Here's the list of teams in the Bantam 97AA Port Huron Silver Stick Finals. Brampton and Midland qualifiers have yet to accept and may change.

Pool A
Darien Jr. Wave
Oakville Rangers
Port Huron Flags
Tampa Raiders

Pool B
Richmond Hill Stars (pending)
Marquette Sentinals (pending)
Sarnia Jr. Sting
Wonderland Wizards

Pool C
Foothill Flyers
Gloucester Rangers
Northbrook Bluehawks
Southpointe Rinkrats

Pool D
Michigan Ice Hawks
New Jersey Bandits
North Toronto Hockey
York Toros

Pool E
California Cougars
Farmington Hills Flames
Long Island Rebels
Mississauga Terriers

Wonderland takes this easy

Pool A - Oakville Rangers
Pool B - Richmond Hill (if they are in)
Pool C - Southpointe Rink Rats
Pool D - Michigan Ice Hawks
Pool E - Mississauga Terriers

OR vs MT in final.

MT wins!

i'm thinking more like Mississauga Terriers vs Michigan Ice Hawks in the final...unless they play each other earlier and the winner of that would end up being the champ.

ya USA team in final - not!!!!!!!

2007 was the last year that a Canadian team won the Bantam AA Finals in Port Huron, FYI.

hockey usa in big trouble
nice showing at world jr

"hockey usa in big trouble
nice showing at world jr"

What does this have to do with Bantam AA hockey?!?

Everyone is sick of US minor hockey teams building "dream teams" during the early years and always bragging about how good they are.
Then once real hockey gets played Canadian teams built from within city limits show who really are the winners.

Favourites have to be Terriers and Ice Hawks.
Oakville won it last year which helps them with experience but don't think they have quite enough talent compared to top 2 teams.
Richmond Hill has an outside shot as well.

Ranking
Michigan Ice Hawks 16.20 1 (US)
Mississauga Terriers 15.29 1 (CAN)
Farmington Hill Flames 14.19 5 (US)
Oakville Rangers 13.67 5 (CAN)
New Jersey Bandits 13.45 10 (US)
Gloucester Rangers 13.35 7 (CAN)
Richmond Hill Stars 13.19 8 (CAN)
Southpointe Rinkrats 12.97 13 (US)
York Toros 12.46 20 (CAN)
North Toronto 12.33 25 (CAN)
Sarnia Jr Sting 11.94 32 (CAN)
Long Island Rebels 11.65 31 (US)
Team Tampa Raiders 11.30 44 (US)
Northbrook Bluehawks 10.92 58 (US)
Marquette Sentinals 10.60 72 (US)
Darien Jr Wave 10.43 80 (US)
Wonderland Wizards 10.16 87 (US)
California Cougars 10.10 90 (US)
Foothill Flyers 9.46 111 (US)
Port Huron Flags 6.72 228 (US)

1st place in each division will move to quarters with three teams also making the quarters with a wildcard birth being decided with GF%.


Pool A: should be won easily by the Oakville team. One of the wildcards could come out of this division as being either Tampa or Darien (thinking Tampa), depending on who wins between these two teams and how badly this winner can beat up on the lowly Port Huron team. With the weak Port Huron team this will help other teams in this division have a higher GF% for a wild card spot.

Pool B: Richmond Hill should come out of this pool as the 1st place team with the possibility of the Sarnia Sting being in contention for a Wild Card spot.

Pool C: Gloucester or Southpoint will win this division depending on who wins between these two in head to head action as both teams are pretty even. Who ever losses between these two should be able to gain a wildcard spot with a higher GF% with having to play one of the weaker teams in the tourney in the Foothill team which will help elevate their GF%.

Pool D: This is probably the toughest division in the tourney with the #1 team in the US-Michigan Ice Hawks winning the division. New Jersey, North Toronto and York will battle it out for second place but i'm thinking that unfortunately non of these three teams will get a wildcard spot because the games will probably be so close in score that their GF% will be too low to move on but one of these three teams should because they are probably better than some of the other teams that will get a wildcard spot but are playing in the toughest division.

Pool E: You have two more top teams in this division with the #1-Canadian team Mississauga Terriers but don't count out the Farmington Hills team. The Terriers/Flames should be a good game with one of them winning the division while the other should get in as a wildcard as both these teams should have no problem with the rest of their division.

Pool A: Oakville Rangers
Pool B: Richmond Hill
Pool C: Gloucester Rangers
Pool D: Michigan Ice Hawks
Pool E: Mississauga Terriers

Possible Wilcards: Tampa (based on playing the weakest team), Sarnia, Southpointe (based on playing a week team as well), Farmington, possibly anyone from pool D

Oakville is lucky with the division they're in.
Terriers better hope that they get a wildcard.
Michigan Ice Hawks and Farmington will be the ones to beat.Oakland Grizzlies not too shabby.

But the Terriers were supposed to be God's gift to hockey !! Shouldn't they get a buy straight to the finals? Or even the award ceremony?

Cambridge would have won the whole thing

who cares about Oakland....they're not even in it!!!

Good Analysis.
Terrier still win baby

Oakville is shakey at the
he best of times..

I see you are already making excuses for Oakville to win. If they win its because they are in the weak loop, weak qualifier, weak early bird grouping. Give up already. I suppose last year they were in a weak International Silver stick that they WON. Returning champs and they are lucky????? As long as you think that and it makes you happy.

Coaching my friend,you need that in these kind of tourneys.You don't have one.

Same one who won the international last year but, you go on with your little thoughts.

Terriers have Oakville's # and everyone knows that.
If Terriers and Oakville are in the same tournament, one thing can be guaranteed of that tournament... Oakville will never be champion.

It looks as though the Terriers won't be either.

