Oakville Buzz

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Oakville Buzz
City	Oakville, Ontario
League	OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
Founded	2001
Home Arena	Glen Abbey Recreation Centre
Colours	Gold, Black, and White
Coach	Stuart Brown
General Manager	Ken Gillies
Captain	Bobby Debrone
Assistant Captains	Josh Smyth, Micheal Bentivegna, Brenden Thenhaus

The Oakville Buzz are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The Buzz play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League. The Buzz are also the defending 2006 Founders Cup National Champions.

[edit] History

Founded in 2001, the Oakville Buzz have gotten better and better ever year of their existence. They were the Cinderella Story of the 2005 season where they were often though to be next in line to win the National Title. These dream were squashed by a surging Elora Mohawks squad in the League Finals. It seemed that they would have to wait one more year to achieve something they seemed destined to earn.

[edit] 2006 Playoff Run

The 2006 Season was so close to perfect that you could almost taste it. Finishing the season 19-1-0, their only loss coming at the hands of the Markham Ironheads late in the season, they were certainly poised to do something this year. The first round pitted them against the Halton Hills Bulldogs, they swept them in three games. The Quarter-final was against Scarborough Saints, another three game sweep. The Conference Final was against Mimico Mountaineers, a third straight sweep. The Final was against the Orangeville Northmen. Oakville took Games 1 and 2 10-5 and 8-6. Orangeville gasped for breath in Game 3, handing the Buzz their second loss of the campaign 8-7. The Buzz shut the Northmen down in Game 4, but it was a close 5-1 game. The Buzz won their first ever league title and a trip to their first Founders Cup, to take place in Windsor, Ontario.

On August 23, the Buzz squared off against the Sherbrooke Jr. Extrême in their first ever national level game. The Buzz did not disappoint, winning 16-2. Their second game was a 19-5 win against the Saskatoon Smash the next night. Their third game was a 12-3 victory against the Calgary Shamrocks to clinch the pool's first seed. Their Semi-final game was against the Calgary Shamrocks again, crushing them 21-9. This set up an All-Ontario Founders Cup Final between the Buzz and the Windsor Fratmen. The Fratmen finished the OLA regular season with a 13-6-1 record, winning their division. There were a lot of questions as to how the Fratmen would do this season, but they did well in the regular season. They, sadly, only made it to the second round of the playoffs -- losing out to the Niagara Thunderhawks; but they did impress at the Founders Cup entering the Final with five wins and no losses. Despite the early tournament prowess of the Fratmen, the Buzz eased their way into a 10-4 victory to win their first ever Founders Cup National Title.

[edit] Season-by-Season Results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

[edit] External links

• Buzz Webpage
• The Bible of Lacrosse
• Unofficial OLA Page

OLA Junior B Lacrosse League

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