SHARKS TAKE BITE OUT OF GRIZZLIES TO CLAIM CHALLENGE CUP CROWN

Coming into the 8th Annual Men's Hockey Challenge Cup tournament in Barrie, there had never been a two-time winner of the title.   Well - now there is - the St. Lawrence Cornwall Sharks.

COUGARS CLAW WAY TO CHALLENGE CUP VICTORY

It was a long road - in more ways than one - for the Sault Cougars women's extramural hockey team to the Challenge Cup in Brantford.  But in the end, the journey proved to be the reward as the Cougars emerged with the 2016 Challenge Cup title.

SHARKS LOOK FOR THREEPEAT AT WOMEN'S CHALLENGE CUP

As the 2016 Women's Hockey Challenge Cup gets underway in Brantford this afternoon, the top-rated St. Lawrence Cornwall Sharks are looking to three-peat as champions.   But don't  Sharks coach Sean Boulerice they are the odds-on favourites to take it all again.

CHALLENGE CUP TOURNAMENTS SUSPENDED FOR 2017

It appears the 2016 Challenge Cups may be the last played in Men's and Women's hockey.

This past December, a motion was put forth at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association's Athletic Director's winter meeting by the OCAA Executive Committee to suspend Challenge Cups for the 2016-17 season pending a sport review.  

That motion was approved.

The decision is a surprise to many in the Ontario collegiate campus recreation community. 

HUMBER NORTH & UTSC REMAIN AT TOP OF POWER RATINGS

Despite losing in the finals of the UTSC Invitational on Friday January 29th,  both the Humber North Hawks and U of T Scarborough Maroons stay atop the Men's and Women's Power Ratings respectively.  Hot on both their heels are the St. Lawrence Cornwall Sharks - and there's lots of hockey left to play before the Challenge Cups in March.

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GEORGIAN BARRIE & SLC TAKE UTSC INVITATIONAL TITLES

Georgian-Barrie won five games at the UTSC Invitational, handing #1 Humber North their first tourney loss of the year as the Grizz shutout the Hawks 4-0 for the title.

The defending Challenge Cup  champs St. Lawrence Cornwall Sharks handed the #1 rated U of T Scarborough Maroons their first loss of the season, defeating the hosts 3-1 to take the title.

SENECA & HUMBER LAKESHORE GET FIRST TOURNEY TITLES

The Extramural Men's Challenge Series continued last week with the Seneca Invitational in Toronto and Fanshawe Invitational in London.   When the dust settled, the host Seneca Sting and the Humber-Lakeshore Hawks joined the ranks of 2015-16 tournament champions.

SHARKS SINK SCHOONERS TO WIN BROCKVILLE TOURNEY

St. Lawrence Cornwall Sharks defeated St. Lawrence Brockville Schooners 3-1 in the final of the Brockville Invitational.  It was the Sharks second tourney win of the season and keeps them hot on the heels of top-rated Humber North Hawks in the Men's Power Ratings.

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Men's and Women's Power Ratings: HUMBER NORTH & U OF T SCARBOROUGH AT TOP

As play begins in the Winter semester of the 2015-16 Extramural Hockey Challenge Series, two familiar teams sit atop the Men's and Women's Power Ratings.

The Humber North Hawks, the 2014 Challenge Cup champs,  are atop the Men's Power Ratings by virtue of tournament wins at Sheridan's Steve Blundy Memorial Tournament and their very own Humber Invitational.   Close on their heels are the St. Lawrence Cornwall Sharks, the 2011 Challenge Cup champs, winners of the George Brown Invitational and runners-up at the Blundy Memorial. 

Topping the Women's Power Ratings are the U of T Scarborough Maroons.    UTSC were at or near the top of the Power Ratings for most of last season enroute to an appearance as a finalist at the 2015 Challenge Cup.  The Maroons have won both Women's Challenge Series event to date -  the Georgian-Orillia Fall Faceoff and the Humber Invitational.

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