Has Oakville ever beat the Terriers within the last 2 years

never

never will

1:34 PM
Maybe but they have a whole lot better chance than Oakville.
My prediction Michigan Ice Hawks / Mississauga Terriers final.
It's the way it should be I guess, the 2 top AA teams in North America

12.55
You must be the ones that talked behind his back,knowing the shit coach he is..But wouldn't stand up when needed.If you have any hockey knowledge,you would know this guy has no clue.

1:02, The Terriers and Oakville were in the Earlybird together and as you know, Oakville were champions of that so take perhaps you should think before you speak or does McDonalds not allow you enough time on your break to think?? Its ok live in your little Terrier world and enjoy. You guys have a great team but people like you are why everyone hates the team. Not because of their success. Now STFU

you both won't make it.Lets hear what you have to say afterwards

Ice hawks have one helluva team as do the terriers oakville and farmington, but i think the ice hawks are a dominating squad

Ice Hawks and Terriers are clear favourites and I hope that they meet in the final!!!!

Michigan Ice Hawks and Farmington final

Of coarse you would expect the MIH and MT to meet in the final...and it should work out that way with both #1 teams from their respective coutries meet in the final. Oakville and Farmington will be hanging around also near the final 4....but that's in a perfect world. Anyone can win on a given day....and i'm hoping some under dog team can play the best hockey of their lives on this weekend and i'm hoping some under dog team can go all the win and win it.....it will be a tough but its the reason why we all play the games and not just hand the trophy over before it even happens....yes you should see all the above mentioned teams in the quarters.....but come on...deep down 99% of the people are hoping for an underdog to win it all.....its how history is written....hence the USA/Russia mircle on ice....or the summit series with Canada/Russia.......great moments are borm from great opportunity!!! Good Luck to all the teams!!!

The deciding factor for this Championship will come in the prelim rounds when we find out how many players each of the Ont teams are missing because of exams on the Thurs and/or Fri.

2:56 PM 
Earlybird Your kidding right.
No team cares about the Earlybird ,however Jokeville does apparently.
What about the London Triple 20 now that's a very good measuring stick and guess what , Oakville failed again!!
Who won that tourney? Oh, that's right ,and who did they beat in the final , oh that's right again.
Answer to question #1 MT .Answer to question #2 Jokeville

Oakville beat MT in OHF round robin in PEEWEE then lost in the final no telling who would have won a 5 game or 6pt series

I'll tell ya , easy answer MT
Give me a break your talking about a game 3 years ago?
That's the best you can come up with?

yes until the Port Huron final when MT doesn't even make it

oakville will shit the bed


again

MT team not that close anymore, a fly told me parents are pissed off with the management team, not sure how true this is.

terrier hater is back

Yes it's the same guy who did not make the team same bullshit Terrier hater

I'm hoping its OR and MT in the final just so we can all sit and watch the tool parents from both these teams crap themselves all game.

That would be funny, watching the brown stains running out to the car after the game, telling junior to meet them in the car.

The truth is that niether team will likely be in the finals.

I'm sure one of them will make it....it will depend on the quarter finals and how the teams rank from 1st to 8th......

the finals will be made up of two of the teams below....now move on and lets see.....

Michigan Ice Hawks
Mississauga Terriers
Farmington Hill Flames
Oakville Rangers
New Jersey Bandits
Gloucester Rangers
Richmond Hill Stars

You have to admit, that Terrier dad is one sorry ass loser. He posts like hes one of the players. What you going to do when Jr is done??? Back to fantasy camp. Moron

york toros will win it all LOL

MT are just too strong for the competition. Not a MT parent, but have seen them enough to know that over half that team should be playing on a mid to top quality AAA team - and will be next season. They just have too much talent for the rest of the talented teams to handle.

OK MT Dad if they could they would they just have the luxury of drawing from a large area and people flocking to play for them because of their rep lots of top notch AA but No mid level AAA's

They already left

what are you talking about now wellsford?

All the superstar MT players who go to AAA end up being mid to lower level so exhale on how talented you think your team is.

MT is the best AA team and will prove it in a few weeks.

MT is a good team....but the MIH is even better, they have developed into a top notch program and have lots of resources for extra training which is how they were able to bring in some top players from around their league. MIH will win this SS.....MT and OR....your just going to have to settle for leftovers!!!

Hey OR dad, why do you call our coach looking for a spot year after year for your little scotty.... We are a better team and you know it

So are they saying that here are OR players wanting to play for MT...... go figure !

looks like that shut up the OR dads !!!!!!!!!!

My kid's team is heading to the S.S. final (and he's not on the Rangers or the Terriers). I guess the incredible level of stupidity of these posts is indicitive of the wankers I will be forced to spend the weekend with in the arenas of Port Huron.

You don't have to worry.The biggest wanker on OR is the coach and he doesn't talk.

Marcel Marceau?

yes oakville has beat the terriers in the past 2 years in the round robin of the OHF's last year........

Was their a parade or did they just put it on the front page of the Oakville Beaver?

Wow that's impressive.

Ice Hawks win this anyway

Terriers may have something to say about that.

8.05
Only the AAA team would do something like that.

LMAO- true

MIH...in a cake walk!!!

Does the father from the Terriers still wear his Crosby jersey to the games.I think he may be suffering from the same thing as his hero.What a joke.

Gonna be a Miss. Terrier York Toro final for sure a real grudge match.

MIH all the way undefeated. No one is as good!!

Have you seen the Terriers play?
If you haven't MIH, then I can assure you might not be so confident in your bold statement.This from a team that has played them more than once this year you may not know what your in for when you do in fact play them.

