Wednesday, February 20, 2013

UPDATED POWER RATINGS NOW OUT!

Both the Men's and Women's Power Ratings have been updated with all the latest tournament results.

There is one tournament left in each of the Men's and Women's Challenge Series before their respective Challenge Cups.   The Men's series concludes with the Grizzly Shootout hosted by Georgian Barrie on Thursday May 7th.  The Women's series concludes with the Seneca Invitational on Friday March 8th.

Twelve teams will compete in the Men's Challenge Cup on March 21-22 at Durham, with six teams taking the ice in the inaugural Women's Challenge Cup March 14-15 in Cornwall.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Women's Challenge Series: 3 TEAMS CONFIRMED FOR CUP

Three teams have qualified for the inaugural Women's Challenge Cup in Cornwall on March 14-15, with two automatic berths remaining.

SL Cornwall qualified as host and opened up a wild card spot with a win  over Humber at the Humber Tournament.   Fanshawe took the Fleming Invitational, surprising SLC with a 2-1 win in the final.   In another surprise, Georgian defeated Humber 3-1 in the final of the U of T Scarborough tournament to book its ticket to the Challenge Cup.

Conestoga won the Georgian Fall Faceoff, but has declined an invitation to the championship.   It was also forced to cancel its tournament last Friday February 8th due to bad weather and will not be rescheduling the event.

Two automatic berths remain, with the champions of this week's WLU Brant tourney and the Seneca Invitational on Friday March 8th gaining automatic entry.   The Challenge Cup will be either a 6 or 8 team event depending on the results of the next two tournaments.

Men's Challenge Series: 7 TEAMS HAVE TICKETS BOOKED TO CHALLENGE CUP

2013 has seen three teams qualify for the Challenge Cup, with at least three wild card spots up for grabs and two automatic berths remaining. 

2012 ended with Fanshawe and Sault College and SL Cornwall winning tournaments to qualify along with Durham as hosts.  2013 started off with SL Brockville Invitational in which Bishop's University from Quebec, an non-OCCCR school, defeated SL Cornwall for the title, opening one wild card spot.  Fanshawe won their second tournament of the year at the Fanshawe Invitational, defeating Redeemer in the final, opening a second wild card.   Then, they won again at the Conestoga Invitational, defeating Fleming  to open a third wild card spot.    Defending Challenge Cup champs George Brown claimed the Seneca Invitational championship by defeating SL Brockville to earn the right to defend their championship.   Trent University qualified with a hard fought shootout win over Seneca Newnham to win the U of T Scarborough tournament.  Finally,  WLU Brantford earned it's first ever Challenge Cup spot by defeating McMaster at the WLU Brantford Invitational.

Teams have two chances left  to qualify automatically, with the Fleming Invitational on Friday February 15th and the Georgian Grizzly Shootout on Thursday March 7th.