(Posted 3:30 p.m., Feb. 13)
Minor Midget Rangers looking forward to post season after clinching regular season banner
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

The Gloucester Rangers Minor Midget AA team has clinched the OEMHL regular season title after downing the Rideau-St. Lawrence Kings 2-1 on Jan. 26.

A pair of second period goals by Andrew Burke and Justin Brennan was all the Rangers needed to get the win. while Colin Murray picked up his second shutout of the season and the team's fifth.

One of the goals the team had this year was to keep their goals against down which they've managed to do. Murray and teammate Jean-Pierre Peladeau have only allowed 57 regular season goals in 30 games good enough for a 1.90 goals against average.

But none of that matters unless they achieve their ultimate goal of winning the OEMHL championship. They were in the exact same position last year and ended up bowing out of the playoffs in the first round.

This year they have their eyes set squarely on the prize as they go for the difficult double in adding a OEMHL championship banner to their regular season flag.

The Rangers finished the season with a 21-7-2 record, six points clear of the Eastern Ontario Cobras. They won one tournament and lost in the finals of two others.

Coach Jim Cooke says the team is pumped for the playoffs and can't wake to make amends for their early exit last year. There is no provincial championship at the Minor Midget level, which means there is no tomorrow. The season ends when the playoffs end, and hopefully they will end the playoffs with a trophy and a banner.

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