Monday, December 19, 2011

Burnaby Xmas Tournament

The BMHA Christmas AAA Bantam Tournament will begin a week from tomorrow at the Bill Copeland and Burnaby Lake Arena's.  The tournament will feature 16 teams split in to 4 pools.  All teams are from B.C. except for the Wenatchee Wild, who are from Washington St.  Many of the top teams will take part in the tournament except for POE and BWC who are playing in the Los Angelas Holiday Tournament also from the 27-30.

Here is a breakdown of how the pools are structured:
Boyd Division
Burnaby MHA (T1) 1-8-1 L3
Langley (T1) 2-6-2 W2
Mission (T1) 4-6-0 L1
Victoria (Island)

Wong Division
Cloverdale (T1) 6-4-0 L1
Semiahmoo (T1) 7-2-1 W1
NSWC (T1) 6-2-0  L2
Seafair (T1) 4-1-4 W1

Marino Division
New Westminster (T2) 4-3-3
North Delta  (T2) 3-7-0
Ridge Meadows (T2) 0-8-2
Vancouver Spirit (T2) 4-5-1

Smith Division
Coquitlam (T2) 6-3-1
Surrey (T2) 6-2-2
South Delta (T3) 9-0-0
Wenatchee Wild (Tournament Team)

The unfortunate part of this tournament is that the winner of the "WONG" division is likely to win the tournament unless they tire from promises to be ultra-competitive round robin games. 
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Actally this tournament is setup for great round robin games than all teams advance to single elimination. Wong crosses over to Marino and Smith to Boyd.
    Look for all Wong teams to make up the semis and finals unless an upset.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    Seafair will win this division. The 98's are picking it up. Cloverdale, NSWC are sinking. Semi is up and down.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    He's right. 2 Wong Teams will be in the Final UNLESS there is an upset.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    OHA, Kamloops, Nanaimo playing in Penticton @ same time. Some good AMBHL competition from Camrose, Lethbridge, Sherwood Park. Format is also 'scout-friendly' like Burnaby with top ranked teams lined up to play each other in round robin.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    Wow - nice format - catch the Wong games, come back 4 final!

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  6. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    Tournament has had that format for years. It's too bad it is unable to attract the top teams anymore. The format creates what should be even round robin games. The Wong division will have easy cross over.

    It's good for some of the players on tier 2 teams to play up against the tier 1.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    Are you kidding me, NSWC beat seafair easily 3-1 on weekend and is better then all of the other teams in that pool my guess is semi and NSWC soundly unless a huge upset happens.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    I'm guessing NSWC vs. Cloverdale in the Final. (Unless there is an upset.)

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  9. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    11:27 - Really? thats funny because cloverdale man handled semi in a 5-3 win. Cloverdale vs. nswc

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  10. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    Dark horses for Burnaby tourney?

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  11. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    10:06. Really? Cause seafair beat cloverdale tied semi and just played a bad game agaist north shore. North shore and seafair finals

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