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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, July 11, 2013 | 24 HALTON TRANSMISSION 559 SPEERS RD., #UNIT 3 905-842-0725 www.haltontransmission.com Jon Kuiperij Sports Editor sports@oakvillebeaver.com Sports A N D H O C K E Y C R O S S "Connected to your Community" P A T H S B O X I N G Just Train It and Just Shoot It, a new sports-specialized training facility in Oakville, held its grand opening Saturday on Iroquois Shore Road. Pictured clockwise from left, Evan Cherry proudly displays a photo autographed by Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo; facility co-owner Steve Cabral works with Luca Giorgio on boxing technique; New York Islanders forward Casey Cizikas poses for a photo with youngster Dustin Sparkes; and Simon Miller puts up a fist with Chuvalo. Canadian Olympic women's hockey team veteran Becky Kellar also attended the launch of the facility, which aims to combine the precise fitness training of boxing with the skills-oriented drills of hockey at one location. | photos by Eric Riehl -- Oakville Beaver -- @Halton_Photog Big hit may have had huge impact on Buzz playoff win Oakville advances to second round of Ontario Lacrosse Association junior B postseason with lopsided victory over Mimico by Jon Kuiperij Beaver Sports Editor Sam Neeb ran out the door at the Oakville Buzz bench and headed directly for the centre of the floor. Squarely in his sights was the Mimico Mountaineers' James Barclay, a player who had averaged better than three points a game during the Ontario Lacrosse Association junior B regular season. Barclay's back was initially turned to Neeb as he tried to recover a loose ball, but the Mimico forward scooped the ball and turned around just as Neeb arrived. A thunderous check ensued -- hard but clean -- that sent Barclay directly to the turf. Barclay's helmet flew off, landing several feet away. As the play moved down the floor, the forward took several seconds to regroup, then headed to the Mimico bench before being whistled for a retaliatory crosscheck on the way. At the time of Neeb's bodycheck, the Buzz held a 3-2 firstperiod lead in Tuesday's third and deciding game of the teams' first-round playoff series at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. After the hit, Oakville scored five of the contest's next six goals and seven of the next nine, going on to rout the Mountaineers 14-7 and advance to the second round against the Clarington Green Gaels. Was Neeb's hard check a pivotal moment that gave Oakville much-needed momentum and confidence, or was it just coincidence that the Buzz dominated from then on? Neeb believed it might have been both. "I think it riled up the fans and riled up the bench, maybe motivated them to do more, to play harder on defence and get goals on offence," said the 19-year-old, who has only four penalty minutes in 19 games this season. "But we played a full 60 minutes, and I think we would have done well either way." Buzz coach Sam Rook felt the hit definitely had an impact on the result. "I think it gave us a lift for sure. It was also on one of (Mimico's) better scorers," Rook said. "It wasn't a dirty hit, but it was a hit that got the team pumped up. It set the tone for us on the defensive side." At the other end of the floor, Oakville approached its season high for goals in a game (16 versus a winless Orillia squad), collecting its 14th by the midway point of the third period before sitting back the rest of the way. Keyan McQueen, who rejoined the Buzz midway through the regular season after being released by the Burlington Chiefs junior A team, led Oakville with four goals and three assists, and veteran Todd Nakasuji added a hat trick and three helpers. Greg Campbell had two goals and two assists, Foster Cuomo and Troy O'Donnell each contributed a goal and three assists, and Colton Watkinson, Liam Corbett and Mitch Wales also tallied in support of winning netminder Jesse Legault. "I think it was more of a fact that we didn't play so well Sunday (a 12-9 loss in Mimico that forced a third game in the series)," McQueen said. "People were motivated. We were just ready to play. We didn't want to go out in the first round." The Buzz (12-8) was expected by most to get by the 1010 Mountaineers in Round 1, but it's unlikely that many will give them a chance of upsetting the 18-1-1 Green Gaels in a best-of-five series that begins Saturday in Clarington. Game 2 is scheduled for Sunday at TRAC, beginning at 7 p.m., and Game 3 is back in Clarington Thursday, July 18. Oakville did not beat any of the teams ahead of it in the standings this season, going a combined 0-6 against the Halton Hills Bulldogs, Akwesasne Indians and Green Gaels -- the three remaining teams in the Eastern Conference playoffs. However, the Buzz's two losses against Clarington came by the narrowest of margins, 9-8 May 17 and 10-9 June 13. "It's playoffs. I know it's a saying, but anything can happen in the playoffs," Neeb said. "If we can get some momentum and win Game 1, I don't see why we can't win the series." And with the Buzz finally at full health for the first time this year, Rook likes his team's chances -- at least, as much as one can against an opponent that lost once in 20 games. "I believe that we can beat them. I believe that's something that the players also believe. We have to go out and show it," he said. "I think most people will pick (Clarington) to win. But not anyone in Oakville." -- Jon Kuiperij can be followed on Twitter @Beaversports