I saw MIH last year and MT this year and MIH are significantly better.. A bit can change in a year but no-one in MIH class

Ok....listen up MT...yes your a good team but your not our calibre. Unless you have AAA after your name you don't stand a chance with us. Have a look at our scores and teams we've played (go to MHR). We only have two loss's and 1 tie...those both came at the hands of AAA teams. Other than that we are undefeated against anybody in AA. Stay in Canada....once you cross the border your going to find out the hard way when you play us!!!!

No, you listen up.
Arrogant Americans at it again.
Leave the hockey to us and you just focus on your basketball and football.
By the way, if you are that great, why aren't you playing AAA this weekend in Port Huron SS apparently you say you beat up on them as well?? Maybe your not as good as you think and I guess we'll see about that at the end of the month.

WARNING>>>>Canadian teams watch out, when you do cross the border the Americans add 3 players to their rosters and they wear striped shirts and carry whistles.

I guess it is the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, so this should be expected, but you're both a couple of pathetic losers for your bragging. Shut up and let the kids play hockey.

Terriers will beat ICe Hawks

Not a fat chance MT !!

Let's rename this post to "MT/MIH...I Know You Are But What Am I"

MT will not win the division,lucky with a wildcard.

They will win division easily they are far better than Farmington an that game will determine the division winner.

Have you seen them play?

Who?

Terriers have never seen any AMerican teams play and have no idea what they are in for.

Saw Farmington play in Burlington,On Christmas tourney..was not impressed.

MT are going to have a short bench for the first game, 3 defencman have exams and 2 forwards.

word has it their best forward will not be there friday for both games, ouch!!

hear come the excuses...

So true best D and forward both out.

who's they best D and forward ?

Every team has delt with injuries and missing players this season. Suck it up and dont use it as an excuse when you lose this weekend. Since you have a team with so called AAA players it should be a problem right.

who are missing? #'s

No problem, MT will be fine. They have barely played with a full roster all season long and their record is pretty darn good.
No excuses from MT here.

All Ontario teams have the same issue. I am sure Oakville has kids writing exams do dont use any excuses

Scranton will win bc of size and speed

Oakville might win , but it will be without my kid. his school will not allow him to reschedule his exam on the Friday. if he was sick he could take it on another date! This is BS

oops 12.36

spoke too soon

Esculate to board trustee - we are.

Good, but make sure you don't prematurely esculate.

lmao

Here's an idea 5:28...keep your kid in school that day, don't worry about the hockey tournament, and hopefully he will learn to spell.

all the players on our team are writing them on the Thursday, your principals must blow!

Terriers carry too much power both on and off the ice .

MT don't make the cut bet ya Nickle

MT will win.....no doubt. We are a top AAA team

What the hell happened to the two Alliance teams?

What two alliance teams??????? Sarnia only team from alliance in it.

maybe all of the alliance teams decided to play A.

One week away from this big tourney. Lots of good teams, it will be interesting to see who shows up!!!!

One week away is correct....MIH is a clear favorite...MT could easily give them a run for their money....Farmingham will finish in the quarters tops....OR is the wildcard...last year their achilles heal was their goaltending....this year that asset alone is probably the best in the whole tourney....MT's tenders are Shakey

MT looked awesome the other night.
They roll in on a huge high.

MIH
Terriers
Farmington
Oakville

Top 4 in that order.

Slight change to that...

Terriers
MIH
Farmington
Oakville

Top 4 in this order

Replace Oakville with Gloucester

So like this...

Terriers
MIH
Farmington
Gloucester

Saw MIH at hotel, they look awesome. They will win it all, the boys are big and BIG. MT will be afraid to get in the corners with them, if they get that far

Yes and there are about 20 of them too......

And only one player on MT, what's your point?

 7:53 PM 
are you some kind of stalker hanging around hotels saying 14 year old boys are awesome looking may want to seek some help.
Also,You saw them at hotel on a Wed. Night and they don't play until Friday and they are a local team ya sure
Anyways even if you did so what how big they are Terriers are too and really big on talent seen them play three times and most recently this past Monday, WOW I think MSH's maybe be in for a rude awakening that is if they get that far.

Lets go Oakville!!!!!

Oakville doesn't have a chance.

Why would MIH be in a hotel you moron!! BS!! They are from michigan and there home centre is less than half hour from arena's!! Way to boast your team!! Gee are you from MIH!!! asshole!! hope you choke this weekend!!

 9:35 PM 
What's MSH?

Michigan Shit Hawks

They still gonna kill terriers

Typical American bafoonery.
Also, if you know anything about North American hockey and you were a betting man,and your choice was to pick a winner between the 1st ranked team in the US and the 1st ranked team in Canada
I think your choice would be an easy one .I'm pretty sure most ,if not all would go with the team that has owned the sport the past 100 years.
And don't worry Terriers are not intimediated by anyone wait till you see.
Stick to football and b- ball,and we,ll just stick to what we do best..hockey
See ya at the rink.

Just a little confused here.
Is the MIH really a AAA team?
Just noticing they lost a game to the Oakland Grizzlies AA team but that same Oakland Grizzlies AA team played at the Silver Stick AAA final as their schedule shows from their website and yet play in the same leaugue it appears with Farmington and MIH as those games are on schedule as well.
Here's the link.

http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=OJG-4&t=c&s=hockey&p=schedule&d=20120101

just let me know if I'm just seeing things or is this just corrupt American minor hockey at it's finest again
Maybe that's why this SS tourney maybe has as lost it's luster with no guidance from executives and verification of teams qualifying in their appropriate levels
So is MIH and Farmington really AAA teams playing AA to satisfy their own egos because they can't play with the big boys?
Just an observation especially when I see this MIH team banging their chests on how great they are I guess they are for AA but not so great a AAA team which appears they really are.

They're AA who played in AAA tournaments. And yes they're that good.
The Canadian teams will be in tough against the US tournament teams.

so let me get this right this Oakland Grizzles AA was allowed to play in a AAA Silver stick final?
I can see entering random AAA tourneys throughout the season but a AAA silver stick final?

