Titans Summer Stay In Shape Program

Titans will once again be offering a Stay in Shape program starting in early June and running to mid-August, on Sunday and Wednesday evenings, 7-9pm at the Nepean Sportsplex Pool. The program is open to registered Titans competitive and recreational house league athletes. We are currently working out costs and confirming exact dates. Season passes, as well as 10-session and 5-session passes will be available. Stay tuned for more information, coming soon via Titans e-news. Thank you to parent volunteer Aloysia Pinto for stepping up to organize this summer program!

DEADLINE EXTENDED for Titans Survey of Competitive Athletes and Parents

For those of you who have taken the time to complete our online anonymous survey, we thank you! For those of you who haven't yet, please take the time, and encourage the players to do so as well. Your feedback is important to us, and we can only use your ideas if you inform us. There are different versions of the survey for parents and athletes, and we would like to hear from all of you.

Deadline has been extended to Sunday, April 20, for those who would like a few extra days!

Survey for Parents
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gnm2QARlLuLxEdT1tLmZ9Q_3d_3d

Survey for Athletes
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fL0bneH0msoSKtALf6OA6Q_3d_3d

16U Men's Provincials London, April 11-13, 2008

Titans Bull Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks: Success at Provincials
Submitted by Camelita Olivotto

The Bull Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks traveled to London, Ontario this past weekend for the 16U Men's Provincial championships. The two AA Titans teams faced some strong rivals in the group of ten teams, among them a number of AAA teams, including Titans own Tiger Sharks!

Bull Sharks: In the opening game, the Bull Sharks challenged the York Mavericks B team for a berth in either the A pool or B pool for the Cadet Men's Provincials championships. Andrew Diperna led the scoring with 7 goals, Corbin Tremblay added 4 to the total while Simon Mills rounded things off with an additional 2. The win moved the team into the A pool and tough battles against the four top teams, including our own Tiger Sharks.

Andrew scored the two goals in the second game against York, and he, Corbin Tremblay, Dusan Boskovic and Campbell Osler all managed to break through the strong Scarborough defense to score in game three. To add a little spice to game four, in which the Bull Sharks were up against the Tiger Sharks, at the last minute coaches Nick Forster and Pierre Fiset switched teams and really challenged the performance of the two teams!! In the final match up, Campbell and Corbin scored one and two goals respectively. All ten players demonstrated determination and the hard work they have put into training showed in their performance. Congratulations to all the Bull Sharks and special congratulations to Dusan Boskovic and MacKenzie Ricketts for being named to the Tournament All-star team!

Hammerhead Sharks: On Friday evening the Hammerhead Sharks lost to Scarborough which moved them into the B pool for the tournament. Over the course of the next two days, the team won three of their four games and only lost the fourth game by one point. The final score in game two against York B was 11 to 1, with Sebastian Dragnea, Jesse Norton, Aidan Robern and Colin Anderson all contributing goals. Although the team lost game three 5 to 6, goalie Ian Stonebridge blocked 23 shots on goal while Ryan Ing, Ben Paterson and Greg Dodd contributed the goals. Final score of game four against London was 10 to 3, during which Colin Anderson, Ryan Ing made three goals each, Alex Prescott scored two and Jesse Norton and Ben Paterson made one each. The team finished off the tournament with a resounding victory in game five in which Ben, Alex, Ryan, Colin, Sebastian, Greg, Jesse and Alek Krsmanovic all made it onto the scoreboard. The hard work and strong performance resulted in the Hammerheads placing second in the B pool. Congratulations to all ten players!

Both teams enjoyed the experience of participating in Provincials and rounded off the weekend with a quick trip to Dollarama for noise makers then proceeded to raise the roof of the sports complex in cheering on the Tiger Sharks during their Gold medal performance. Thanks very much to coaches Nick Forster and Tristan Nuyens for all the support and encouragement.

Titans Tiger Sharks Win Gold at 16U Men's Provincials
Submitted by Gilles Landriault

The Tiger Sharks had a great week-end, winning all their games including the gold medal game on Sunday. Congratulations to the team, to Lyle Brooks for being named to the All-star team and Tournament MVP, to Ogi Gutovic for also being named to the Tournament All-star team and an honourable mention for both goalies for their strong performance.

The team had an easy game against London Friday evening blanking them 23 - 0, advancing to the A-side to face Hamilton, York and Scarborough Saturday. They first met Hamilton winning 11 - 4, then met York which proved more challenging with a score of 4 - 2 in the first half and winning 7 - 2. Our very strong defense kept Dusan in check when we met Scarborough, where he scored their only goal on a 5-meter penalty shot. The Tiger Sharks won the game 9 - 1. We then played the Bull Sharks on Sunday, winning 16 - 0.

We met the York Mavericks in the Gold Medal game, and it proved very challenging. After taking a 4 - 1 lead early in the third quarter, the quarter ended with a 4 - 3 score and with approximately one and a half minute left Scarborough tied the game at 4 all. The team did well under adversity and scored a fifth goal with one minute left in the game.

Ogi was the top scorer with David T., Alec, and James tied for second place. Our defensive game was also very good in support of the goaltenders.

Again, thanks to the players, the coaching staff and the chaperones for the great week-end.