For the first time of this young the 2024-25 season, we were able Canada Boys action in the MHR Weekend Preview. Three events featuring some of the nation’s top U15, U17 and U18 programs were held from Oct. 3-6 across the country.

In Sherwood Park, Ontario, the Hockey Eastern Ontario AAA League held its annual early season showcase for U12, U13, U14, U15, U16 and U18 teams from Friday through Sunday. Staying in Ontario, but moving to Cornwall, the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) hosted its Eastern Showcase for the CSSHL U17 and U18 East teams. Play in Cornwall began Thursday, Oct. 3 and ran through Sunday, Oct. 6.

And in Western Canada, 15 of the region’s top U15 BOYS AA programs traveled to Abbottsford, British Columbia, for the Bauer U15 AAA Invitational Oct. 4-6. Those teams were joined by the 14U Texas Tigers, who represent one of the top Tier 2 organizations in the United States.

 

HEO AAA League Showcase

The Hockey Eastern Ontario AAA League features five member organizations that field teams at the U13, U14, U15, U16 and U18 age levels. The Eastern Ontario Wolves, Ottawa Jr. 67s, Myers Automotive AAA, Upper Canada Cyclones and Ontario Valley Titans all participate in each of the five age groups. They are joined by the Ontario Hockey Association Mavericks at the U18 level. For this showcase, the Central Ontario Wolves of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) will be participating as well.

Each team played at least two games at the Richcraft Sensplex in Sherwood Park, Ontario, from Oct. Friday, Oct. 4, through Sunday, Oct. 6. Friday’s action began at 5:15 p.m EST., with the Wild and Jr. 67s facing off throughout the evening in U12, U13, U14, U15 and U18 matchups. The rest of the clubs joined the party starting Saturday morning at 11:15.

Approximately 30 games were played during the weekend. Richcraft Sensplex is serviced by LiveBarn, so the games should be available there for on-demand viewing.

 

HEO Showcase U13 Division

Here are the HEO U13 teams that are ranked in Ontario:

#16 Upper Canada Cyclones

#18 Ottawa Valley Titans

#19 Myers Automotive

#28 Ottawa Jr. 67s

 

The Eastern Ontario Wild defeated the Ottawa Jr. 67s, 4-2, Friday, tied the Ottawa Valley Titans, 1-1 Sunday and are now 4-1-1 through six games. The Jr. 67s tied upper Canada, 3-3, in their other weekend matchup and are 1-1-2 on the season. Upper Canada fell to Myers Automotive, 5-1, in its other contest to conclude the weekend with a 1-3-1 overall record. Myers fell to Ottawa Valley, 6-2, in its first game of the weekend. Myers is 2-3-0, and the Titans are 3-2-1.

 

HEO U14 Division

Here are the HEO U14 teams and their current rankings in Ontario:

#10 Ottawa Jr. 67s

#11 Myers Automotive

#15 Upper Canada Cyclones

#16 Ottawa Valley Titans

#21 Eastern Ontario Wild

 

On Friday, the Ottawa Jr. 67s beat the Eastern Ontario Wild, 2-1. Ottawa also won its second game of the weekend, knocking off the Upper Canada Cyclones Saturday, 5-2, to conclude the showcase with a season record of 4-1-2. The Wild tied the Ottawa Valley Titans, 4-4, Sunday, and the Titans tied Myers Automotive, 3-3, Saturday. Eastern Ontario is 0-3-2 thus far, while Ottawa Valley is 1-1-1. Myers defeated Upper Canada, 8-2, Sunday to conclude the showcase with an overall record of 4-0-2. The Cyclones are 1-4-0.

