The first major provincial tournament is set to get underway in Chilliwack, B.C. on Thanksgiving weekend. The tournament will kick off with NSWC taking on Abbotsford at noon on Friday and wraps up with the final on Monday afternoon. Here is a look at the groupings and teams taking part in the tournament below.
Group A
NSWC
Kelowna
Prince George
Abbotsford
Group B
OHA
Seattle
Semiahmoo
Victoria
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Group C
BWC
Kamloops
Wenatcheee
Port Coquitlam
Group D
POE
Cloverdale
Chilliwack
Nanaimo
17 comments:
Looks like there is a lot of tier 2 teams this year. Could be a few blow outs.
Actually almost all of the top teams in BC are all there so this will be very good indicator of the team rankings. Based on early games we should see NSWC, Semiahmoo or OHA coming out of the A-B side and a battle royale looms in the C-D semis with BWC and POE possibly facing off. Last year these two teams never met so this will be interesting.
The top 5 BC teams are in attendance.. BWC,POE,SEMI,NSWC and CLOV. Should be very interesting to see who comes out on top. Lots of decent PCAHA teams passed up for less than stellar teams around the province. I guess they play each other enough throughout the year. It is a good representation from around the province!!
Mission didnt get in over Poco.....
Mission, Langley, Surrey, Hollyburn lots of decent PCAHA teams. Chilliwack wouldnt be in if they didnt host. Doesnt really matter it comes down to top 5 teams.
The two top teams in the Interior so far based on ex games are the two academies as both haven't lost a game yet. Will be interesting to see how they stack up against the PCAHA heavyweights BWC, SEMI, NSWC and CLOV. Who else should have been invited that didn't get in based on how they have played so far?
NSWC will cruise into the finals and play cloverdale
Cloverdale is overrated. No goal tending. Abbotsford rounds out the top 5 teams.
Abbotsford team is well coached and will be out to prove they are a top 4 team. They have size and a skilled defense.Goaltending will be a factor.
Abbotsford has to many weak 98's to be considered in the top 5 teams
NSWC will put a beating on Abbotsford the first game.
Too much speed and skill for Abbotsford.
Too many from NSWC will remember last year and the attitude they were given by Abby. Pay back is near!
POE 7, OHA 0... that narrows things down a bit.
Vic Racquet Club deserves some consideration - they have managed to 'recruit' several top 97's from other Island communities (somewhat contoversial because they should only enrol players from Greater Vic area) and they have absolutely steamrolled all opposition on the Island in Bantam tiering games. Could finish 2nd in their pool (to Semi).
Vic Racquet will get their eyes opened at this tournament...
Victoria Racquet Club will be a medicore Vancouver Island team at best....
Vancouver Island Bantam Tier 1 hockey is very weak...
This tournament will expose them for what they are...an average team playing with the big guns...gonna be a "smoke show"..
I agree that some of the teams seem to be a step behind, POCO is in flight 4 for tiering. POCO'S first game vs BWC. Mission would have been a better option.
i heard Mission A1 lost to Seafair in the Seafair icebreaker challenge tournament 7-0 . It is probably a good thing that Mission didnt get into the Chilliwhack tournament.
Unfortunate for all the early on injuries to the BWC team, but non the less, NSWC was a much stronger team with 3 deep lines and handled each competitor with grit, skill and ease. (whatched some of the BWC games and sad to see some players only getting 3 or 4 sniffs of ice per game, where is the development there?)
Enjoy the tiering and have a great season everyone and remember to play hard, play safe and respect the rink
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