{"id":16776,"date":"2017-03-15T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16776"},"modified":"2017-03-15T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:03:01","slug":"minor-midget-express-in-tough-to-repeat-ohl-cup-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/minor-midget-express-in-tough-to-repeat-ohl-cup-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor Midget Express in tough to repeat OHL Cup title"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Minor Midget hockey, the Triple Crown is the highest achievement: a Silver Stick title, an OMHA championship, and an OHL Cup.
\nWhile this year\u2019s crop of York-Simcoe Express talent will not be able to accomplish the feat done by their predecessors one year ago, they still have the opportunity to capture their second straight OMHL Cup this week.
\nTwenty clubs from across Ontario will be competing in the tournament, in what is the final test for many players before their Junior eligibility.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a huge opportunity for our teams to get a final look at who can play at the next level,\u201d said Darrell Woodley, the Ontario Hockey League\u2019s Director of Central Scouting in an email. \u201cThese are the players that are right on the cusp of the OHL draft, and it\u2019s the biggest moment of their hockey careers so far.\u201d
\nYork-Simcoe earned a trip to the OMHA finals in February following a 3 \u2013 0 series sweep of the Markham Waxers in the semifinal series, before falling in three games to the Quinte Red Devils.
\nThe team went 44-19-3 in the AAA regular season.
\nThey kick off the tournament Tuesday following press time, taking on the Mississauga Senators.
\nThe Express won their second OHL Cup in the franchise\u2019s history in 2016, last accomplished in 2004. In front of a nationwide audience, they put up a thrilling 2 \u2013 1 win over the Toronto Marlboros in overtime.
\nCurrent North Bay Battalion rookie Rhys Forhan scored both Express goals, while goaltender Andrei Berezinskiy earned tournament MVP honours playing to a 5-0 record with a 2.09 goals-against-average.
\nWhile the Express have been banished from the OMHA\u2019s rankings list, the Marlboros enter the tournament as the fourth-ranked team in the province.
\nThe London Jr. Knights of the Alliance league earned the prestigious tournament\u2019s top ranking.
\nWith action kicking off Tuesday, the tournament plays out at Scotiabank Pond in Toronto through to Monday, before the championship game moves to the Mattamy Athletic Centre Monday night.
\nThe final game will be broadcast on Sportsnet Ontario.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Minor Midget hockey, the Triple Crown is the highest achievement: a Silver Stick title, an OMHA championship, and an OHL Cup.
\nWhile this year\u2019s crop of York-Simcoe Express talent will not be able to accomplish the feat done by their predecessors one year ago, they still have the opportunity to capture their second straight OMHL Cup this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-16-07.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-4mA","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 05:18:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}