Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the tenth edition of the weekly minor midget rankings for the 2011 OHL Showcase for the OHL Cup, hosted by the Greater Toronto Hockey League.
The weekly rankings are determined by a panel of OHL Central Scouting Staff and represent the top teams that are competing to play in the annual year-end championship tournament March 23-27, 2011, at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, ON.
Minor Midget Rankings for the 2011 OHL Cup Showcase Tournament – Week 10
| RANK | TEAM | LEAGUE | LAST WEEK RANK | WEEKS IN RANKINGS |
| 1 | Toronto Marlies | GTHL | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Don Mills Flyers | GTHL | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Toronto Jr. Canadiens | GTHL | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit Honeybaked | USA | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Ottawa Senators | ODMHA | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Mississauga Senators | GTHL | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs | ALLIANCE | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | Oakville Rangers | OMHA | 9 | 3 |
| 9 | York-Simcoe Express | OMHA | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Ottawa Jr. 67's | ODMHA | - | 1 |
| Honourable Mention | ||||
| Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs | OMHA | - | 0 | |
| Welland Tigers | OMHA | 10 | 7 | |
| Halton Hurricanes | OMHA | - | 8 |
The tournament includes 20 participating teams from across Ontario and the United States. The champions and finalists from minor hockey associations in Ontario, including the GTHL, OMHA, ODMHA, ALLIANCE, and an NOHA representative will participate in the tournament with additional teams identified by the Tournament Selection Committee.
(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)
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2 comments:
both Team Illinois (which recently trounced Honeybaked) and Shattuck should be in there; or else it's really just a Canadian midget tournament.
I think the reason why Shattuck's isn't ranked is 1. They aren't in OHL Territory 2. They must not have many players from the OHL Territory.
I can't speak about Team Illinois, but you have to remember this event in March is like the last big event before the OHL Draft. OHL teams want to see the teams with the great number of players that will most likely get drafted. I have never seen Team Illinois, but maybe the OHL sees more potential players from the Honeybaked organization getting drafted and going the OHL route.
Even though Team Illinois "trounced" Honeybaked, Honeybaked is still the top team standing wise in all of the midget minor Tier I Elite League and I think that's the most likely reason why Honeybaked is ranked.
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