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(Pg) Fri: 10:40, 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 8:45Fri: 10:40, 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 8:45F Sat - Thu: 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 8:45 DuMBo (g) Fri: 10:50, 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30Fri: 10:50, 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30F Sat - Thu: 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 CaPtainMarveL (Pg)CaPtainMarveL (Pg)CaPt Fri - Tue: 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25Fri - Tue: 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25F Peyton Reeves went to Oakville Blades games as a kid, but unlike most of the kids his age, he wasn't play- ing mini sticks and think- ing of one day pulling on a Blades jersey. "I didn't have those dreams," he said. "I didn't even start playing (hockey) until I was nine." His parents had signed him up for hockey when he was four, but it didn't last more than a year before he packed it in. He was far more interested in skate- boarding than skating. All of which makes it in- credible that Reeves not on- ly now finds himself play- ing for the hometown Blades, but he's the captain of the No. 3-ranked team in the country. The Blades will open the Ontario Ju- nior Hockey League final Friday at 7 p.m. at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex against the Wellington Dukes. The Blades, who put up an OJHL-best 44-5-6 record before rolling through three playoff rounds with just three losses, will be looking to win their first Buckland Cup since 2010. That year saw Reeves playing single-A minor peewee hockey. Three years earlier, he decided to give hockey another shot. "It was always one of my favourite sports," he said. "I grew up watching Hockey Night in Canada. It was in my blood." Plus, wiping out on his skateboard and landing on concrete hurt. He played house league his first year, but quickly made an impression, with select coaches asking him to play for them. He moved up a level in each of his first five years, finally reaching AAA with the Markham Majors in minor bantam. While he didn't put up huge offen- sive numbers, he was al- ways in demand. The Peterborough Petes selected him in the OHL draft, but he returned to play midget hockey and earned a brief call-up to the Blades. Those would be the first two of the 185 regular season games he would play for Oakville, the third most by any player since the team made the move to Jr. A in 1993. "He plays the game the right way. He's hard to play against, he does all the lit- tle things right," said Blades coach Mike Taran- tino. "I know these are all clichés, but they're all true. The bigger the game, the better he plays." Reeves has demonstrat- ed that in the playoffs. Af- ter putting up a career best 44 points in the regular sea- son, the 20-year-old has led the Blades in scoring with 19 points in 15 games through three rounds while playing alongside Jack Ricketts and Jason Pi- neo. "We have four great lines," Reeves said. "The puck is going in right now for us and I hope that con- tinues, but if we're not con- tributing on the scoresh- eet, we have to find other ways to contribute." Always finding that way is what has made Reeves a valuable asset to the teams he's played on. It's the rea- son next year he'll suit up for UMass, a team that is al- so still in the hunt for a na- tional championship. Now in his fourth full season with Oakville, the Blades have gone deeper into the playoffs than in any of his previous years. But with just four wins standing between the Blades and the Buckland Cup, he's far from content. "I'm very happy with what we've been able to do, but the job's not done," he said. "The next two weeks, we want to finish it of- f."And somehow, the bumps and bruises of a long playoff run don't hurt so much. REEVES LEADS OAKVILLE BLADES INTO OJHL FINAL HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com COMMUNITY OJHL PLAYOFFS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Oakville Blades vs. Wellington Dukes Friday, April 12, at Oakville, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Wellington, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Oakville, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at Wellington, 7:30 p.m. *Saturday, April 20, at Oakville, 7 p.m. *Sunday, April 21, at Wellington, 7:30 p.m. *Tuesday, April 23, at Oakville, 7 p.m. *If necessary Oakville Blades captain Peyton Reeves grew up watching the team, but never dreamed of playing for them. He didn't even start playing hockey until he was nine. Now he's a key figure in the team's pursuit of the OJHL championship. Ryan McCullough/OJHL Images NEWS, EVENTS & MORE STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX. SIGN UP AT INSIDEHALTON.COM