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The Weekend Wrap for Jan. 30 - Feb. 2: Hosts Win MacPherson, Florida Exposure & AEHL U15 Showcase
As January became February and youth hockey teams all over North American geared up for the stretch run of the 2024-25 season, there were several high-level Boys Tier 1/AAA tournaments taking place around the continent from Jan. 30 through Feb. 2.
From here on out, other than Presidents’ Day Weekend, most of the remaining hockey will consist of final regular-season league games and playdowns or playoff contests. While a few USA district tournaments and state championships will be decided before the end of February, many leagues will begin postseason play as teams jockey for positioning in state, district, regional and provincial tournaments on both sides of the border.
We said goodbye to January during the weekend of Jan. 30 through Feb. 2, ushering out the first month of 2025 with plenty of high-level tournament action at the 41st annual MacPherson Hockey Tournament, hosted in Ontario by St. Andrew’s College; the Florida Exposure Cup; and the Alberta Elite Hockey League U15 AAA Leduc Showcase.
A highly anticipated event on the campus of St. Andrew’s College in Ontario, the 41st edition of the annual MacPherson Hockey Tournament did nothing to diminish its reputation as one of the top tourneys on the Boys Tier 1/AAA annual calendar.
As usual, this year’s field was stacked, with Northwood School, Brunswick School, the Bishop Kearney Selects, Victory Honda, Culver Academy and the Long Island Gulls crossing the border from the United States to compete against the hosts and an all-star team of U18 players from the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.
The GOJHL team won the 2023 tournament, while St. Andrew’s captured the 2024 title. United States-powerhouse Shattuck-St. Mary’s won the 2022 and 2023 championships.
CLICK HERE for a full rundown of every MacPherson Tournament Champion.
As always, the 7 p.m. EST game Friday, Jan. 31, was the official opening-ceremony contest, attended by the St. Andrew’s school community and families, alumni and friends of the school. This year’s official opener featured USA 18U Tier 1 No. 3 Culver Academies taking on the hosts, who are the top-ranked Canada Boys Independent Prep team.
St. Andrew’s exploded for the game’s first four goals – three of them coming in the opening 40 minutes – and never looked back in what turned out to be a 6-2 victory. Aidan Lane scored twice and added an assist for the hosts, while teammate Kieren Dervin contributed a goal and three helpers.
Since the first tournament in 1984, St. Andrew’s has welcomed teams from Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania as well as a variety of regions in Ontario.
All MacPherson Tournament games that were played at LaBrier Family Arena were streamed via the St. Andrew’s Hockey YouTube Channel. Additional contests were played at Aurora Community Centre and Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex, both of which offer LiveBarn feeds.
Games began the morning of Friday, Jan. 31, and ran through Sunday’s 1:15 p.m. EST championship game. The third-place game was Sunday at 11 a.m.
CLICK HERE for the full MacPherson Tournament schedule
CLICK HERE for tournament game results
CLICK HERE for the tournament standings
CLICK HERE for tournament skater stats
CLICK HERE for tournament goalie stats
The MacPherson Tournament was broken down into two four-team divisions. The teams played every other team in their division during the preliminary round to determine the seeds for Saturday evening’s semifinals.
Hamilton Division Team Records
St. Andrew’s College (Canada Boys Independent Prep #1) – 5-0-0 (1OTW); 21GF, 8GA
Culver Academies (USA 18U Tier 1 Boys #3) – 3-2-0 (1OTW); 20GF, 16GA
Long Island Gulls (USA #4) – 2-2-0 (1OTL); 13GF, 12GA
Victory Honda (USA #27) – 0-4-0 (1OTL); 7GF, 20GA
Meagher Division Teams
Brunswick School (New England Prep Boys #3) – 1-3-0 (1OTL); 9GF, 12GA)
Northwood School (USA Boys Independent Prep #4) – 2-3-0 (1OTW); 6GF, 12GA)
BK Selects (USA #9) – 3-2-0 (1OTL); 14GF, 9FA)
GOJHL U18 All-Stars – 2-2-0 (1OTW); 10GF, 11GA)
Semifinals Feb. 1
BK Selects (4), Culver Academies (2)
St. Andrew’s (2), Northwood (1)
Third Place Game Feb. 2
Culver Academies (5), Northwood (1)
Championship Game Feb. 2
St. Andrew’s (3), BK Selects (2) – OT
Alex Carscadden scored with 8:41 left in overtime after BK’s Caden Okovita had tied the game with his fourth tally of the weekend – and second of the game – with just 1:54 left in regulation. Bryson Morgan and Michael Dec also scored for the hosts, with Finn Kearns adding a pair of assists and goalie Paolo Frasca making 29 saves.
The Florida Exposure Cup made its debut in 2023 and since that inaugural event has become one of most-anticipated tournaments on the USA Boys Tier 1 annual calendar. It is hosted in the Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Clearwater Beach areas by the Exposure Hockey Group and includes top teams from the United States and Canada competing in 2008 (16U), 2009 (15O), 2010 (14U) and 2011 (13O) divisions.
