THUNDER BAY – Sports – The Thunder Bay Queens are in the thick of it for this weekend’s hockey tournament. Thunder Bay Queens home hockey season goes this weekend as the organization is set to host their annual Showcase event, which runs Friday through Sunday at Fort William First Nation Arena.
A total of 44 games will contested in four divisions throughout the weekend and features 19 teams, including all five of the Queens’ representative squads taking part.
Competing along with the defending provincial champion and Canadian silver medal winning Sportop midget AA Queens will be the Ontario Power Generation midget A, Taranis Contracting bantam AA, Hank the Tank Welding bantam A and Triad Contracting peewees.
In Thunder Bay are teams from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Minnesota and Michigan along with various clubs from across northern and northwestern Ontario.
Game action got underway Friday morning at 8 a.m. and will conclude Sunday with championship games in each division.
A complete Showcase schedule as well as results and game recaps can be found throughout the weekend on the Queens website at www.thunderbayqueens.com.
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2012 Thunder Bay Queens Showcase Schedule/Results |
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Friday, Dec. 7 |
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GM NO. |
DIVISION |
VISITOR |
SCORE |
HOME |
SCORE |
TIME |
RINK |
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1 |
Midget AA |
OPG Queens |
6 |
Sportop Queens |
1 |
Final |
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2 |
Bantam A |
HTTW Queens |
3 |
Bantam Fury |
0 |
Final |
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3 |
Bantam A |
Nipigon Elks |
1 |
Triad Queens |
7 |
Final |
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4 |
Midget A |
Nip-Rock Rangers |
0 |
Midget Fury |
6 |
Final |
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5 |
Bantam AA |
Taranis Queens |
0 |
North East Predators |
5 |
Final |
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6 |
Bantam A |
Fort Frances Leafs |
3 |
Dryden Sunset Granite Snipers |
1 |
Final |
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7 |
Bantam AA |
Winnipeg East Saints |
2 |
Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers |
6 |
Final |
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8 |
Midget AA |
Melville Prairie Fire |
1 |
Keweenaw Storm |
2 |
Final |
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9 |
Bantam A |
Winnipeg East Saints |
5 |
Triad Queens |
5 |
Final |
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10 |
Midget AA |
Lake Superior Voyageuses |
4 |
OPG Queens |
3 |
Final |
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11 |
Midget A |
Fort Frances Leafs |
Schreiber North Shore Stars |
3:30 p.m. |
1 |
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12 |
Bantam A |
HTTW Queens |
Nipigon Elks |
3:45 p.m. |
2 |
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13 |
Bantam A |
Dryden Sunset Granite Snipers |
Bantam Fury |
5 p.m. |
1 |
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14 |
Bantam A |
Fort Frances Leafs |
Winnipeg East Saints |
5:15 p.m. |
2 |
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15 |
Bantam AA |
Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers |
Taranis Queens |
6:30 p.m. |
1 |
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16 |
Midget AA |
Keweenaw Storm |
Lake Superior Voyageuses |
6:45 p.m. |
2 |
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17 |
Midget AA |
Sportop Queens |
Melville Prairie Fire |
8 p.m. |
1 |
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18 |
Bantam AA |
North East Predators |
Winnipeg East Saints |
8:15 p.m. |
2 |
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19 |
Midget A |
Schreiber North Shore Stars |
Nip-Rock Rangers |
9:30 p.m. |
1 |
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20 |
Midget A |
Midget Fury |
Fort Frances Leafs |
9:45 p.m. |
2 |
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