7:56 AM 
If they are that good why are they playing AA and not AAA, why didn't they enter the AAA silver stick final like Oakland Grizzlies
or do they just like to pick their spots
I guess playing where they should be playing not good for their egos

Looks more like to me they should be called CSH
..... The Chicken Shit Hawks

American minor hockey = corrupt,corrupt,corrupt.
At least in Michigan anyways.

6.49
MT #1 in Canada.....think again.That would be Ontario,for now.

No they should be called this
MSH.... No not Michigan Shit Hawks however that is a good one.
It should be
Michigan Sandbagging Hawks

Doesn't matter what they are A, AA , AAA ,AAAA whatever.
Mississauga Terriers will destroy them anyways

If you listen to the Terriers parents long enough (without having to throw up afterwards) you will learn that half of the Terriers are playing AAAAAA next year.

some of them already played there..what does that tell you?

MT are sandbaggers?

Its stupid that SS allows these AAA teams to play in a AA tournament.
No wonder nobody takes this tournament seriously anymore.

The americans also change their rosters each tournament depending on who they can get. Also check if all of the players are born in 97 or are classified by their school year of July to June. US tourny so US rules.

OK.....I'm from neither of these teams but know about each of them. The Michigan Ice Hawks are a very very good team, they have a huge budget that includes a Warrior sponsorship which you will notice with all their warrior stuff, they have all kinds of money to hold extra skates and practices and shooting practices and goaltender practices and bring in some top quality people to run them as their coach doesn't. Remember...Michigan only has 6 AAA teams in the entire state (Belle Tire, Victory Honda, Compuware, Caesars, Honeybaked, PK Warriors) that's not alot of teams in the AAA where as here in Ontario Look how many teams we have...over 60!!. I know Ontario has alot bigger population of kids playing hockey than Michigan but say Ontario only had like half the AAA teams we do know and that means say 30AAA teams just imagine how much better all the AA teams would be in the province. Imagine cutting the GTHL AAA teams in half and the rest go to AA. That's the difference between Michigan Hockey and Ontario Hockey. Also in Michigan there are no border or import rules where as in Ontario we do and are limited to what we can do with legal and illegal players and where they can come from. With the MIH having such a good program they have so many kids showing up to make their team its insane, think about having to pick 17 kids out of 150 that show up....wish our numbers and the calibre of kids like that would show up for our tryouts instead of having like 45 kids show up and 25 of them should be playing houseleague because of our location!! You should see the program the MIH run in the summer as well. If the State of Michigan were to add another AAA team to the loop....MIH would be that team because the kids who were last cuts on all these other 6 powerhouse AAA teams ended up on MIH.....a AA team beating them this weekend is a huge accomplishment or even just playing with them. Mississauga Terriers are also a very very good team but do have some rules they have to bend or manipulate in order to get some of their players, but make no mistake this has been a top quality team for the past number of years and because of MT's success have been able to draw some top quality kids to their program as the best players usually like to play on the best teams Imagine how good MT would be if half the mississauga AAA teams were removed.

Well good luck to everyone, it would be a great final if both #1 teams MIH and MT were to meet in the final but its hockey and anything can happen. I'm Canadian and will be cheering for a great showing from the Canadian Teams as they are outnumbered with 13 Teams from the US compared to just 7 teams from Canada. I think it would be great if some underdog team would make the final four.

Wow, an intelligent post!

GO CANANDA GO!!!!

Pool A
Darien Jr Wave 10.68 (#69 US)
Port Huron Flags 7.20 (#210 US)
Team Tampa Raiders 10.76 (#65 US)
Oakville Rangers 13.79 (#5 CAN)

Pool B
Sarnia Jr Sting 12.18 (#25 CAN)
Wonderland Wizards 10.23 (#88 US)
Marquette Sentinals 10.74 (#66 US)
Richmond Hill Stars 12.95 (#11 CAN)

Pool C
Foothill Flyers 9.69 (#108 US)
Gloucester Rangers 13.28 (#7 CAN)
Southpointe Rinkrats13.01 (#13 US)
Northbrook Bluehawks11.28 (#42 US)

Pool D
Michigan Ice Hawks 16.20 (#1 US)
New Jersey Bandits 13.57 (#10 US)
North Toronto 12.40 (#19 CAN)
York Toros 12.40 (#20 CAN)

Pool E
California Cougars 10.11 (#93 US)
Long Island Rebels 11.30 (#40 US)
Mississauga Terriers15.32 (#1 CAN)
Farmington Hill 14.04 (#6 US)

After Round Robin and doing some calculation using My Hockey Ranking Numbers
1st - Oakville Rangers
2nd - Mississauga Terriers
3rd - Michigan Ice Hawks
4th - Gloucester Rangers
5th - Richmond Hill
6th - Farmington Hills Flames (Wildcard)
7th - Southpointe Rink Rats (Wildcard)
8th - Sarnia Sting (Wildcard)

Quarter:
(1)Oakville vs (8)Sarnia
(2)Terriers vs (7)Southpointe
(3)Ice Hawks vs (6)Farmington
(4)Gloucester vs (5)Richmond Hill

Semi:
Oakville vs Gloucester
Ice Hawks vs Terriers

Final:

Oakville vs Ice Hawks

Winner:

MICHIGAN ICE HAWKS

What about the Toros dont they have a chance.

11:47 AM seems to have it right

Lets go Oakville!!!!!!!

11:47 here.....