 

HEO U15 Division

Here are the HEO U15 teams and their current rankings in Ontario:

#8 Myers Automotive

#16 Ottawa Jr. 67s

#24 Eastern Ontario Wild

#26 Ottawa Valley Titans

#28 Upper Canada Cyclones

 

In Friday’s U15 action, the Eastern Ontario Wild tied the Ottawa Jr. 67s, 2-2, while Myers Automotive and the Upper Canada Cyclones skated to the exact same result. Eastern Ontario beat the Upper Canada Cyclones, 5-3 on Sunday, while the 67s fell to the Ottawa Valley Titans, 3-1. Ottawa Valley beat Myers, 3-1, Saturday. At the conclusion of the showcase, Myers was atop the league standings at 3-2-1 (7 points), followed by Ottawa Valley at 2-1-2 (6 points), Eastern Ontario at 2-2-2 (6 points), the Jr. 67s at 2-2-2 (6 points) and Upper Canada at 1-3-1 (3 points)

 

HEO U16 Division

Here are the HEO U16 teams and their current rankings in Ontario:

#9 Upper Canada Cyclones

#10 Ottawa Valley Titans

#12 Myers Automotive

#19 Eastern Ontario Wild

#24 Ottawa Jr. 67s

Guest Team: #34 Central Ontario Wolves

 

Play in the U16 Division opened Saturday evening, with the Ottawa Valley Titans knocking off the Eastern Ontario Wild, 3-2, and the Ottawa Jr. 67s defeating the Upper Canada Cyclones, 6-3. The Wild and Cyclones skated to a 4-4 tie Saturday, while Myers beat Ottawa, 7-1. Myers currently is in first place at 4-1-1 (9 points), followed by Ottawa Valley at 3-1-0 (6 points), Upper Canada at 2-2-1 (5 points), Eastern Ontario at 1-2-1 (3 points) and the Jr. 67s at 1-5-1 (3 points). The OMHA’s Central Ontario Wolves also participated in the showcase in the 16U Division, falling to Myers, 4-2, and Ottawa Valley, 6-0.

 

HEO U18 Division

Not enough Ontario U18 teams had met the five-game minimum for MHR to have meaningful rankings for that division prior to the HEO AAA Showcase.

Showcase play in the U18 Division began Friday, with the Eastern Ontario Wild skating to a 4-3 victory against the Ottawa Jr. 67s. The Wild also played Saturday, falling to Myers Automotive, 5-2. The Jr. 67s won their second game Saturday, 6-3, against the Ontario Hockey Academy Mavericks. The Mavericks fell to the Upper Canada Cyclones, 3-2, Sunday, and Upper Canada beat the Ottawa Valley Titans, 5-0, Saturday. Myers beat Ottawa Valley, 7-2, Sunday.

 

HEO U18 AAA Standings following the showcase:

Upper Canada Cyclones 4-4-0 (8 points)

Myers Automotive 2-2-0 (4 points)

Ottawa Jr. 67s 1-1-0 (2 points)

Eastern Ontario Wild 1-1-0 (2 points)

OHA Mavericks 1-3-0 (2 points)

Ottawa Valley Titans 1-3-0 (2 points)

 

CLICK HERE for the complete HEO AAA Showcase schedule & scores.

 

 

CSSHL Eastern Showcase

The Canadian Sport School Hockey League was established in 2009 when five like-minded Hockey Canada-accredited schools came together with a vision of establishing a league designed specifically for elite level student-athletes to provide them with an opportunity to increase their skills on and off the ice, a high level of competition and exposure. The inaugural 2009-10 season featured five sport schools and eight total teams competing in two divisions. For the 2024-25 season, the CSSHL has grown to 39 Accredited schools/schools with residence and 124 teams in eight different divisions. All member programs are sanctioned Hockey Canada-accredited schools, schools with residence or sanctioned by USA Hockey.

The CSSHL provides competition for boys and girls at various age levels. There is a girls U18 Prep Division along with boys divisions at the U15, U17 and U18 levels. The U17 and U18 boys are divided into CSSHL East and CSSHL West divisions.

The CSSHL Eastern Showcase featured 12 teams competing in the U18 Division and 10 in the U17 Division. Okanagan Hockey Academy Ontario sent its U16 team for the U17 event. A total of 33 games were played between Thursday and Sunday at the Benson Centre in Sherwood Park, Ontario. The Benson Centre has a  LiveBarn feed, so games should available for on-demand viewing there.

 

CSSHL Eastern Showcase U17 Division

The U17 Division included nine U17 teams competing along with the Okanagan Hockey Academy Ontario U16 squad.

