Inside the CHL is a look around the Canadian Hockey League, the largest hockey league in the world. The show is posted at www.chl.ca and is also heard on junior hockey radio broadcasts across the country.
On Edition number 5, host Roger Lajoie previews the upcoming Hershey Cup CHL All-Star Series of Games, along with the Home Hardware CHL Top Prospects Game as well. CHL commissioner David Branch is among the guests on the show, which CHL radio stations are invited to download and use during their intermissions.
Inside the CHL is produced every two weeks, with the next edition after Friday’s available Friday, Jan. 25.
2002 MASTERCARD MEMORIAL CUP ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE WEEK OF JANUARY 21
The Ontario Hockey League will announce the site of the 2002 MasterCard Memorial Cup the week of Monday, January 21, the league announced Thursday.
OHL Commissioner and CHL President David Branch also advised all four of the franchises bidding for the tournament of the decision time frame Thursday. The four teams bidding are the Barrie Colts, the Erie Otters, the Guelph Storm and the Ottawa 67’s.
The OHL’s trading deadline is Thursday at 6 p.m. The league advised all teams prior to the selection process that the winning bid would be announced after the OHL’s trading deadline was passed and the announcement timing was determined Thursday morning.
“The quality of the four bids was without question outstanding,” Branch said. “We are confident that no matter where the 2002 MasterCard Memorial Cup winds up, the teams, fans and media involved will be treated to an outstanding event.”
The 2002 MasterCard Memorial Cup committee is comprised of Paul Beeston, chief operating officer, commissioner’s office for Major League Baseball, Frank Bonello, director of Central Scouting for the National Hockey League, and Bryan O’Neill, former Vice President of the NHL and current NHL director of consulting services.
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are eight games in the WHL Friday night. Prince Albert is at Calgary, Medicine Hat plays in Lethbridge, Kelowna travels to Portland, Prince George (8) plays in Regina (10) in a battle between two of the CHL’s top ranked teams, Kamloops (6) is at Vancouver, Moose Jaw travels to Brandon, Kootenay is at Swift Current (3) and Seattle plays at Tri-City.
There were no games in the WHL Thursday night.
ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are nine games on the busy Friday night OHL schedule. Sarnia plays in Guelph, Toronto St. Michael’s is at Kingston, Barrie (5) visits Kitchener, Windsor is in London, North Bay plays at Mississauga, Belleville visits Ottawa, Erie heads to Owen Sound, Sault Ste. Marie (7) is at Plymouth (2) in a battle between two of the CHL’s top ranked teams, and Oshawa plays at Sudbury.
There were four games in the OHL Thursday night. North Bay edged Oshawa 4-3 in overtime, Brampton stopped Peterborough 4-2, Sarnia defeated Sault Ste. Marie (7) 7-1 and Plymouth (2) edged Windsor 3-2 in overtime.
At North Bay, Josh Tataryn scored the game-winning goal in overtime and also had an assist to lead the Centennials. Adam Gibson also had one goal and one assist for the winners, while Corey Roberts made 29 saves in goal for Oshawa in his first start as a General.
At Peterborough, Tyler Harrison had one goal and one assist while Jay Harrison had two assists to lead the Battalion past the Petes. Brad Topping made 37 saves in goal for the winners while Greg Chambers had his 27th goal of the season for the Petes.
At Sarnia, Dusty Jamieson scored a pair of goals to lead the Sting to an upset over the seventh ranked Greyhounds. Ryan Hare and Kris Newbury both had one goal and three assists for the winners, while John Hecimovic had one goal and two assists.
At Windsor, George Nistas fired the overtime winner, his second goal of the night, to lead the Whalers to their win. Steve Ott scored his 19th goal of the season for Windsor while Jason Bacashihua made 28 saves for the winners.
QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are five games in the QMJHL Friday night. Shawinigan (4) is at Halifax (9) in a game between two of the CHL’s top ranked teams, Chicoutimi plays at Acadie-Bathurst (1), Quebec is in Rouyn-Noranda, Drummondville plays in Sherbrooke and Baie-Comeau is at Val-d’Or.
There were two games in the QMJHL Thursday night. Shawinigan (4) doubled Moncton 4-2 while Hull slid past Cape Breton 6-5 in overtime.
At Moncton, Jonathan Bellemare had one goal and two assists while Jason Pominville added one goal and one assist to lead the Cataractes. Olivier Michaud made 18 saves in goal for the winners while Corey Crawford stopped 33 shots for the losers.
At Cape Breton, Ales Hemsky had two goals and three assists for Hull while Philippe Lacasse fired a hat trick. Philippe Dupuis added three assists for the winners, while Martin Kasik and Stephen Dixon both had one goal and one assist for the losers.
For complete QMJHL statistics and standings, visit the official QMJHL site.
