GEORGIAN-BARRIE ROAR TO FALL FACEOFF TITLE

The Georgian-Barrie Grizzlies waited til February to book their ticket to the 2011 Challenge Cup.   Well, the wait is over for 2012.   The Grizzlies ran the table with four wins at the Orillia Fall Faceoff on November 18th to become the third team to qualify for the 2012 Challenge Cup in March.

FALCONS SOAR TO SHERIDAN TITLE

 The Fanshawe Falcons have booked a return ticket to the Challenge Cup by defending their title at the 2011 Steve Blundy Memorial Tournament at Sheridan College on November 10th - but not before the hosts almost crashed the party.

FLEMING AUKS WIN CANADORE INVITATIONAL

 For the past three season, the Fleming Lindsay Auks have had to qualify for the Challenge Cup at the end of the season as a wild card team.  Not so this year. 

The Auks overcame a tourney opening loss at the Canadore Invitational - and their all to familiar spot among tournament penalty leaders -   to reel off four straight wins and emerge as tournament champions - becoming the first team to book a spot in the 2012 Challenge Cup in March.

2011-12 CHALLENGE SERIES SET TO ROLL

Canadore College in North Bay will kick off the 2011-12 Extramural Hockey Challenge Series with an 8 team tourney on November 3rd. The tournament features the 2011 Challenge Cup Champions St. Lawrence Cornwall Sharks, who are also the defending Canadore Invitational champions. 

2011 Challenge Cup semi-finalists Georgian Barrie and 2010 Canadore Invitational finalists Georgian Orillia are back, as are 2011 Challenge Cup qualifiers Fleming-Lindsay and the host Canadore Panthers.  Rounding out the field are two teams from College Boreal and U of T Scarborough.

The Ontario College Extramural Hockey Challenge Series features 12 tournaments between November and March, with winners of each qualifying for the year end Challenge Cup tournament at Durham College in Oshawa, March 22-23, 2012.