The Ontario Junior Hockey League broadcast partnership with CHCH-TV heads north this weekend.

The Pickering Panthers visit the Aurora Tigers in a North Division tilt Saturday at 3 p.m. (Photo by Ray MacAloney / OJHL Images)

It’s the fifth of six games being broadcast live by CHCH during the 2018-2019 season. The “CHCH Game of the Week” provides viewers across Ontario with thrilling Junior ‘A’ hockey action, featuring emerging local talent facing off every Saturday afternoon in rinks across the province.

The OJHL regular season ends Feb. 23. Aurora and Pickering each have five games to play.

The host Tigers (23-22-2-2) are in the third place – seven points up on the Panthers. They’d play the second-place and arch-rival Newmarket Hurricanes in a first-round playoff series if the regular season ended today.

The fourth-place Panthers (21-27-0-1) would play a cross-over game with fifth-place team in the West Division. The winner would face the first-place team in the north – currently the Markham Royals – in the opening round. Markham is one point up on Newmarket, with a game in hand.

Veteran junior hockey announcer Alex Bloomfield is handling play-by-play duties during the CHCH broadcasts, while Alex Bastyovanszky, host of The OJ Today, is serving as host and providing colour commentary.

The CHCH-OJHL deal also includes the broadcast of six episodes of The OJ Today, a weekly hockey magazine show featuring highlights and analysis from all games across the 22-team league.

Remaining games on the “CHCH Game of the Week” schedule include:

Date               Game                                    Location                                                                         City

Feb. 16           Pickering vs Aurora            Aurora Community Centre                                    Aurora  

Feb. 23           Trenton vs. Cobourg           Cobourg Community Centre                                Cobourg