Of coarse toro's have a chance, I just didn't pick anyone to come out of that Pool other than first place because MIH will run the table in that division and could win by some big scores if teams aren't ready for them. The Toro's, North and New Jersey are all pretty close in calibre and alot of these games are probably going to be 1 goal games if not some tie's. So if you don't get first in your division you will have to fight for a wild card and you will need to atleast be 2W-1L or 2W-0L-1T to move on. This pool is probably the toughest to come out of because other division have some really good teams but they also have some poor teams in them so even if someone lose's to the top team in their division they will still get to play a weaker team and help their GF%....where as in the toro's division 3 teams are pretty equal. Look at Pool A for instance....Oakville should beat everyone in their pool by a minimum of three goals and no less and that will help their GF% amongst the other 1st place teams and will probably get the #1 spot heading into the quarters because the other divisions are harder than Oakvilles and have atleast two decent teams in each except for Oakville's. Look at division E....MT and Farmington should be a good close matchup with MT winning....both these teams should beat up on the rest of their division which in turn will help Farmington's GF% moving them into atleast a wildcard spot. Then again there's always upsets....its hockey

Go Canada!!

Sad to see that Division so stacked
Feel bad for those 3 teams as they would have had a chance to move on if they were in any other division but that one

What were they thinking when they made up these divisions.

Oakville 8-0

some very valid comments on this site. I haven't seen the Mississauga Terriers play but my son's team went 1-1 with MIH two close games . They are a very good, disciplined team and will be tough to beat at this tourney. But as one post stated it's hockey anything can happen in one game.


My sleeper pick is Farmington Hills. Also played them this year. Very sound defensively but goals seem hard to come by at times.

Thursday Results

Oakville 8 - Port Huron 0
Marquette 3 - Richmond Hill 1
Sarnia 9 - Wonderland 4
Tampa 3 - Darien 0
Gloucester 8 - Southpointe 2
Northbrook 4 - Foothill 2

Canada teams did well with 3w-1L. Oakville win was expected, Richmond Hill loss was a big surprise, Sarnia large win was a surprise and Gloucester figured would win but the margin was a big surprise.

Go Canada Go!!

11:47 here again.......

Looks like day one finished up with Pool's A,B,C in action.

Pool A

Oakville win over the Flags was expected but the score was more than I had worked out as I had them at a 6-7 goal margin.

Tampa' win over Darien was expected but the score was again more than I had worked out as I had Tampa winning by one goal.

Winners of the two matchups above will play each other today while the two losers will play. Oakville should beat Tampa with no problem and Darien should put the host team Flags out of any possibility of moving to the quarters.


Pool B

Marquette's win over Richmond hill was a huge surprise to me. I had Richmond Hill beating Marquette by two goals but it ended up the other way around. Maybe the Marquette team is the sleeper this year and the underdog team no one gives credit too.

Sarnia's win over Wonderland was expected but the score was more than I had worked out as well, I had the Sting with a 2 goal win.

Winners of the two above matchups will play each other today while the two losers will play. I think I'm liking this Marquette team as the sleeper team and think they will win today over Sarnia but on my sheet I worked out I have Sarnia to win by two goals. Richmond Hill should beat the Wizards today crushing any of their hopes of moving on.

Pool C

Gloucester's win over Southpointe was a huge suprise in the margin of victory. I had figured that Gloucester would win but only by a goal. Gloucester huge win over Southpointe could really hurt the rink rats GF% when it comes down to the wild card. They need some big wins in their next two games and should win both but really need to rack up so goals.

Northbrooks win over Foothill was expected and the margin of victory was exactly what i had figured at 2 goals.

Winners of the two above matchups will play each other today while the two losers will play also. Gloucester should have no problem with Northbrook and Southpointe will rebound from their loss and end any possibilities of the Foothill Flyers of moving on.

For Pools A,B,C this is a big day for these pools as the winners from all three pools will play each other today which means some teams are going to be one and one while others move to the top of their division at 2-0. The losing teams from day one all play each other also and 3 teams will already be eliminated from any chance of a Wildcard spot.

For Pools D,E alot of the tournament favourites hit the ice today as the SS winner will mostly likly come from one of these two divisions.


All teams will have played two games by the end of today.

Good Luck to all...gotta go!!!

While you are out today, maybe you should go and BUY A LIFE.

Not in Port Huron you cant.

I appreciate the effort and time put into your analysis - keep going

3:24 For those of us not there,your comments at least give us a bit of a feel for the SS.Thank you,and if you are there with your boy....good luck!!

MT didn't look all that good this afternoon, lucky to win. Certainly did,t play up to the hype they brought upon themselves.

They are in deep tonight, should be fun to watch

Pool A
Oakville Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 8 0 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
Tampa Raiders 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 3 0 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
Darien Jr. Wave 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0 3 0 0-1-0 0-1-0
Port Huron Flags 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0 8 0 0-1-0 0-1-0

Pool B
Marquette American Legion 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 3 1 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
Sarnia Jr. Sting 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 9 4 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
Richmond Hill Stars 1 0 1 0 0 .000 1 3 0 0-1-0 0-1-0
Wonderland Wizards 1 0 1 0 0 .000 4 9 0 0-1-0 0-1-0

Pool C
Gloucester Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 8 2 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
Northbrook Bluehawks 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 4 2 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
Foothill Flyers 1 0 1 0 0 .000 2 4 0 0-1-0 0-1-0
Southpointe Rinkrats 1 0 1 0 0 .000 2 8 0 0-1-0 0-1-0

Pool D
Michigan Ice Hawks 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 4 0 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
York Toros 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 3 2 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
New Jersey Bandits 1 0 1 0 0 .000 2 3 0 0-1-0 0-1-0
North Toronto Hockey 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0 4 0 0-1-0 0-1-0

Pool E
Farmington Hills Flames 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 8 1 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
Mississauga Terriers 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 4 2 0 1-0-0 1-0-0
California Cougars 1 0 1 0 0 .000 1 8 0 0-1-0 0-1-0
Long Island Rebels 1 0 1 0 0 .000 2 4 0 0-1-0 0-1-0

sorry to burst your bubble 5:53 but MT just beat Farmington 6-1.

