The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), in conjunction with the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL), Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL), today released the schedule and format for the 2014 Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge.

The fourth annual All-Star Showcase event is being hosted for the second time by the OJHL and will take place from November 14-16 at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto (Etobicoke), Ontario.

The annual weekend was created as a competitive alternative to the annual league All-Star Games and debuted in 2011, hosted by the CCHL’s Smiths Falls Bears.  The uniquely formatted tournament is played with two 20 minute halves (instead of three periods), focusing on high-paced and intense action.

This year’s event will feature nine teams from four leagues with the breakdown as follows:

•    CCHL – 2 teams
•    NOJHL – 1 team
•    OJHL – 4 teams
•    QJHL – 2 teams

The teams will be split into three pools and play a round-robin against other teams in their pool.  All teams will be re-seeded after the round-robin to determine the quarter-finals schedule with play-downs taking place to the championship game, scheduled for Sunday, November 16 at 6:00pm.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014
# GAME TIME ARENA DIVISION VISITOR HOME
1 10:00 am 3 A OJHL Coffey vs. OJHL Oates
2 12:00 pm 3 B OJHL Hawerchuk vs. CCHL Yzerman
3 2:00 pm 3 C OJHL Nieuwendyk vs. CCHL Robinson
4 4:00 pm 3 A NOJHL vs. OJHL Coffey
5 6:00 pm 3 B LHJQ St-Louis vs. OJHL Hawerchuk
6 8:00 pm 3 C LHJQ Burrows vs. OJHL Nieuwendyk

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014
# GAME TIME ARENA DIVISION VISITOR HOME
7 10:00 am 3 A OJHL Oates vs. NOJHL
8 12:00 pm 3 B CCHL Yzerman vs. LHJQ St-Louis
9 2:00 pm 3 C CCHL Robinson vs. LHJQ Burrows
10 4:00 pm 3 Elimination Game 9th vs. 8th
11 6:00 pm 3 Quarter Final 1 5th vs. 4th
12 6:00 pm 2 Quarter Final 2 6th vs. 3rd
13 8:00 pm 3 Quarter Final 3 7th vs. 2nd
14 8:00 pm 2 Quarter Final 4 Winner game between position 8 and 9 vs. 1st

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2014
# GAME TIME ARENA DIVISION VISITOR HOME
15 10:00 am 3 Semi-Final One Winner of QF 1 vs. Winner of QF 2
16 12:00 pm 3 Semi-Final Two Winner of QF 3 vs. Winner of QF 4
17 6:00 pm 3 Championship Game Winner of Semi Final One vs. Winner of Semi Final Two

Other unique attributes of the tournament format include:

•    Tied games go immediately to a three player shootout
•    Maximum of five, 1994 birth-year players on each team

For the full tournament schedule and breakdown, please CLICK HERE.