The Ontario Hockey League, in association with the Greater Toronto Hockey League, has released the 2014 OHL Cup Showcase Tournament schedule, to be played March 11-16 at Buckingham Arena in Toronto.
Three Wild Card ‘Play In’ Games on Tuesday afternoon will complete the list of 20 tournament entries before the 40-game Round Robin action begins on Tuesday night through Friday. The quarterfinals and semifinal contests will be played on Saturday with the Championship Final set for Sunday afternoon.
The tournament features many of the top minor midget aged players from across Ontario and parts of the United States performing against the best competition prior to the 2014 OHL Priority Selection.
Wild Card ‘Play In’ Games:
Game 1: Winner becomes WC1
North York Rangers (GTHL Invite) vs. Don Mills Flyers (GTHL Invite), Tuesday @ 12:00 pm
Game 2: Winner becomes WC2
South Central Coyotes (OMHA Invite) vs. Brantford 99ers (ALLIANCE Semi-Finalist), Tuesday @ 2:00 pm
Game 3: Winner becomes WC3
Guelph Gryphons (OMHA Championship Qualifier) vs. Halton Hurricanes (OMHA Invite), Tuesday @ 4:00 pm
Tournament Divisions
Division 1:
Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL Champions)
Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs (OMHA Championship Bronze Medalists)
Team NOHA (Northern Ontario Hockey Association)
Ottawa Jr. 67’s (OEMHL Finalist)
Wild Card Game 1 Winner
Division 2:
Ottawa Valley Titans (OEMHL Champions)
Mississauga Senators (GTHL Semi-Finalist)
Peterborough Petes (OMHA Championship 4th Place)
Chatham Kent Cyclones (ALLIANCE Semi-Final Series Winner)
Wild Card Game 2 Winner
Division 3:
Waterloo Wolves (ALLIANCE Champions)
Toronto Marlboros (GTHL Finalist)
Southern Tier Admirals (OMHA Championship Silver Medalist)
Elite Hockey Group (USA)
Wild Card Game 3 Winner
Division 4:
Whitby Wildcats (OMHA Championship Gold Medalist)
Kitchener Jr. Rangers (ALLIANCE Finalist)
Vaughan Kings (GTHL Semi-Finalist)
Thunder Bay Kings (Hockey Northwestern Ontario)
TPH Thunder (USA)
Tournament schedule
Tuesday March 11, 2014
Buckingham Rink 1
Toronto Jr. Canadiens vs. Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs, 7:00 pm
Chatham Kent Cyclones vs. Mississauga Senators, 9:00 pm
Buckingham Rink 2
Vaughan Kings vs. Whitby Wildcats, 7:15 pm
Toronto Marlboros vs. Southern Tier Admirals, 9:15 pm
Wednesday March 12, 2014
Buckingham Rink 1
TPH Thunder vs. Thunder Bay Kings, 9:00 am
Team NOHA vs. Ottawa Jr. 67’s, 10:45 am
Whitby Wildcats vs. Kitchener Jr. Rangers, 12:30 pm
Mississauga Senators vs. Peterborough Petes, 2:15 pm
Vaughan Kings vs. TPH Thunder, 4:00 pm
Chatham Kent Cyclones vs. Ottawa Valley Titans, 5:45 pm
WC3 vs. Elite Hockey Group, 7:30 pm
Peterborough Petes vs. WC2, 9:15 pm
Buckingham Rink 2
Waterloo Wolves vs. WC3, 8:30 am
Ottawa Valley Titans vs. WC2, 10:15 am
WC1 vs. Toronto Jr. Canadiens, 12:00 pm
Elite Hockey Group vs. Toronto Marlboros, 1:45 pm
Southern Tier Admirals vs. Waterloo Wolves, 3:30 pm
Ottawa Jr. 67’s vs. Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs, 5:15 pm
Kitchener Jr. Rangers vs. Thunder Bay Kings, 7:00 pm
WC1 vs. Team NOHA, 8:45 pm
Thursday March 13, 2014
Buckingham Rink 1
Thunder Bay Kings vs. Whitby Wildcats, 8:30 am
Elite Hockey Group vs. Waterloo Wolves, 10:15 am
Ottawa Valley Titans vs. Peterborough Petes, 12:00 pm
Ottawa Jr. 67’s vs. WC1, 1:45 pm
Buckingham Rink 2
WC3 vs. Southern Tier Admirals, 9:00 am
WC2 vs. Chatham Kent Cyclones, 10:45 am
Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs vs. Team NOHA, 12:30 pm
TPH Thunder vs. Kitchener Jr. Rangers, 2:15 pm
Friday March 14, 2014
Buckingham Rink 1
Mississauga Senators vs. Ottawa Valley Titans, 8:00 am
Southern Tier Admirals vs. Elite Hockey Group, 9:45 am
Waterloo Wolves vs. Toronto Marlboros, 11:30 am
Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs vs. WC1, 1:15 pm
WC2 vs. Mississauga Senators, 3:00 pm
Toronto Marlboros vs. WC3, 4:45 pm
Buckingham Rink 2
Team NOHA vs. Toronto Jr. Canadiens8:30 am
Thunder Bay Kings vs. Vaughan Kings, 10:15 am
Peterborough Petes vs. Chatham Kent Cyclones, 12:00 pm
Whitby Wildcats vs. TPH Thunder, 1:45 pm
Toronto Jr. Canadiens vs. Ottawa Jr. 67’s, 3:30 pm
Kitchener Jr. Rangers vs. Vaughan Kings, 5:15 pm
Saturday March 15, 2014
Buckingham Rink 1
Quarter-Final 2 – 1ST Division 2 vs. 2ND Division 3, 10:30 am
Quarter-Final 4 – 1ST Division 1 vs. 2ND Division 4, 12:15 pm
Semi-Final 1 – Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2, 6:00 pm
Semi-Final 2 – Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4, 8:00 pm
Buckingham Rink 2
Quarter-Final 1 – 1ST Division 3 vs. 2ND Division 2, 10:00 am
Quarter-Final 3 – 1ST Division 4 vs. 2ND Division 1, 11:45 am
Sunday March 16, 2014
Buckingham Rink 1
Championship Final, 1:00 pm
* Rogers TV will broadcast 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 semifnal matchups and the Championship Final. Schedule details are available here. 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 the complete broadcast schedule.