11:47 here again.......

Wow....i'm a little shocked tonight...but I guess the old saying of....that's why we play the games comes to mind.

Pool A

The Oakville Rangers who were suppose to sweep Pool A stumbled today, I heard the Rangers were having a mid day practice in Sarnia with skates only as it didn't help them on this night as the Tampa Raiders stepped up to the plate and tied the Rangers. Also in pool A a surprising win by the lowest ranked team and host Port Huron Flags came away with a victory over Darien eliminating the Wave from making the quarters dispite still having one game left. Oakville and Tampa should both with tomorrow giving both teams 5pts and GF% will come into play to determine this division winner. Who ever doesn't win Pool A is still sitting in good position to steal a wildcard spot with 5pts as most other teams could be sitting at 4pts for the wildcard.

Pool B

Both Marquette and Sarnia played to a 2-2 tie as both teams sit with 3 points. Richmond Hill squeaked one out against the Wizards 5-4. I had figured that Richmond Hill would take this division but it seems that Sarnia and Marquette have stepped up. Marquette will have an easier road tomorrow as they will take on the winless Wizards and Sarnia and Richmond Hill will be the big contest in this division. Richmond needs a win or they will be eliminated as a tie won't help them. If Sarnia tie's they still have a chance with 4 points but if Sarnia wins they will have 5pts also and Sarnia and Marquette could come down to the GF% for the division winner, if both teams are at 5pts the team that doesn't win Pool B will also be sitting with 5pts and in a good spot for a wildcard berth.

Pool C

Gloucester moved into first place in Pool C with a 3-1 victory over Northbrook. Gloucester will now take on the winless Foothill Flyers saturday. Southpointe responded after a big first day disappointing loss to Gloucester with a solid 6-2 win over Foothill. Gloucester has sealed first place in this division as they have beaten both Southpointe and Northbrook and they are the only teams who can tie Gloucester but head to head Gloucester gets the tie breaker. Southpointe and Northbrook will lock horns tomorrow with the winner having a shot at a wildcard spot which there may not be many left.

Pool D

Well a huge upset has happened in the tournament....the York Toros have surprised everyone at the tourney and they have got to be the dark horse in this tourney. On the first day the Toros handed the Bandits their first loss of the season as the Bandits were 39W-0L-2T heading into this tournament. Then the Toros beat the Michigan Ice Hawks...the team that is heavily favoured to win this tournament. The ice hawks were bringing in a 39W-3L-1T into the tournament with two of their loss's coming only to AAA teams. New Jersey sqeaked a win out on North Toronto 6-5 eliminating any chances of North moving on. York is now in the same spot as Gloucester as they have now secured first place because they have beaten both New Jersey and MIH and they are the only teams who can catch them and the Toros have the advantage as they have won the head to head. MIH and New Jersey will lock horns tomorrow and will be fighting for a wildcard spot at 4pts. There could be the possibility of MIH not moving on which could be huge if they don't and a disappointing showing for the team that is one of the favourites to win.

Pool E

Mississauga has locked up first place in this Pool as they are in the same boat as York and Gloucester with having gone undefeated so far and will win the tie breaker in their pool having beaten the other two teams but this shouldn't really matter as the Terriers should have no problem beating the winless California Cougars. After Farmington had a huge win in their first game...fell to one of the tournament favourites in the Terriers by a score of 6-1, people thought this would be a much closer contest but the score shows otherwise. Farmington and Long island will play tomorrow for a chance at a wildcard spot both teams have had alot of goals scored for and against and the GF% is not working in their favour right now.


So....Gloucester, Mississauga, York have all locked up 1st place in their respectice Pools C,D,E. First Place in pools A & B are still up for grabs and will come down to some matchups tomorrow.

Darien Wave, Wonderland Wizards, Foothill Flyers, North Toronto, California Cougars have been eliminated and tomorrows game won't matter. They could how ever play spoiler in some division.

Here's a weird note.....(1st vs 4th) and (2nd vs 3rd) in every Pool in tomorrows matchups....go figure!!!!! There's certainly going to be some interesting matchups in the (2nd vs 3rd) games with many people probably running from rink to rink to keep an eye on the other teams scores.

Good Luck Tomorrow.

Great posts, thanks for the updates..

great analysis - thanks

pierre mcquire you are a monster!!

didnt know you did silver stick too

Thanks for the great updates,feel like I have missed nothing...great work!!

That was a lot of work to put that post in
I can understand as there little to do in this Godforsaken town of PH

Why do they keep holding it here

Beautiful rinks and hotel further inland
Onyx Troy Rochester Macomb etc

thats the silver stick for you


port huron
sarnia
newmarket


hot listed on all the tourist sites.

It is a stimulus package from the government

port huron

i doubt that...lol

not in the good ole usa
every been to port huron
makes sarnia look like Paris...France

lets go oakville!!!!!!!

MT will go undefeated and walk with it all!

Dear AA Terriers. I find your constant self-congratulations and arrogance stunning, given that you are a AA team. While you may be better than most of your AA competitors, you are a recreational team that should learn to enjoy hockey for what it is...becasue what it isn't is hi-end.

If your kids were half as good as you seem to think they are, they would be playing elsewhere. So stop pimping and just try to enjoy the games. It will be over and little Johnny will be trying out for the highschool team soon enough.

B l o w m e

Gloucester Rangers Farmington Hills Flames Sat, Jan 28 8:00 pm GP - American
123 Sarnia Jr. Sting Tampa Raiders Sat, Jan 28 9:30 pm GP - Canadian
122 Mississauga Terriers Michigan Ice Hawks Sat, Jan 28 9:30 pm McMorran-Pavln.
124 Oakville Rangers York Toros Sat, Jan 28 9:30 pm GP - American

Terriers got this tourny in the bag.

