The defending Challenge Cup champion College Boreal Vipers secured the chance to defend their title by winning the Canadore Panthers Invitational and earning an automatic invite to the 2010 Challenge Cup hosted by Durham College in March. The Vipers went 4-0 in the tournament, defeating St. Lawrence Cornwall 4-1in the final.
The Vipers toughest game was against Georgian-Barrie in round robin play. Barrie, the top seed at the 2009 Challenge Cup, led 2-0 midway through the third when Boreal pulled within one. A huge giveaway with under 3 minutes to play allowed Boreal to tie the game. This forced Barrie to pull their goalie in an effort to go for the win and have a shot at the quarterfinals, which gave Boreal a late empty netter, a 3-2 win and a bye to the semi-finals. There, the Vipers defeated Georgian-Orillia 5-2 before defeating Cornwall in the final.
The Vipers toughest game was against Georgian-Barrie in round robin play. Barrie, the top seed at the 2009 Challenge Cup, led 2-0 midway through the third when Boreal pulled within one. A huge giveaway with under 3 minutes to play allowed Boreal to tie the game. This forced Barrie to pull their goalie in an effort to go for the win and have a shot at the quarterfinals, which gave Boreal a late empty netter, a 3-2 win and a bye to the semi-finals. There, the Vipers defeated Georgian-Orillia 5-2 before defeating Cornwall in the final.
With the win, the Vipers have punched their ticket to Oshawa and sit atop the Extramural Hockey Power Ratings. The squad has won 10 games in a row going back to the "B" championship round in the Georgian Shootout last March.
The Challenge Cup is a end of year invitational tournament endorsed by the OCAA's Ontario College Committee on Campus Recreation (OCCCR) that features champions from OCCCR tournaments throughout the province and wild card entries based on the Extramural Hockey Power Ratings.
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