TEAM NORTHEAST AND TEAM SOUTH TO PLAY FOR 2012 ALBERTA CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Team Northeast and Team South were both victorious in their semi final matchups on Saturday earning them a birth into the 2012 Alberta Cup championship game at 4:15pm on Sunday at the Nicholas Sheran Arena.

 

It has been several years since both these have captured the Alberta Cup. Team Northeast last won the Alberta Cup in the 2004 when the event was hosted in Okotoks. Team South last hoisted the Alberta Cup in 2009 in Calgary. 

 

SEMI FINAL RESULTS - SATURDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2012
DATE	TIME	HOME TEAM	SCORE	AWAY TEAM	SCORE
April 28 April 28 April 28 April 28	12:00pm 2:30pm 5:00pm 7:30pm	Edmonton South Calgary South Calgary North Central	7 2 3 1	Edmonton North Northwest Northeast South	3 1 6 3

 

In the other final games on Sunday, Calgary North will face Central for third place, Edmonton South will take on Calgary South for fifth place and Edmonton North and Northwest will battle it out for seventh.

 

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Watch the 2012 Alberta Cup championship and the other final games on Sunday live on the internet through FASTHockey. All games can be accessed through the Hockey Alberta website (www.hockeyalberta.ca/albertacup).

 

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The 2012 Alberta Cup Host Committee is comprised of three groups; Lethbridge Minor Hockey Association, Lethbridge Hurricanes and University of Lethbridge Pronghorns Alumni Association. Hockey Alberta is also proud to have the Western Hockey League, Reebok/CCM, Source for Sports and Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation as event sponsors.  

 

The Alberta Cup Program begins in March each year with close to 1000 players trying out at their respective zone camps. Each of the 160 athletes playing in the Alberta Cup is competing for one of eighty invites to the U16 Male Provincial Camp in July. The U16 Male Provincial Camp is the final stage in the first year of the Team Alberta Program.

 

The Alberta Cup is the premier event in the province that helps identify the top bantam-aged male players in Alberta.  It is well attended by scouts as they prepare for the Western Hockey League’s bantam draft. In addition to player evaluations, the competition is also an opportunity for administrators, coaches, trainers and referees to be evaluated for future positions with the Team Alberta Program.

 

Former Alberta Cup graduates include such players as Jordan Eberle, Devan Dubnyk, Dany Heatley, Jay Bouwmeester, Dion Phaneuf, Scott Hartnell and Devin Setoguchi.