The OJHL West Conference’s hottest team shows no signs of cooling off.
With a strong start and balanced attack in Oakville Tuesday, the Menace knocked off the Blades 5-2 for the fifth straight win and eighth in their last nine outings.
Milton hasn’t lost in regulation time in 11 contests and – at 20-9-0-3 – now shares third place in the division with Burlington, and has two games in hand.
Austin McKillop recorded his 13th season win between the pipes in a solid but not heavily tested night – turning back 18 shots.
The Menace had twice as many scoring chances as their hosts and jumped out to a 3-0 lead en route to victory.
Marcus Tryfon and Justin Dezoete scored their first of the year, while also finding the back of the net were Marco Costante, Ivan Fabjan and Alexandr Siletsky.
The Menace head home to begin a three-game stand at Memorial Arena Friday against Georgetown. Game time, as always, is 7:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, Milton standout is in Camrose, Alberta this week for the Jr. A World Challenge.
He had a pair of assists for Canada East in yesterday’s 6-1 triumph over Canada West, which followed Monday’s 8-0 shellacking at the hands of the U.S.
Canada East wraps up the preliminary round tomorrow (Dec. 12) against Sweden.
The tournament runs until Sunday.