Who are the Terriers? Never heard of them

Terriers will be eliminated in the Quarters!

Ohn this a AA thread. That's why I haven't heard of the Terriers.... My kid plays real hockey!

Enjoy your little tournament, very cute watching the little ones still learning the game

Terriers would kick your kids team hands down.

11:47 here again.....

Pool A

Oakville and Tampa finished in a tie for first place but the Rangers took the top stop with a better +/- than Tampa. Oakville was suppose to run away with the division but Tampa is a very good team as it was hard to determine the type of team they were being from Florida. Tampa picked up a wildcard spot.

Pool B

This was a big surprise in this division. I thought that Richmond Hill would come out of this division undefeated but Sarnia and Marquette seemed to step up to the plate so far. Sarnia and Marquette finished tied for first but Sarnia got 1st place because they had a better +/-. Marquette did not make it in as a Wild Card.

Pool C

West as expected as Gloucester went undefeated through the round robin and finished in the #1 spot overall. I thought that Southpointe would take a wildcard spot but the GF% was not in their favour. Gloucester will be the only team out of this division.

Pool D

Very surprising results in this division as the York Toros took first place as they stepped up to the top teams in the division but lost in their final round robin but that didn't matter as the Toro's had already locked up first place. Michigan Ice Hawks beat the New Jersey Bandits and moved into a wild card position. The Bandits showed up to the tournament undefeated on the season and got a little taste of hockey from some Michigan and Ontario teams and were sent home disappointed.

Pool E

Mississauga Terriers lived up to their billing and finished updefeated in their Pool. Farmington Hills beat Long island and took the final wildcard spot available.


We have Gloucester to take on Farmington Hills in one quarter final, even though this is 1st and 8th Farminton Hills is a good team and will give Gloucester more than a handfull!!

We have the number one ranked team in Canada taking on the number one ranked team in the USA with the Terriers and Michigan Ice Hawks. This is such a great matchup...to bad its not the finals as one of these teams will be finished way to early in this tournament.

We have Sarnia taking on Tampa in another quarter final. This is a surprising matchup for both teams as I didn't really think either of these teams would make it this far but obviously both these teams stepped up their game to get here. Tampa is the only team in the quarters that is not from Michigan or Ontario.

We have Oakville and York in the other quarter final. These teams have played each other before but very early in the season with York coming out on top in that game. Oakville is a very good team and York has obviously stepped up their play in this tournament but did they run out of gas when they played North Toronto.

Side Note....5 of the 7 ontario teams that were in this silver stick have advanced to the quarter finals which is awesome for Ontario and the Canadians should be proud of these teams.

Should be some great games on tonight!!!!!! Good Luck to all (especially the canadian teams)

Any scores from tonights games yet? Anxiously awaiting them.

Michigan 4. Terriers 2

Out in quarters

As expected, MT are D-O-N-E !!! Looks good on them, too bad for the kids, but serves the dickhead parents right.

MT did no better than the Toros

Toros can beat Oakville

Toros couldnt beat eggs.

Not tonight, Oakville won 3-0

MT = Toros

told ya

Way to oakville

11:47 here again......


Wow....what a bunch of great games.

Gloucester beat Farmington Hills after coming from behind 3-1 to winning 5-3 to advance to the semi-fianls. The Sarnia Sting beat Tampa Raiders 4-3 in the other quarter final. With the teams that are in this event i'm extremely surprised to see Sarnia still alive but good for them...they earned this years award of the dark horse team and underdog. Gloucester and Sarnia will meet in the one semi-final game.

The Michigan Ice Hawks proved that they are better than the Missisauga Terriers as the two top teams from each country collided heads with the Hawks winning 4-2. In the other quarters it looks like the oakville rangers had no problem with the York Toros. York had a great run during the weekend but they ran out of gas losing their last two games. The ice hawks will take on the defending champs (oakville) tomorrow in the other semi-final.

Notes.....3 of the remaining 4 teams are all canadian and there will be atleast one Canadian team in the final. As you can see my above post....I picked three of the 4 teams that are left in the semi's (Gloucester,Oakville and Michingan)....not bad for some whacko with a computer. I'm thinking that the final will be the undefeated Gloucester team and the Michigan Ice Hawks in the final.

Good luck to all the 4 teams left...its a huge accomplishment to make it to the final 4 in the North American Silver Stick. There's been alot of teams eliminated from this event since the beginning of the season and these are the 4 teams left standing!!!!

Gloucester Rangers
Sarnia Sting
Michigan Ice Hawks
Oakville Rangers

Go Canada!!!!

go canada
Wonder what Terriers will say now?

I wonder how classless the parents were during the big fall ? They're idiots when they're winning, can't imagine how they would act when they learn that they aren't the best

whatever. let's just see who's on top at the end of the OHF weekend

Oh, so suddenly the SS isn't a big deal anymore? Not surprising....

Great effort by all teams. It was nice to see such high calibre hockey displayed by teams from several different regions.

Congrats to gloucester, sarnia, oakville, and michigan for making it this far. Awesome showing from the other quarter finalists as well.

But damn, only complaint is how terrible the GP facility is. That place is in dire need of an overhaul much like the defense coach of the oakville rangers is in desperate need of an english dictionary. Like seriously, every 2nd or 3rd word out of his mouth was boy. "SKATE BOI, GET BACK BOI, CLOSE THE GAP BOI, EH...NICE CHECK BOI". parents - an idea for an end of season "thank you" gift; Perhaps one of you can help enroll him in some sort of adult learning centre?

