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Sports Oakville Beaver By Herb Garbutt SPORTS EDITOR:JONKUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012 19 Buzz already benefiting from last year's experience back to rout the Nepean Knights 20-4 Sunday. OAKVILLEBEAVERSTAFF McQueen finished the weekend Growing up in Burlington, Keyan with 20 points, including a fourMcQueen watched the Jr. A Chiefs, goal, 10-point performance against but he never saw a Jr. B lacrosse the Knights. Callahan had two goals game until he pulled on an Oakville in each of the games and had 13 Buzz jersey for last year's season points on the weekend. The Buzz also has another good opener. McQueen was one of 14 rookies rookie crop this season, led by Sam in the lineup against Orillia that Neeb, who had hat tricks in both road night but he didn't play like one, games, plus four assists in Friday's scoring twice and setting up five opener. Greg Campbell also had three more. McQueen went on to lead the goals and three assists in Nepean. The Buzz took Buzz in scoring with full advantage of its 53 points in 20 "We have a little more power-play in games. Though the swagger. We're not Friday's win. Mimico Buzz had a success- trying to make an racked up 80 minful regular season, impression on the utes in penalties and going 13-7, it bowed the Buzz made the out in four games in coach, we're just trying Mountaineers pay, the first round of the to win games." scoring six times playoffs. with the man advanNo longer rook- Oakville Buzz second-year tage, two of them by ies, the Buzz entered player Keyan McQueen Jared McHenry. this season with a Oakville's special teams were much different attitude. "We have a little more swagger," decidedly less special the following McQueen said. "We're not trying to night in Gloucester. The Buzz was make an impression on the coach, 0-for-8 on the powerplay and surrendered three shorthanded goals, we're just trying to win games." McQueen helped the Buzz do including the two in the final period, that Friday night as Oakville topped each coming with the score tied. The Mimico 13-6 in its Ontario Lacrosse Griffins would take the lead for good, Association season opener. The scoring the winner with just two 18-year-old McQueen equaled last minutes to play. Oakville rebounded the following season's opener with seven points, this time with a career-best four day with an offensive explosion that goals. The first two came as a part of saw it score seven times in the first an eight-goal outburst in the span of period and then add eight unan11 minutes in the opening period swered goals in the third. Six different players had at least five points, that put the Buzz up 8-1. "It makes a big difference," Buzz including McQueen, Callahan, coach Sam Rook said of having a Campbell, Will Glover (three goals, year of junior experience. "Keyan two assists), Spencer Gallant (two McQueen's game has matured. You goals, three assists) and Nick can see him and Ryan Callahan are Crepinsek (one goal, four assists). NOTES: Oakville hosts more confident. Any rookie is going to have good games and bad games Newmarket tomorrow (Thursday) at but they're more ready to handle it 8 p.m. at the Glen Abbey Rec Centre....Eddie Renaud had a goal this year." The returning Buzz players and three assists while Spencer showed they will certainly have no Gallant set up four goals in the seaproblem building on last season and son opener. Mike Beirgard, who scoring more goals to complement played in Markham last year, scored their stingy defensive game. twice and set up another. He also However, they showed there is still scored against Gloucester....Goalie room for improvement. Oakville Ben Neeb earned his first junior vicgave up a pair of shorthanded goals tory against Nepean. in the final 10 minutes as it dropped -- Herb Garbutt can be followed an 11-10 decision to the Gloucester on Twitter at @Herbgarbutt Griffins Saturday before bouncing ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @HALTON_PHOTOG BUZZ OFF: Oakville Buzz player Greg Campbell (in white) is tightly checked by Mimico opponent Cody Morris during Friday's Ontario Lacrosse Association junior B contest at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. The Buzz opened the season last weekend by winning two of three games. Paddler happy with fourth at Pan Ams a semifinalist at the Beijing Olympics, who edged Bray-Lougheed by .63 seconds for the bronze. Bray-Lougheed did not come home empty-handMissing out on a medal by less than a second ed, though. The Burloak Canoe Club paddler teamed would be tough to swallow for most competitive ath- up with Sammy Hall of Waverley, N.S. to win a silver medal in the K-2 500m. The two had letes, but Alanna Bray-Lougheed was never paddled together and, arriving not at all disappointed with her inter- "It was a good way to in Rio de Janeiro just four days national debut. start off my first before their race, there was little "I was happy with fourth, considinternational time to practice together. ering the girls who were 1-2-3 were "We went out on the water a couall a fair bit older than me and consid- competition. I wasn't ple of times and both were pretty ering they had all been to worlds or feeling any pressure, short, but luckily we worked well the Olympics," the 19-year-old kay- except to go out and together right from the start," Brayaker said of her finish at the Pan have my best race, and I Lougheed said. American Canoe Championships in did that." Keresztesi and Sabrina Ameghino Brazil. "It was a good way to start off took the gold in 2:00.857 while Braymy first international competition. I Burloak Canoe Club paddler Lougheed and Hall were second in wasn't feeling any pressure, except to Alanna Bray-Lougheed 2:02.273. go out and have my best race, and I "It felt really good, not just to did that." The senior women's K-1 500m race was won by represent Canada but to represent Burloak," BrayAlexandra Keresztesi, a two-time world champion as Lougheed said. "I know there were people (at home) part of Hungary's K-4 crew who is now competing for cheering for me, so it felt good to get a medal and Argentina. And it was Venezeula's Zulmarys Sanchez, make them proud." By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLEBEAVERSTAFF