Local hockey fans have the opportunity to shoot and score in support of local affordable homeownership this Thursday.
Some of the best high school hockey players in Ontario will spend three days in Belleville this week, battling for the boys A/AA OFSAA Championships from March 24 to March 26.
The 16-team tournament will be hosted by Belleville’s St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School, with all 32 games to be played at rinks inside the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre, including the Mackay Insurance and Family Dental Centre Arenas, the Wally Dever Arena, and the home of the Belleville Senators, CAA Arena.
The week will be full of connections to the Senators, both in Belleville and Ottawa. The event kicks off with a team banquet dinner, featuring a keynote presentation from Ottawa Senators legend, Chris Phillips, who is a veteran of close to 1,200 National Hockey League games and is currently the NHL Sens’ vice president of business operations. And, along with sharing their home ice, the Belleville Sens will be handing out ‘player of the game prizing’ for all 32 games.
The Belleville Sens will also team up with YourTV Quinte and students from the Loyalist College TV, Film & Content Creation program to provide game presentation and broadcast coverage of the gold medal match at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 26. The game will be recorded and re-aired on local YourTV stations.
Proceeds from tickets sold will be going to Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward Hastings.
The Bay of Quinte will be represented by the host Titans from St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School and the Centre Hastings Centurions from Madoc, with other participants including – Kincardine District Secondary School (Kincardine), Our Lady of the Bay Catholic High School (Collingwood), King City Secondary School (King City), Sydenham High School (Sydenham), Korah Collegiate & Vocational School (Sault Ste. Marie), Fort Frances High School (Fort Frances), Ècole Secondaire Catholique L’Essor (Windsor), Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School (Courtice), St. Michael’s Catholic Secondary School (Bolton), St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School (Hamilton), Ècole Secondaire Catholique Hearst (Hearst), St. James Catholic High School (Guelph), Denis Morris Catholic High School (St. Catharines), and St. Michael’s Catholic Secondary School (Stratford).
Team rosters, tournament schedules and results can be found by visiting the A/AA OFSAA Boys Hockey Website.
