Tuesday, March 4, 2014

OHL Cup Minor Midget Top-10 Rankings

Press Release

Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the seventeenth edition of the weekly minor midget rankings for the 2014 OHL Cup Showcase Tournament 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 which takes place March 11-16, 2014, at Buckingham Arena in Toronto, ON.

Minor Midget Rankings for the 2014 OHL Cup Showcase Tournament – Week 17

RANK
TEAM
LEAGUE
LAST WEEK
WEEKS RANKED
1
Toronto Jr. Canadiens
GTHL
1
17
2
Toronto Marlies
GTHL
2
17
3
Detroit Honeybaked
USA
3
17
4
Mississauga Senators
GTHL
4
17
5
Waterloo Wolves
ALLIANCE
5
15
6
Vaughan Kings
GTHL
6
17
7
Whitby Wildcats
OMHA
7
11
8
Ottawa Valley Titans
OEMHL
9
7
9
Southern Tier Admirals
OMHA
10
13
10
Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs
OMHA
-
13
         
  Honourable Mention
     
  Don Mills Flyers
GTHL
-
0
  Ottawa Jr. 67's
OEMHL
8
16
  Kitchener Jr. Rangers
ALLIANCE
-
0

Eight teams have now officially qualified for the 2014 OHL Cup most recently including the Kitchener Jr. Rangers who reached the ALLIANCE Finals and are currently facing the previously qualified Waterloo Wolves for the league title.  The OEMHL will be represented by the Champion Ottawa Valley Titans and finalists the Ottawa Jr. 67’s.  Those four teams join four GTHL teams who were among the first to qualify including the Toronto Jr. Canadiens and the Toronto Marlies who are currently competing for the league title, along with Semi-Finalists the Mississauga Senators, and the Vaughan Kings.

The OHL in association with Rogers TV is also pleased to announce coverage of the OHL Cup on Rogers TV Cable 10/63 in Toronto/Scarborough.  Broadcast coverage will include nightly games from the round-robin along with both Semi-Final matchups and the Championship Final.  Schedule details are available at www.RogersTV.com/ohlcup.  Additional airtimes will also be available on Rogers TV Sports+ for Rogers digital customers across Ontario on channels 368 (SD) and 369 (HD).  Visit www.rogerstv.com/sports for complete broadcast schedule.

The 2014 OHL Cup will once again include 20 participating teams from across Ontario and the United States however a new tournament structure has been introduced for this season.  17 of the 20 spots will be guaranteed through league competition with the final three spots earned in a new Wild Card series of games.  The 17 guaranteed spots will include all four GTHL Semi-Finalists, and the top four teams that place at the OMHA Championship.  Three teams from the ALLIANCE will be guaranteed a spot in the tournament including the Champion and Finalist, along with the winner of a best-of-three Semi-Final Wild Card Series to be played between the losers of the two league Semi-Finals.  The OEMHL Champion and Finalist will also be guaranteed spots in the tournament, along with two United States entries, one HNO representative, and one NOHA representative.

The final three Wild Card spots will be determined among six teams that will play a one game ‘win and in’ scenario on Tuesday March 11 prior to the start of the tournament.  The six competing teams aiming for the final three tournament spots will include the fifth place team at the OMHA Championship, the loser of the ALLIANCE Semi-Final Wild Card Series, and four teams named by the Tournament Selection Committee based on regular season, playoff, and tournament play.  All three Wild Card matchups and times on Tuesday March 11 will be determined by random draw among the six competing teams.


 (Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)

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