Way to go sarnia. Good SS so far. Best of luck the rest of the way!

97aaa parent.

bye bye MT. Looks good on your club.

Bye bye Oakville too!

Toros beat Michigan and Terriers didn't. Wow! Idiot bald guy with the camera must be freaking!!!

Your both losers in the end because neither one of you could win when it counted. Your both an emberassement to the GTHL if that's all you guys can offer up.

give it a rest pal
you sound more and more like a retard every time you type

great tourney oakville!

Oakville played a great game today...(I'm a parent from the Ice Hawks). They gave us a much better game than the Terriers...I was surprised by the quality of their team.

sure you are
you are the terrier hater
you are the vertically challenged master mechanic

sure you are

azzzzzzzzzzzwipe

Seems like the Terrier parents are in a bit of mood today, I wonder why?

Oakville played some good hockey..just not good enough for the Ice Hawks. I wish I could have stayed to watch the finals..probably going to be a great final.

whos winning/won finals

MI 3 - Gloucester 1

MI were the best team here and they won. Good job to them

3 of top 4 teams reached final (Oakville, Gloucester and Michigan). only the Terriers didn't and Michigan beat them earlier so great job for Michigan.

The huge budget worked!!!!

Terriers you are a AA team. Repeat Terriers you are a AA team. Repeat 100 times children.

4:44 you are full of shit, I watched the 3rd period you had 1 shot on net, Terriers game was much closer they outplayed MIH the whole 2nd period but 2 soft goals in the 3rd and Michigan had better energy in the 3rd as well, especially with the 20 players they dressed. Congrats Michigan !

Just a simple question Terrier parent but did you lose the one game you had to win? Cracked under pressure. Wah Wah Wah. Maybe next year the Canucks will be in the tournament. I'm lovin it!

Bantam A parent - The refs were terrible in this tournament, almost as bad as the Glacier Pointe rink. McMorran was pretty bad also

8:53 Did NOT Crack under pressure, just lost to the best AA team in North America period.

too bad about ss terriers blowing up going to dmfs and tt's

TT will end up as the third place AAA team and will be able to recruit from a number of top AAA teams; unlikely they'll take any MT players now, notwithstanding the outstanding performance in Port Huron. AC owns the TT org so he doesn't need anyone to pay to ride the pine either.

Okay girls,

In case you haven't noticed (which you haven't), this thread has become nothing more than a giant dick swinging contest. MIH, MT, OR, GR, YT, FHF, etc are all great teams as they have proven to anyone who watched this weekend. Close competition this weekend was essential for player development. Without that, minor hockey would suck hard in more ways than one. Learn to appreciate it, not to flame it.

Let's all be adults and keep our dicks in our pants for the time being.

F ucking off for now,
Cheif

MT brought the attention onto themselves. They aren't it, so leave us alone

So the MT parent aholes are pinning the blame for their failed weekend adventure on the goalie now? Very classy, typical of the MT parent mentallity... throw each other under the bus after you embrass yourselves by claiming the SS Cup before you even play a game.

I love the comments about being up after 2 periods..... wasn't this the same parent group that said that it doesn't matter what happens after 2 periods when their game against the Toros were called after 2 with the Toros in the lead? I guess we were supposed to forget about that as well weren't we?

Now they are deflecting by saying the only thing that matters is the OHF winner, I guess we are now supposed to believe that a regional championship (Ontario) is more important that the International Silverstick?

Do the MT parents ever step back and listen to themselves? The team/parental group has already started to implode, so should be fun to watch this disfunctional group for the rest of the season. The arrogance has brought the attention to their failures, looks good on you.

COVER YOUR NUTS !!!

Every team should be going into a tournament with an attitude of winning it all - I'm not sure why everyone is so bent out of shape because MT thought they had a chance to win it - Every team should have that attitude!

Michigan Ice Hawks are a great team, the parents of both MT and Michigan had nothing but mutual respect for each other's team. We watched 2 great teams play a great team. Only one winner could emerge and it was MIHs game that day.

Congrats to all that qualified to participate in the SS and especially to MIH for winning it!

MT were definately disappointed that they didn't advance further into the tourney, but the MIH game felt like a championship game.

MT Parent

Even though it was a Q final game both teams knew that game was in fact the championship game, and whoever won that game would go on to win.

oakville>terriers

I think the championship game was between Michigan and Oakville wasnt it they actually got to the semi final game and didnt allow 4 goals against them either.

still 2 goal spread and Oakville never led the game, also Terriers bitch slapped the rangers at the London tournament in finals didn't they.

Hold on to London because that will be your highlight of the year, you cant use the Miss early bird and SS unfortunatlly. But I guess you will win the OHFs now right.

come on MIH totally dominated the rangers from start to end, the score was flatering to Rangers, Terriers had MIH by the short and curlies for the first to period, especially the 2nd period.

MIH has little respect for 'my $hit don't stink Terrier parents'. They showed their class on this forum leading up to this SS. The way they blamed their goalie afterwards, was like a built in excuse for not winning. If this was the unofficial Championship game, why wouldn't they play the #1 goalie??? They are not a good enough team to beat MIH with average goaltending. Terriers definitely not the best team we played, not sure if a different goalie would make a difference.

Who cares you both lost to the top team of MIH. They were picked to win it!

The question is did you win, it doesnt matter what you believe you lost the game.

The top 4 teams were MIH,Gloucester, Oakville and Terrier. At the end of theday MIH were the best here and they won. Good for them for coming through. No doubt the Terriers were the most arrogant and thats why people wanted them to lose. All 4 are good teams but only one was arrogant.

I saw both MIH vs Terrier and MIH vs Oakville. MIH were better in both games. Terriers and Oakville had their chances but could not capitalize.

Good tourny.
BTW prevous poster was correct - reffing was crazy for all teams