Staff
If the Muskie girls’ hockey team wanted to settle some scores, it is going to get the chance.
The pools and game schedule were announced Friday for the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ girls’ hockey championship being held March 22-24 in Stratford.
Fort High is seeded 11th in the 16-team field and will run into at least two opponents who have given it a hard time in recent encounters at the all-Ontarios.
Joining the black-and-gold in Pool ‘A’ is the two-time defending champion and top seed, the host St. Michael Warriors.
It was the Warriors who stopped the Muskies’ magical run in Kenora two years ago with a 5-1 victory in the gold-medal game.
Also in Pool ‘A’ are the sixth-ranked Lambton Lancers (Petrolia), who eliminated Fort High from last year’s tournament in Stratford with a 3-2 victory in the consolation semi-finals to leave the Muskies sitting in 12th place.
Rounding out Pool ‘A’ is the lowest-ranked team in the field, the Iona Dolphins (Mississauga).
The Muskies will face Lambton in their opener game March 22 at 7 a.m. (all times CDT), then go up against Iona at 11:30 a.m.
Fort High will close out the preliminary round versus St. Michael on March 23 at 8 a.m.
The top two teams in each pool advance to the quarter-finals at noon that day, with the semi-finals set for March 24 at 7 a.m.
The gold- and bronze-medal games will follow at noon.
There is no consolation bracket this year.