This year the 16U Division included a pair of USA top 26 teams, with all four competing teams ranking among the nation’s top 75. In the 15O Division, there were three teams ranked among the USA’s top 35, and all seven were in the top 85. The strong 24-team 14U group featured three top 10 teams from the U.S. and eight of the top 40 along with Ontario’s sixth-ranked U15 side. Top-ranked Little Caesars and No. 3 Mount St. Charles were in the 14U Elite Division. There were 32 teams competing in the 13O Division, with 15 of those ranked among the U.S. top 40 and another ranked 23rd in Ontario.
Games began Thursday, Jan. 30, and ran through Sunday, Feb. 2. The host venues, Florida Panthers IceDen, Palm Beach SkateZone and Tampa Bay Ice, all have LiveBarn feeds.
CLICK HERE for the Exposure Cup complete schedule
CLICK HERE for Exposure Cup game results
CLICK HERE for the Exposure Cup standings
CLICK HERE for Exposure Cup skater stats
CLICK HERE for Exposure Cup goalie stats
CLICK HERE for the Exposure Cup tournament program
16U Top Exposure Cup Team Records
#20 Team Illinois (3-2-0; 16GF, 10GA)
#26 Black Bear Academy (4-1-0; 17GF, 4GA)
#44 Phoenix Jr. Coyotes (1-4-0); 9GF, 16GA
16U Championship Game Feb. 1
Black Bear Academy (2), Team Illinois (1)
Narulan Baiken scored his second goal of the game, which turned out to be the game-winner, with 19:50 left to make a winner out of netminder Ryan Bodnar. Richard Rutkis assisted on both Black Bear goals, while John Zelenka had the lone Team Illinois tally.
15O Top Exposure Cup Team Records
#21 Florida Alliance South (5-1-0; 31GF, 7GA)
#29 Florida Alliance North (3-2-0; 24GF, 14GA)
#35 Phoenix Jr. Coyotes (4-2-0; 21GF, 15GA)
#53 Washington Little Caps (3-3-0; 20GF, 27GA)
15O Championship Game
Florida Alliance South (4), Phoenix Coyotes (2)
Logan Anderson and Jake D’Ancona scored in the final 4:22 to break open a 2-2 game and give Florida Alliance the championship. D’Ancona opened and closed the scoring, netting his fifth and sixth goals of the weekend. Anderson’s tally was his 11th. Jason Iglesias scored the other Florida goal, while Caden Esquibel and Everett James tallied for the Coyotes. Cole Brindley picked up the win in goal.
14U Top Exposure Cup Team Records
#1 Little Caesars (6-0-0; 33GF, 21GA)
#3 Mount St. Charles (5-1-0; 27GF, 12GA)
#6 Hill Academy Ontario (3-2-0; 22GF, 15GA)
#9 Dallas Stars Elite (2-3-0; 13GF, 17GA)
#22 Woodbridge Wolfpack (1-4-0; 13GF, 20GA)
#23 HoneyBaked (2-3-0; 13GF, 17GA)
#26 Mid-Fairfield Rangers (1-4-0; 12GF, 21GA)
#31 Islanders Hockey Club (0-5-0; 9GF, 34GA)
14U Elite Championship Game
Little Caesars (2), Mount St. Charles (1) – OT
Jack Trupiano scored his sixth goal of the tournament with 5:00 left in overtime as Little Caesars rallied from a 1-0 deficit to earn the championship. Gabriel Belanger scored with 10:52 left in regulation to force the extra session after Wilson Boumedienne had given Mount St. Charles the lead 8 minutes earlier. Troy Falbo was the winning goalie with 14 saves.
13O Top Exposure Cup Team Records
#10 Dallas Stars Elite (3-2-0; 14GF, 11GA)
#12 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (6-0-0; 30GF, 17GA)
#14 Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (4-1-0; 23GF, 14GA)
#20 Long Island Gulls (2-3-0; 30GF, 17GA)
#22 Top Gun (3-2-0; 18GF, 15GA)
#23 North Jersey Avalanche (3-2-0; 17GF, 13GA)
#23 Sun County Panthers Ontario (2-3-0; 16GF, 22GA)
#25 Boston Advantage (4-1-0; 16GF, 7GA)
#27 New Jersey Colonials (1-4-0; 7GF, 12GA)
#28 Florida Alliance (5-1-0; 30GF, 17GA)
#31 PAL Jr. Islanders (1-4-0; 15GF, 20GA)
#32 Phoenix Jr. Coyotes (1-4-0; 12GF, 18GA)
#37 Nashville Jr. Predators (1-4-0; 18GF, 27GA)
#38 Woodbridge Wolfpack (2-3-0; 20GF, 21GA)
#39 Seacoast Performance Academy (3-2-0; 20GF, 19GA)
#40 Madison Capitols (0-5-0; 7GF, 26GA)
13O Championship Game
Jr. Flyers 4, Florida Alliance 2
Brady Bell and Ryan Jacobs scored in the final 2:02 as the Jr. Flyers broke a 2-all tie to skate away with the championship. Jacobs also opened the scoring before Jackson Koslosky gave Philadelphia a 2-0 lead 5:31 later. Florida rallied to tie the contest going into the final stanza on goals by Lucca Lauretti and Nolan Bishop that were scored exactly three minutes apart. Roman Jannuzzi earned the win in goal by stopping 18 Florida shots.
