spoiled the perty And he continued to play party spoiler, completing a hat trick 6:26 into the second overtime period to lift the No. I seeded Moncton to a 5-4 win over No. 4 seeded Laurier. "Our team played an absolutely our standing game," said Hawks' head coach Kelly Nobes. "The group we have are tremendous athletes and the silver lining is that we've got a great nucleus of guys who will be back." Moncton answered with two special team goals - one on the power play and one short handed -- in the second period. Highlanders finish fourth at OFSAA basketball finals lhv Sir John A Macdonald nglr ' "hiadritnidAgidrt-aEtrTEPtgAm Limit-M hnum vd hark from a tough . MM . m SEATS . mm opening-round lieo, .H the (”SSA quad l m " u “I- wnmr he“ hash-than championship to m "I. - nun h tht. semfnutlv,aud hmsh fourlh J . O b The Highlanders opened the louma- ment in Hamilton against one of the tournament's host teams, St. Thomas More Playing in a hostile gymnasium proved to he too tough for the High- lander; who dropped a 60-43 decision, In the bronze-medal game they came up iust short against No, 2 seeded Father Henry ( 'art of Fjohicoke. losing S5-48 it was the second overtime contest the Hawks played at the national cham- pionships after beating St. Francis Xavier in an earlier quarterfinal. Minx Grennier led the Hawks with two goals including the first of the game a minute into the contest. Moncton tied up the game minutes later. but Grennier restored the lead and Mark Voakes netted a power-play marker it) give the Hawks a 3-l lead going into the first period. 7 Nathan Peacock put the Hawks up again, giving them a 4-3 lead that held Hawks come up a minute short in reaching CIS hockey finals Specializing In JdMBLfMirtEdAtillAlt Mertedes8enz0ealerAuthorized Ridiculous Restoration Original Paint Finishes Unsurpassed Collision Repair " Com-MU Dr. Km 5 , 9-578-2052 mmmmm MHEH -mulmnmammwmnx-.-mtw Mt-th-rm-lo-rl-o-tIB-to-r-ot-oo-ti-motte- rrroqt-trrrsgh-rmhi"mts run-1m mum-sump) Mun-mum. h‘ua~“lm--I-ul~0uulhw~“* mflnnMn-mwwnmmamnuuflm‘.‘mmmmm-I-mflhlluâ€"thflllmhnHUâ€"I e-tor-tares"-)"-' H-tra-tcis-F-MFI-re-et."---.-'."". h‘u'mlh‘“ m anmwxdmuwnmnua-Mpnfim‘cpuufiulhmbfilhum‘hnuflmi‘u‘uâ€"niflfi m m- mr-tr-trt-terr-d-M. 'ttr-ot-r-r-mo-tttr'."-""'"--'"-""...'.- - r-sara-tr-trt-e-ri-rp-wrt-lor-oo-tith"- 1t.t"t-rMetiteto"tto_t1Bor"t-tq.i"-it LihtN2 yt-rrt.t'.o-tm.h" wanâ€"-nun-magnum-«ammuunmmnauqummmhanuaaâ€"o-mu ‘htunxx msmmmumuumnmzwauzm -tAlMtto-tr-trr-th_tt-tr_-tiit--toe.inruqt"-t-tet-, -t-trriet-rro-i-q-$relh_ mum-mmmwn The Hawks goalie Jeff MacDougald turned out to be the star of the game turning away 30 shots in the final two periods to give the Hawks a chance to advance, up gnu] the last minute of up game "l don't think that it was as bad as it or0tu_iAND8EArS.P0WEMaEArs “mm “WHOM . a u looked," said Laurier' player of the game MacDougald after turning away 50 shots. " thought that our team played well in the defensive zone, "I doit believe it was the toughest game we played this year." WATER“) CHMCLE .Widnesday. Much 28. 2007 . " The loss ended the Hawks season as a national semifinalist, after they earned silver at the Queen's Cup the week before. Theuiversify of New Brunswick went on to defeat the host team from Moncton ' 2 in the finals. _