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Blades coach, captain see season as success continued from p.10 said. "All season long, our two main ingredients for success... were goaltending and the power play." Despite the early playoff exit, however, both Gomes and Orbinski felt the season was a successs considering the organization's recent facelift. The Blades were sold to Toronto-based lawyer Ira Berg last summer by long-time owner, president and general manager Carlo Coccimiglio, who guided the team to four consecutive appearances in the OJHL final and two trips to the RBC Royal Bank Cup national championships between 2008 and 2011. Duncan Harvey replaced Coccimiglio as the Blades' GM and Gomes unseated Matt Moore as coach, and Orbinski was the lone remaining player from last year's roster. "Everything was a clean slate," said Orbinski. "I think things went pretty well for how young we were. Obviously the playoffs didn't go the way we wanted, but I'm pretty happy with the rest of the year." Oakville finished fifth in the South West Conference with a regular-season record of 34-16-5, though a late-season slump cost the Blades home-ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. The team's attendance also dramatically improved Aidan Orbinski Oakville Blades captain this season, drawing a league-high average of 596 fans per game. "Overall, it's been a first for a lot of us here, including ownership and coaches," Gomes said. "We'd have to say it's been a success. But there's always room for improvement, and we'll be better next year." NOTES: Jonah Renouf, Jimmy Cusan, Patrick Chore and Kyle Jenkins scored for Oakville Friday. Liam Kerins had a hat trick to pace the Rangers... North York's Corey Kalk (14 points) and John Carpino (10 points) both sliced up the Blades in the series, though each was held pointless in Game 6... The Rangers outshot Oakville 207-168 in the six games...In the South West Conference. North York will face No. 1 seed Buffalo in Round 2, while second-ranked Georgetown draws the third-seeded St. Michael's Buzzers. In the North East Conference, third-ranked Kingston was the lone favourite to survive Round 1, with Newmarket (5), Lindsay (7) and Cobourg (8) pulling off upsets. Toronto Rock practice facility can accommodate MSL schedule continued from p.10 teams voted 4-1 in favour of the transfer Sunday, with the lone dissenting vote coming from Brampton. Titans general manager Josh Briscoe said he was informed of the proposal in the past week. He received a brief call from the Ajax-Pickering organization and received an email asking for his support of the move. Under the OLA's rules, the Titans would have to affiliate with the Rock. "We were caught off guard," he said. "We've had a successful affiliation with Brampton for three years, so there is some concern. There are still some things to sort out." Roche approached TRAC owner Jamie Dawick about playing out of the facility about a month ago. He said the recentlyopened, lacrosse-specific building was the biggest draw in choosing Oakville. "It's what we've been looking for," Roche said. "It's already got carpet, it's got air conditioning in the summer. It's a great allaround facility." "I have the time available to accommodate the Ajax schedule," Dawick said in a statement provided by a Toronto Rock spokesperson. "MSL is the highest level of lacrosse played in the NLL off-season and we're happy to have them play at the TRAC." There is no affiliation between Dawick, who owns the NLL's Toronto Rock, and Jordan MacIntosh, pictured playing for the Ajax-Pickering Rock in 2011, is one of many Oakville residents who play Major Series Lacrosse. | Oakville Beaver file photo 11 | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com I think things went pretty well for how young we were. Roche. Roche said the name Rock was chosen when Ajax-Pickering was launched more than a decade ago, and the team has used it ever since. Though Roche was prepared to change the name if Dawick objected, he said they have come to an agreement to continue to use the Rock name. Roche said a large and growing minor system was another reason for choosing Oakville, as well as the fact most of the team's players live west of Toronto. He said the team was often forced to play shorthanded when players' work schedules conflicted with game times. "It was tough," said Oakville's Alex Crepinsek, who played for Ajax-Pickering last season, "especially games on a Friday where you work all day and then you try to get across the city in rush hour traffic or cottage traffic." Crepinsek plays for the Minnesota Swarm of the NLL in the winter and the MSL attracts many of the league's top play- ers. Oakville players such as Dan Dawson, Paul Dawson and Chris Corbeil (Brampton), Jordan MacIntosh (Peterborough) and Josh Ruys (Brooklin), as well as many former Oakville Buzz players such as Brenden Thenhaus (Kitchener-Waterloo), play in both leagues. Crepinsek said having an MSL team would only help enhance Oakville's growing reputation as a lacrosse centre. "A lot of young kids are starting to play lacrosse and (having an MSL team) would be even better in gaining some momentum and creating a bit of a buzz. Oakville's pretty prominent within lacrosse, and this would only make it better." While having some of the sport's biggest stars playing in town would certainly be a boon for fans, it is one of Briscoe's concerns in terms of the impact that it would have on other teams in terms of attendance. 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