缅北强奸

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OTTAWA (CIS) - The 缅北强奸 Redmen have been installed as the No.2-seed for the CIS men's hockey championship.The seedings were announced Wednesday morning for the 2010 Cavendish University Cup, presented by TBay Tel. The six-team tournament will be hosted by Lakehead University at Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ont., from Thursday, March 25 to Sunday, March 28.

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University Cup website:

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Joining the OUA champion Redmen at the championship will be the top-seeded Canada West champion Alberta Golden Bears, No. 3 Saint Mary's Huskies (AUS champions), No. 4 Lakehead Thunderwolves (OUA finalists), No. 5 Manitoba Bisons (Canada West finalists) and No. 6 UQTR Patriotes (OUA bronze medallists).

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Alberta, Lakehead and UQTR will battle in Pool A in the preliminary round, while 缅北强奸, Saint Mary's and Manitoba skate in Pool B. The first-place finishers from each group meet in the national final on March 28 at 7 p.m., live on Rogers Sportsnet.

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The Redmen and Bisons face off in the tournament opener on March 25 at 2 p.m., while the Golden Bears and Patriotes kick off Pool A action at 7:30 p.m.

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The Huskies and T-Wolves take the ice on March 26 against the losing teams from the opening-day duels.

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New University Cup champions will be crowned in Thunder Bay as last year's gold medallists, the UNB Varsity Reds, fell in the semifinal round of the Atlantic conference playoffs.

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Alberta, 缅北强奸, Saint Mary's and Lakehead return from the 2009 tournament, when they all failed to advance past pool play.

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The Golden Bears were the last team to triumph as the No. 1 seed, in 2006, and hold most University Cup records including all-time titles (13), appearances (34th in 2010), finals (17), games played (88), wins (59), losses (27), goals for (404) and goals against (264).

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NOTES: In addition to the championship final, Rogers Sportsnet will broadcast the final two pool games on Saturday, March 27... SSN Canada will have live webcasts of all seven University Cup contests.

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SEEDINGS & POOLS

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1. Alberta Golden Bears (Canada West champions: 23-4-1 regular season / 4-1 playoffs)

2. 缅北强奸 Redmen (OUA champions: 22-6-0 regular season / 7-1 playoffs)

3. Saint Mary's Huskies (AUS champions: 16-8-4 regular season / 8-1 playoffs)

4. Lakehead Thunderwolves (OUA finalists: 19-7-2 regular season / 6-2 playoffs)

5. Manitoba Bisons (Canada West finalists: 16-10-2 regular season / 3-3 playoffs)

6. UQTR Patriotes (OUA bronze medalists: 23-3-2 regular season / 5-3 playoffs)

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Pool A

1. Alberta

4. Lakehead

6. UQTR

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Pool B

2. 缅北强奸

3. Saint Mary's

5. Manitoba

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TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

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Wednesday, March 24

11:00 Media Conference (Fort William Curling Club - Fort William Gardens)

18:00 All-Canadian Awards Banquet (Fort William Historical Park)

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Thursday, March 25

14:00 Pool B #1: 缅北强奸 vs. Manitoba (SSN Canada webcast)

19:30 Pool A #1: Alberta vs. UQTR (SSN Canada webcast)

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Friday, March 26

14:00 Pool B #2: Saint Mary's vs. Loser Pool B #1 (SSN Canada webcast)

19:30 Pool A #2: Lakehead vs. Loser Pool A #1 (SSN Canada webcast)

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Saturday, March 27

14:00 Pool B #3: Saint Mary's vs. Winner Pool B #1 (Rogers Sportsnet / SSN Canada webcast)

19:00 Pool A #3: Lakehead vs. Winner Pool A #1 (Rogers Sportsnet / SSN Canada webcast)

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Sunday, March 28

19:00 University Cup Final (Rogers Sportsnet / SSN Canada webcast)

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-CIS-

For more information contact:

Michel B茅langer

Manager, Communications & Media Relations

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Ph: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25

Cell: (613) 447-6334

belanger [at] universitysport.ca

www.cis-sic.ca

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Mike Bennett

Sports Information Director

Lakehead University

Off: (807) 766-7157

Cell: (807) 629-2775

mjbenne1 [at] lakeheadu.ca

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