 

U17 Participating Teams:

A21 (Biosteel Sports Academy)

Fort Erie International Academy

Ontario Hockey Academy

Mount Academy

Stanstead College

Kuper Academy

Canada International Hockey Academy

Bishop’s College School

Okanagan Hockey Academy Ontario U16

Lower Canada College

 

CLICK HERE for the CSSHL Eastern Showcase U17 schedule & scores

 

CSSHL Eastern Showcase U18 Division

The U18 Division included12 CSSHL U18 teams.

 

U18 Participating Teams:

A21 (Biosteel Sports Academy)

Fort Erie International Academy

Ontario Hockey Academy

Mount Academy

Canada International Hockey Academy

Bishop’s College School

Okanagan Hockey Academy Ontario U18

Ulysse Academie

Fairmont Hockey

King’s Edgehill School

King Heights Academy

Bourget College

 

CLICK HERE for the CSSHL Eastern Showcase U18 schedule & scores

 

Recaps for CSSHL Showcase and other CSSHL Games games played Oct. 2-3 can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Recaps for CSSHL Showcase and other CSSHL Games played Oct. 4 can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Recaps for CSSHL Showcase and other CSSHL Games Oct. 5 can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Recaps for CSSHL Showcase and other CSSHL Games played Oct. 6 can be found by CLICKING HERE.

 

 

Bauer U15 AAA Invitational

Some of the traditional top U15 AAA programs in Western Canada, along with the Texas Tigers 14U team, traveled to Abbotsford, British Columbia, for the annual Bauer U15 Invitational. Teams were grouped into four four-team pools, and each team played games in pool play to see who qualified for the playoff rounds on Oct. 5 and 6. Play began Friday at MSA Arena and The Rinks at Summit Centre. Games played at Summit Centre should be available for viewing via LiveBarn.

 

Bauer Invitational Participating Teams and Final Records

Nexus Pool

Calgary Edge School 4-1-1 (13 points)

Delta Hockey Academy 0-2-2 (2 points)

Thompson Blazers 2-2-0 (6 points)

North Zone Kings 1-1-2 (5 points)

 

Prodigy Pool

Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna 1-2-1 (4 points)

CAC Edmonton 6-0-0 (18 points)

Greater Vancouver Canadians 2-2-0 (6 points)

STAR Academy 0-3-1 (1 points)

 

Supreme Pool

Yale Hockey Academy 3-1-0 (9 points)

Texas Tigers 2-2-0 (6 points)

North Shore Warriors 2-2-0 (6 points)

St. George’s School 0-4-0 (0 points)

 

Vapor Pool

Burnaby Winter Club 1-1-2 (4 points)

Canada International Hockey Academy 3-1-1 (10 points)

North Shore Winter Club 3-1-1 (10 points)

Pacific Coast Hockey Academy 0-4-0 (0 points)

 

Championship Game

CAC Edmonton (Edmonton Canadians) completed a perfect weekend with a 9-6 victory over Calgary Edge School Oct. 6 in the Bauer U15 AAA Invitational championship game. CAC scored five times in the second period to overcome what had been a 2-1 deficit after the opening frame. Edge pushed its lead to 3-1 early in the second period on Brody Antignani’s shorthanded goal, but CAC responded with five goals from three players in a span of 13:37 to take control entering the final stanza. Madden Prokopiuk capped that surge by scoring with one second remaining in the period for his second tally of the game. Kaedan Plewes netted what turned out to be the game-winning goal with 12:07 left to make the score 7-3, but Edge got goals from Lachlan Kisio and Antignani 1:24 apart to cut the margin to 7-5 with 5:11 remaining. Kisio tallied again with 1:17 remaining, but that goal was sandwiched between Rohin Takhar and Brady Forest’s second goals of the contest. Edge advanced to the title game with a 6-5 victory against Canada International Hockey Academy, while CAC beat North Shore Winter Club, 4-1, to earn a trip to the championship game.

 

CLICK HERE for Bauer 15U AAA Invitational schedule & scores