High school hockey do battle

Steve Stanlick says the 2012 OFSAA AAA/AAAA and A/AA boys' hockey championships are anyone's to take.
Both provincial high school championships take place next week in Peterborough with the action starting Wednesday (March 21). The tournaments wrap up Saturday (March 25) at the Memorial Centre with medal games on the schedule.
"There's going to be a lot of good hockey," says Stanlick, the tournament convener.
Three of the top four teams from last year's AAA/AAAA Ontario championships will once again battle for gold, including the St. Peter's Saints, who placed fourth a year ago.
"I think we have a chance," Stanlick says about the Saints, who are ranked eighth.
"We have strong goaltending and defence, and our forwards have been able to put the puck in the net. With that combination, if you play well and stay disciplined, you have a chance to win for sure."
Last year's gold medalist, Brother Andre from Richmond Hill, enters the tournament ranked first while Loyola, Mississauga is seeded second. St. Thomas Lasalle rounds out the top three seeds.
"You have 10 to 12 teams that could potentially win the AAA tournament," Stanlick says
He says the A/AA tournament is up for grabs as well.
The Holy Cross Hurricanes drew the 12th seed and will be in tough against the top four seeds: Glendale, Tilsonburg; St. Mary's College, Sault Ste. Marie; North Hastings, Bancroft; and Appleby College, Oakville. Appleby captured gold a year ago while St. Mary's has won two of the last three championships.
"I am sure they (the Hurricanes) are going to be strong playing in front of their hometown crowd," says Stanlick.
"If they play as a team and stay disciplined, they could come out of their pool. I think they have a legitimate chance of doing that, which would be good."
In total, 40 teams from across the province will participate in the four-day event with games being played at the Evinrude Centre, Kinsmen Arena, Memorial Centre, Norwood unsecured loans and Douro rinks.
Opening ceremonies are set for 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kinsmen Arena.
On Wednesday night, athletes and team officials will be treated to banquet at St. Peter's. St. Peter's alumnus and TSN morning host Dan O'Toole will be the guest speaker.
"This is really exciting," Stanlick says. bad credit loans
"Hockey is the highest profile championship and we have two of them. The committee and I have really made an effort to put together a tournament that is memorable for the players and coaches."