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30 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE * Wednesday, February 27, 2008 wunsom womer . | . mm moneron | .. wromers wess womsons comppuntom . sutoiintm Ei | omare | in == = | RB mc BBE w | â€"â€"~ | OV SEASONS OF IMMIGRATION 5,000 FREE ROUNDS or ONTARIO GOLF TO BE GIVEN AWAY! 1 Hawks advance to OUA finals Laughter, tears and triumphs...all in one suitcase! A Play based on Real Life Experiences of Immigrants to Waterloo Region. ¢ ol . * hb 00@ 1161.1 pni oC Tuesday, March 18 * 8SPM Ticket Centre Hours: Mon to Fr: 10am â€" Bom * Sat 10am â€" 6pm * Closed Sun ) TICKETS *3s Sarulgaty" AALLILLGC 1 $00 265â€"8 INT‘HESQMRCE |'o|3‘2.9m2.33-x'm9mu 519578â€"1570 The Waterloo Ravens girls hockey team, made up of nineâ€" and 10â€"yeâ€"ar-old players, took on the Woolwich Wild at RIM Park last weekend. . se SmOG Lauren Barch scored the gameâ€"winning goal for the No. 3 nationally ranked Wilfrid Lautier Golden Hawks (23â€"2â€"2) in overtime to eliminate the Queen‘s Golden Gaels (12â€"9â€"6) in the provinâ€" cial semifinal. Barch knocked a rebound by Queen‘s Melissa John at the 8:02 mark of the first overtime period. The goal came on the power play after Michelle Hunt was called on a tripping call at 7:42. "It‘s awfully tough to win the game on an overâ€" time penalty call," said head coach Rick Osborne. "Our power play unit is a fairly strong group comâ€" pared to most in the country and although the teams were tired after a long and hardâ€"fought game, they were able to put it in." broughtto _ \N@ateLTLOs _ John, the Queen‘s goalie, had previously stopped 35 shots on net in the contest and had been trouble for the Golden Hawks all season long. "We always have trouble finishing against Queen‘s," said Barch. _ â€" â€" Barch‘s shot came after Stephanie Crarey carâ€" ried the puck into the zone and put a shot on net. Meschina redirected the puck and John stopped it only to have the rebound go to Barch. 0 “Thr'ough the entire season we‘ve outâ€"shot them significantly, we‘ve realized we wanted that The Waterloo Wolves major midget Triple "A" split their first two games in the Alliance hockâ€" ey semifinals against the Windâ€" sor Jr. Spitfires. The Wolves apened the series with a 4â€"1 win over the Jr. Spitâ€" fires. Scott Nagy, Josh Zehr, Matt Horst and Corey Way scored for the Wolves. Way also drew the lone assist. The Jr. Spitfires doubled up the Wolves in game two defeatâ€" ing the Waterloo squad 4â€"2. _ Kyle Wilhelm and Nagy scored for the Wolves. Assists went to Stefan Thompson, Colton Wolfeâ€"Sabo, Mike Young and Mike Pleon. Wolves split against Jr. Spitfires Bantam Wolves beat Sarnia The Waterloo Double A major bantam Wolves wrapped up a successful first round playoff series against Sarnia on Saturday with a 2â€"1 win. Josh Duke opened the scorâ€" mattress Ravens flock to the puck ing for the Wolves while Troy Williams added the game winâ€" ner. Wolves assists went to Jonathan Witt, Williams and Duke. The Wolves also got an outstanding goaltending perâ€" formance from Alex Elliott to limit Sarnia to one goal. Timberwolves earn 4 points The Waterloo minor peewee MD TimberWolves opened their playoff with two ties and a win. They TimberWolves opened the postâ€"season with‘a 1â€"1 tie against the Waterloo Ice Wolves. _ Jacob Sullivan scored for the TimberWolves, assisted by Cameron Cairney. c Chris Martin responded for the Ice Wolves assisted by Tristan Rean and Jacob Rawlingson. The TimberWolves then tied Burlington 2â€"2. Jacob Sullivan opened the scoring assisted by Scott Habel and Justin Strauss. Habel also added the second TimberWolves game in overtime and just pushed until we were able to get the goal." _ _ _ ___________ Laurier‘s Liz Knox faced 16 shots in the contest to earn the shutout. The win is her second of the playoffs and 22nd of the season. She has also had a league high, eight shutouts on the year. Queen‘s was trying to avoid elimination at all costs and although they found opportunity to shoot on net the Hawks were controlling the puck through the majority of the contest. The Golden Hawks will now move on to the provincial championship for the eighth consecuâ€" tive time. Laurier will host the No. 6â€"ranked Uniâ€" versity of Toronto Varsity Blues, starting tonight, 7:30 p.m., at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex‘s Sun Life Financial Arena. "We‘ve seen each other multiple times in the playoffs," said Osborne on the championship series against Toronto, who defeated Guelph in overtime to advance earlier Saturday. "Our team‘s match up very close and it should be a good series." _ 283 Northfield Drive 519â€"747â€"3729 www waterloomattress.ca This season Laurier has a 2â€"0â€"1 record against Toronto, shutting them out twice before tying the Blues late in the year. The two wins came by idenâ€" tical 2â€"0 scores, while the Hawks tied the 2â€"2 to finish out their regular season meetings. The TimberWolves followed that up with a 7â€"1 win over Flamborough. Strauss opened the scoring, assisted by Sullivan. The winning goal went to Houston Meyer assisted by Spencer Owen. _ _ _ â€" Other TimberWolves goals went to Cole McCaughn, Sulliâ€" van, Cairney, lan Andersonâ€" McKenzie and Scott Habel. Assists went to Ina Andersonâ€" McKenzie, Meyer, Brett Campâ€" bell, Sullivan, Cairney and The Waterloo Ice Wolves major atom MD hockey team won backâ€"toâ€"back playoff games They beat Cambridge 5â€"2 before beating the Brantford 99‘ers 1â€"0. Webster Steele earned the shutout while Nathan Huehn had the game winner against Brantford. Ice Wolves shutout Brantford GREG MACDONALD PHOTO