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The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), in partnership with the City of Quinte West and in conjunction with the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL), Maritime Hockey League (MHL), Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL), today released the schedule and format for the 2017 Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge.

The seventh annual All-Star Showcase event is being hosted for the third time by the OJHL and will take place from November 13-15 at the Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Gardens home of the Trenton Golden Hawks of the OJHL.

The tournament was created as a competitive alternative to the annual league All-Star Games and debuted in 2011, hosted by the CCHL’s Smiths Falls Bears.  The uniquely formatted tournament is played with two 20 minute halves (instead of three periods), focusing on high-paced and intense action.

This year’s event will feature ten teams from five leagues with the breakdown as follows:

•    CCHL – 2 teams

•    MHL – 1 team
•    NOJHL – 1 team
•    OJHL – 4 teams
•    QJHL – 2 teams

 

The teams will be split into two pools and play a round-robin against other teams in their pool.  All teams will be re-seeded after the round-robin to determine the quarter-finals schedule with play-downs taking place to the championship game, scheduled for Wednesday, November 15 at 7:30pm.

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2017
GAME #	TIME	GROUP	VISITOR	HOME
1	10:00 AM	A	OJHL Coffey	OJHL Hawerchuk
2	11:30 AM	B	OJHL Nieuwendyk	OJHL Oates
3	1:00 PM	A	CCHL Robinson	NOJHL
4	2:30 PM	B	CCHL Yzerman	MHL
5	4:00 PM	A	QJHL 1	OJHL Coffey
6	5:30 PM	B	QJHL 2	OJHL Nieuwendyk
7	7:00 PM	A	CCHL Robinson	OJHL Hawerchuk
8	8:30 PM	B	CCHL Yzerman	OJHL Oates
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2017
GAME #	TIME	GROUP	VISITOR	HOME
9	10:00 AM	A	NOJHL	QJHL 1
10	11:30 AM	B	MHL	QJHL 2
11	1:00 PM	A	OJHL Coffey	CCHL Robinson
12	2:30 PM	B	OJHL Nieuwendyk	CCHL Yzerman
13	4:00 PM	A	OJHL Hawerchuk	NOJHL
14	5:30 PM	B	OJHL Oates	MHL
15	7:00 PM	A	QJHL 1	CCHL Robinson
16	8:30 PM	B	QJHL 2	CCHL Yzerman
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017
GAME #	TIME	GROUP	VISITOR	HOME
17	9:30 AM	A	NOJHL	OJHL Coffey
18	11:00 AM	B	MHL	OJHL Nieuwendyk
19	12:30 PM	A	OJHL Hawerchuk	QJHL 1
20	2:00 PM	B	OJHL Oates	QJHL 2
21	3:30 PM	Semi-Final 1	2B	1A
22	5:00 PM	Semi-Final 2	2A	1B
23	7:30 PM	Championship Game	SF 1	SF 2

 

Other unique attributes of the tournament format include:

•    Tied games go immediately to a three player shootout
•    Maximum of five, 1997 birth-year players on each team

For the full tournament schedule and breakdown, please CLICK HERE.

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About the Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge

The Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge is one of the premier Junior A hockey events in the country and provides tremendous exposure for the top prospects of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), Central Canada Junior Hockey League (CCHL), Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL), Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL) and the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) to play in front of scouts from all over the hockey world – including the NHL, NCAA, CHL and Canadian universities and colleges.  Additionally, it also serves as a player identification event for the coaching staff for Team Canada East in player selection for the yearly training camp and subsequent entry in to the World Junior A Challenge.

About the OJHL – “League of Choice”

The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with 22 member clubs.  A proud member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94.  With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including the CIS, NCAA, CHL, Minor Pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 135 commitments in 2015-16, including 52 NCAA Division I scholarships.

 

About The City of Quinte West

 

The City of Quinte West is situated on the shores of the beautiful Bay of Quinte. Located directly along the Highway 401 corridor between Toronto and Ottawa, over 43,000 people make Quinte West their home. Quinte West’s natural setting, with its pleasant mix of both urban and rural landscapes; access to the water, trails and recreational activities; and plenty of special events and attractions, make Quinte West the ideal place to live, work or visit. 

 

 

For more information on the Ontario Junior Hockey League, please visit www.ojhl.ca.