The Alberta Elite Hockey League is the lone governing body for Boys AAA play in Alberta. It is a sanctioned league of Hockey Alberta and includes U18, U17 and U15 Divisions. Every year, the U15 teams gather in Leduc, Alberta, for a showcase event.
The 2025 AEHL U15 AAA Showcase began Thursday, Jan. 30, and ran through Sunday, Feb. 2, with games played at Chemco Arena and Wilhauk Beef Jerky Arena in Leduc.
All 20 AEHL U15 AAA Boys teams competed in the weekend’s 30 contests. Showcase games can be viewed via FloHockey.
Four of Western Canada’s top 10 teams compete in the AEHL’s U15 AAA league, with three of those clubs playing in the South Division. The South Division is home to eight teams ranked among the Western Canada top 20. There are four of Western Canada’s top 31 teams in the North Division.
The sixth-ranked Calgary Northstars, eighth-ranked Red Deer Rebels and 10th-ranked Calgary Bisons all play in the South, while the No. 9 St. Albert Sabres are in the North. Calgary, Red Deer and St. Albert all rank among the top 20 nationally as well.
CLICK HERE for the AEHL 15U AAA Leduc Showcase schedule & results
CLICK HERE for the listing showcase webstreams
CLICK HERE for the AEHL U15 AAA standings
CLICK HERE for the AEHL U15 AAA rosters
Top AEHL U15 AAA Showcase Weekend Matchups
Saturday, Feb. 1
#8 Red Deer Rebels (5), #9 St. Albert Sabres (4)
After a scoreless opening 20 minutes, Red Deer and St. Albert exploded for nine goals over the game’s final two frames. Brooks Newfield and Madden Daneault scored two goals in about an 8-minute span of the third period to push the Sabres to a 5-3 lead. Red Deer’s Brody Sunderland tallied with 1:20 left to make things interesting, but St. Albert goalie Tyson Moreland and his mates held on for the win. Daneault scored twice for St. Albert and now has 28 tallies on the season. Reed Howell and Noah Ulry also scored for the winners. Jace Laframboise, Ryan Van Iperen and Walker Filewich had the other Rebel goals. Filewich’s tally was his 30th of the season.
#32 Parkland Saints (1), #18 Okotoks Oilers (2)
Cormac Riley scored his 11th goal of the season with 10:39 remaining in the game, and Okotoks goalie Carter Crawford held off Parkland, finishing with 29 saves, as the Oilers claimed the victory. Baron Bruinsma made 39 saves for the Saints, with Rocco Marrelli scoring their only goal.
#6 Calgary Northstars (9), #22 Leduc Oil Kings (5)
Damien Lavallee recorded two goals and two assists, with Ben Oliverio adding a goal and three helpers, Isaac Rimmer dishing out three assists and Kash Codd netting a pair of goals as the Northstars ran away with this one. Thor Liffiton added a goal and an assist for the winners, with Mason McDougall stopping 20 shots to earn the win in goal. Oliver Spila scored twice for Leduc.
Sunday, Feb. 2
#29 South East Tigers (2), #16 Grand Peace Storm (3)
Nixon Bettenson’s second goal of the game with 8:21 left in the third period proved to be the game-winner for Grand Peace. Oakland Black also scored for the Storm, while Canaan Fleck and Carter Gilchrist tallied for the Tigers. Adrien Brochu stopped 21 shots to earn the victory in goal.
#14 Calgary NWCAA Flames (4), #9 St. Albert Sabres (6)
Chase Huberdeau recorded a hat trick, with Ryan Van Iperen dishing out three assists as the Sabres scored four straight goals in the final 21 minutes of the game. Huberdeau scored twice in the third period to help ice the victory. Hunter Saddleback, Jayden Halabi, Brody Sunderland, Walker Filewich and Reid Chuckrey notched two points apiece for St Albert. Zach Henry made 46 saves in a losing cause for the Flames, who got a pair of goals from Murray Davis.
#10 Calgary Bisons (5), #32 Parkland Saints (0)
Chace Turchak scored his 21st and 22nd goals of the year during a three-goal second period as Calgary took control of the game on the way to the shutout win. Max Hartel made 12 saves to earn the clean sheet in goal. Turchak also assisted on Brady Luttmerding’s second-period marker, with the other goals coming from Wyatt Jolleys and Trace Stephen.
