{"id":5131,"date":"2014-01-08T14:33:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T19:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2014-02-05T15:18:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T20:18:00","slug":"31st-macpherson-tourney-to-take-over-community-centre-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/31st-macpherson-tourney-to-take-over-community-centre-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"31st MacPherson Tourney to take over Community Centre this month"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Doner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks, anticipation will build among St. Andrew\u2019s College students and faculty as the 31st annual MacPherson Hockey Tournament from January 31 to February 2 approaches.<\/p>\n

This year the tournament will host clubs from Ontario, Quebec and as far as New York. <\/p>\n

The SAC senior boys team will look to continue a successful season against some formidable competition and has made sure to stay sharp over the holidays.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to Boston over the Christmas break to play in the St. Sebastian\u2019s school tournament and we won that over the host school, and then just this past weekend we were in Marlboro, Massachusetts playing in a showcase there just before the school break starts,\u201d said head coach David Manning.<\/p>\n

The team currently boasts a 22 \u2013 3 record this season, putting them first in both of the leagues they play in.<\/p>\n

Manning said he is pleased with the way his team has come together this season and hopes his team stays focused for the stretch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think at the end of the day the big characteristic of our team is our work ethic from our top scorers down to our checking forwards and our defenceman,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is working well with their abilities and so because of that we\u2019re able to push the pace of the game and continue to be right on top of our opponents from the opening whistle, right down to the final buzzer and that\u2019s tough for teams to sustain against that pressure.\u201d
\nManning will be hoping to see some of that when the tournament rolls around later this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our home tournament and we obviously like to do well in front of our student body, teachers, parents and whatnot, so any time we perform at home we want to perform well,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe were lucky enough to come out on top last year against UCC in the championship game and obviously this is marked on the boys\u2019 calendars as an exciting time, not only as a hockey tournament, but a huge school event in general, so we want to perform well for everybody for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tournament is named after Mr. MacPherson, a former assistant headmaster at SAC from 1957 \u2013 1982. It has held long standing traditions since it started in 1984, including an opening ceremony featuring pipes and drums and a ceremonial puck drop in front of the home crowd.<\/p>\n

Coach Manning also sees the tournament as a good stepping stone into the playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that we\u2019re going to head into a stretch of games here that are very important because we have some more league games coming up and we\u2019re going to travel up to Minnesota to play Shattuck, St. Mary\u2019s in a couple weeks, but I think the biggest thing for us, like any group, is consistency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The CIS local league playoffs start after Family Day weekend and then the American league playoffs will take place on the last weekend of February.
\n\u201cYou just want to find the effort, work ethic and execution to a point that we know each and every time we show up that we\u2019re going to have a chance to win that game and be competitive,\u201d Manning added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big thing for us is to not believe in ourselves too much so that we don\u2019t take our foot off the gas pedal. I think we have to push ourselves to push the bar even higher and even become a better team than what we are now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tournament is open to spectators and entry is free. For more information visit the tournament page at kilby.sac.on.ca\/macpherson.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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