HAWKS STAY ATOP POWER RATINGS WITH TOURNEY WIN

The Humber North Hawks stayed atop the extramural hockey Power Ratings with an undefeated run at the U of T Scarborough tournament on February 5th.

The Hawks defeated a tough UTSC squad 2-1 in round robin play and a fiesty Georgian Barrie team 3-2 to move to the semi-finals.  There, they met Humber Lakeshore in the first meeting between the campuses in 3 years, winning 5-2 to advance to the finals against Seneca-Newnham.  Seneca suffered a shoot-out loss to Lakeshore in round robin play, but upset Georgian-Orillia in the semi-finals to set up a showdown with Humber North.  However, an exhausted Seneca squad proved no match for the Hawks, with Humber prevailing 6-2.

In the consolation final, McMaster defeated Georgian Barrie 2-1 in a curfew shortened affair.

This is Humber's second tournament win, which opens up a wild card spot for the Challenge Cup in Oshawa March 25-26th.

HUMBER NORTH TOPS LATEST POWER RATINGS

Who says you can't move forward by staying still?  The Humber (North) Hawks have taken over top spot in the Extramural Power Ratings despite not having played a single game in the new year.  Humber North entered 2010 rated #2 thanks to winning the Humber Tournament in late November and vaulted into the #1 position after Boreal lost in the consolation (B) final of the St. Lawrence Brockville tourney. Boreal has now dropped to #4 in the Power Ratings.

George Brown moved up 10 spots to #3 after taking the Seneca tournament while Durham has moved into the Power Ratings at #2 thanks to an appearance in the finals of the St. Lawrence Brockville tourney.  Sheridan, Mohawk and St. Lawrence Kingston have also moved into the Top 15 for the first time.

More movement is bound to happen next week as both the U of T Scarborough and Conestoga tourneys take place on February 5th.   The next Power Ratings will be published by February 12th.

ST. CLAIR CHATHAM CANCELS FEB 19TH TOURNAMENT

St. Clair (Chatham) has unfortunately been forced to cancel its February 19th Challenge Cup qualifying tournament.  This reduces the number of qualifying tournaments from nine to eight, but does open up another wild-card spot for teams. St. Clair (Chatham) regrets the inconvenience to teams and is hopeful to be back on the schedule next season.