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Local players denied Buzz impressive in season-opening routBy Jon Kuiperijrivals were Founders Cup national championship final-trip to Royal Bank CupBEAVER SPORTS EDITORists last season.First, the Wellington Dukes beat the Oakville Blades in theMimico, like Oakville, has lost quite a few key playersOntario Junior Hockey League final. Saturday, they ended the bidOakville Buzz head coach Sam Rook acknowledges itsfrom last years team. But Rook still expects a hard-foughtof two Oakville players to advance to the national Jr. A champion-difficult to read too much into his teams season-openingcontest Friday.ship Royal Bank Cup tournament.rout of the Orillia Kings last weekend.I think theyll be typical Mimico, playing tough, saidWellington scored two unanswered goals in the third period toI think its more Orillia is that bad, Rook said of thethe Buzz coach. Theyll make you work for everything. If defeat the Huntsville Otters 5-3 in the final of the Dudley HewittBuzzs 19-2 victory to open the Ontario Lacrosseyou win, youve earned the victory.Cup, the Central Canadian Jr. A championship. The host HuntsvilleAssociation junior B season Saturday in Long-time Toronto Rock star Blaineteam, including Oakvilles Mike Baird and Leo Podolsky, wasOrillia.Manning will attend the Buzzs home openerWe had always undefeated in round-robin play. The Otters were 3-0, including aTrue, the Kings do appear on their way to to conduct a ceremonial opening faceoff andknown we would 3-2 double overtime victory over Wellington.a long year. Orillia suffered a similar beat-sign autographs for fans.have a very skilled Baird had a goal and an assist in the four tournament games.down in its previous game, falling 19-4 to the Following Fridays game, the Buzz willteam. One of theHe had three goals and eight assists in 20 games with HuntsvilleClarington Green Gaels last week.hit the road Saturday for contests in theduring the regular season.good things we But there were still several legitimate rea-Montreal and Cornwall areas. Oakville wontPodulsky, who played junior in Manitoba last season, did notsons for Rook to be excited about his rookie-play another home game until May 13learned is they are play in the tournament but posted a 9-5-2 record in 17 games inladen squad as it prepares for its home opener against the Mississauga Tomahawks.willing to buy in the regular season. He had a 2.19 goals-against average and a .924this weekend against the Mimico NOTES: Robert Bentivegna (four goals,and play as asave percentage.Mountaineers.three assists), Keyan McQueen (two goals,strong team.Huntsville went 25-17-8 to finish fourth in the Ontario JuniorOur young kids continued to play the five assists) and Jackson Hulbert (two goals,Hockey League's North Division during regular-season play. Theright way, rather than making it much more five assists) each had seven points for Oakville Oakville BuzzOtters were eliminated in the best-of-three opening round of theindividual and trying for statistics, Rook said. in the season opener. Ryan Callahan, Bradencoach Sam Rookplayoffs after losing both their games to Orillia in overtime.That was a very positive thing for us to see. Wallace and Greg Campbell contributed twoKids at that point, when they know the other goals and four assists apiece. Eric Walesteam is outmatched, tend to want to be more individual.(two), Spencer Gallant (two) and Brett Ulbikas also talliedFreshman catcher a conference all-starWe had always known we would have a very skilledfor the Buzz Although Hulbert and Campbell had bigOakville's Kirsten Grant wasgames. She posted a .515 slug-team. One of the good things we learned is they are will-games in their debuts, Rook anticipates the affiliate play-recently named to the Coachesging percentage and her .402ing to buy in and play as a strong team, he added.ers will see more time with the Oakville Hawks midgetAll-Panhandle Conference soft-on-base percentage was sec-(Hopefully) it will continue as we get into tougherteam than the Buzz this season. They played very wellball first team.ond-best among the Eaglesgames.and their skills shone, Rook said. Our plan is to try to fitGrant, a freshman catchereveryday players. In conferenceTougher games start Friday at Glen Abbey Recreationthem in when needed. Theyre probably better served infor Tallahassee Communityplay, she batted .333 and ledCentre as the Buzz hosts its first home game of the yearthe long run for being the go-to guys with one of the topCollege, batted .333 with fourthe team with a .448 on-baseat 8 p.m. The Mountaineers one of Oakvilles biggestthree midget teams in the province.home runs and 14 RBIs in 40percentage.NOTICE OFMINOR OAKS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION HOCKEY REGISTRATIONRegistration Opens Monday, May 2, at 12:00 PM5HJLVWHU \RXU WHDP WRGD\ Online Registration will be available toWK $QQLYHUVDU\ -XQH S P D P $SSOHE\ &ROOHJHReturning MOHA Members, and NEW Players born in 2003-2006. *DWKHU IULHQGV IDPLO\ PHPEHUV RU FR ZRUNHUV For those new to MOHA born 2002 or earlier, FUHDWH D WHDP RU MRLQ DQ H[LVWLQJ RQH **Registration formswill be available online atZZZ UHOD\IRUOLIH FD 2DNYLOOH5HPHPEHU 6SRQVRU(YHQW 6SRQVRU &HOHEUDWH 6SRQVRU )LJKW %DFN 6SRQVRU7LP +RUWRQV 5HVWDXUDQW 2ZQHUV RI 2DNYLOOH M*7$ 5ASSOCIATIONHJLRQ *7$ 5HJLRQ 5DGLR 6SRQVRU 79 6SRQVRU2070 Wyecroft Rd., Unit 23ULQW 6SRQVRU6XSSRUWLQJ 6SRQVRU Oakville, Ontario L6L 5V6info@moha.on.ca6XSSRUWLQJ 6SRQVRUV **Please review our website for Registration Instructions to determine what documentation you may require in addition to the registration.www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, April 27, 2011 24