Police search for witness after pedestrian killed on Walpole Island First Nation
Petrolia Midget Rep Oilers headed to Silver Stick semi-final
January 18, 2014
The Petrolia Oiler Midget Reps will take their hard-hitting style of hockey to the Silver Stick semi-final Sunday morning. Here, Mitch Wilson give one of the Collingwood Blackhawks a close up view of the ice and was rewarded with a penalty.
The Petrolia Oiler Midget reps will face the Sarnia Sting 96A in the semi-final of the North American Silver Stick Final early Sunday morning.
The Oilers were 2-0 after beating Sarnia Sting MD 8-1 and Brampton 6-5. The Oilers looked to be heading to a 3-0 record up 3-2 with only 1:46 left in the game against Collingwood tied it up. There was no overtime.
The Oilers face Sarnia at 7 am. The winner of that game will face either Collingwood or Ajax in the final at noon.
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