Oakville Buzz

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 Michael Bentivegna Assistant Captains Braden Gallant, Josh Ruys, Cedric Soubry

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 won the 2006 Founders Cup Canadian National Champions. As of the 2009 season, the Buzz will moving to the West Conference, playing in the South West Division.

History

The Oakville Buzz were founded in 2001. In 2005, they were often thought to be next in line to win the National Title. These dreams were squashed by the surging Elora Mohawks squad in the League Finals.

2006 Playoff Run

Finishing the 2006 season 19-1-0, their only loss came at the hands of the Mimico Mountaineers late in the season. The first round pitted them against the Halton Hills Bulldogs, whom they swept 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. 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.

Season-by-Season results

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

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS	Placing	Playoffs
2001	20	5	15	0	150	202	10	10th OLA-B East	DNQ
2002	22	7	15	0	161	196	14	8th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2003	20	11	9	0	184	162	22	8th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2004	20	11	9	0	189	164	22	8th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2005	20	17	2	1	249	138	35	1st OLA-B East	Ontario Jr B Finalist
2006	20	19	1	0	251	109	38	1st OLA-B East	Won League, Won Founders Cup
2007	20	14	4	2	207	140	30	4th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2008	20	17	3	0	195	122	34	1st OLA-B East	Eastern Conference Semi-Finalist
2009	20	12	8	0	139	116	24	6th OLA-B West	Lost 1st Round
2010	20	11	9	0	168	158	22	7th OLA-B West	Lost 1st Round

External links

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