Oakville Blades The Oakville Blades are a Junior " A " ice hockey team from Oakville , Ontario , Canada . They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League . History . The Blades started as a Junior C team , and made it to the Clarence Schmalz Cup Final once to compete for the All - Ontario Junior " C " title . In 1969 , the Blades lost 4 - games - to - 3 to the Woodstock Navy - Vets . Oakville moved up to the Junior B level for the 1970 - 71 season , and joined the Mid - Ontario Junior B league . In 1971 , the leagues realigned , and Oakville moved to the new Central Junior B league . In 1975 and 1991 the Blades made it the Sutherland Cup Final for the All - Ontario Junior " B " title . The first time , they were defeated by the Metro Junior B Hockey League ' s Bramalea Blues 4 - games - to - 3 . The second time , they were defeated by the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League ' s Waterloo Siskins 4 - games - to - 0 . 2007 - 08 season . The Blades had a great 2007 - 08 regular season . With 39 wins , 6 losses , and 4 overtime losses , the Blades finished first overall in the West Division . After a bye in the division quarter - final , the Blades defeated the Milton Icehawks 4 - games - to - 1 in the division semi - final and Georgetown Raiders 4 - games - to - 1 to win the West Division playoff title . In the North / West Conference championship , the Blades took on the defending Royal Bank Cup 2007 champion Aurora Tigers . The Tigers appeared dominant , but faltered late in the series to lose to the Blades 4 - games - to - 2 . In the OPJHL Buckland Cup final , Blades dominated the Markham Waxers and won 4 - games - to - 1 to win their first ever Junior A league championship . The Blades then moved on to the Dudley Hewitt Cup , the Central Canadian championship . In game 1 , the Blades defeated the Thunder Bay Region champion Dryden Ice Dogs 5 - 1 . The then defeated the Northern Ontario champion Sudbury Jr . Wolves 5 - 3 . In the final game of the round robin , they defeated the host Newmarket Hurricanes 5 - 2 . This gave the Blades a bye to the final where they played the Hurricanes again and beat them 6 - 3 . This earned them a berth into the 2008 Royal Bank Cup . The 2008 campaign got rocky when the Blades shipped off to Cornwall , Ontario for the Royal Bank Cup . Star goaltender Scott Greenham could not attend the tournament despite leading the Blades to the OPJHL and Central Canadian Championships . Having accepted a scholarship to play for the Alaska Nanooks , he would lose his NCAA eligibility if he played in the Royal Bank Cup because his age ( 21 ) . With this , the Blades had to bring their back - up cold off the bench for the National Championship . In the first game of the tournament , Oakville had to play the host Cornwall Colts of the Central Junior A Hockey League . Despite outshooting them , the Blades were shocked by the Colts 5 - 4 . The next night , the Blades drew the Weeks Crushers of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League . The Blades badly outshot the Crushers , but the Crushers managed to squeak out a 4 - 3 overtime victory of the Central Canadian champions . In a nail - biting and high scoring outing , the Blades gave Humboldt a 7 - 6 loss to keep contention for a playoff spot in the tournament . It was not to be though , as the Blades out - shot but still lost to the top ranked Camrose Kodiaks 6 - 1 . Despite outshooting all four of their opponents , the Oakville Blades lost three out of four games and were eliminated on a head - to - head tie breaker with Weeks .