Marquette Old-Timers Tournament Report

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The 3rd annual Marquette Old-timers Tournament, held in Marquette’s Lakeview Arena (home of the Marquette Electricians Midget AAA Hockey team and Marquette Junior Hockey) and the Berry Event Center (home of the Northern Michigan Wildcats) from Sept. 15-19 is becoming the kick-off event for hockey in the Upper Peninsula, and is really becoming a great event. It is always a rush to get the ice in at the Lakeview arena before the beginning of the tournament and this year was not different, with the ice being put in just two days before the tourney started. The Berry Event Center was added this year as the tournament continues to grow.

This year the Women’s Division and the 18-and-over Novice Division were added and it is now at six divisions (Women’s, 18+ Novice, 21+ Open, 30-40, 40-50, 50+), 40 teams, over 600 participants from all over the US and Canada. The Women’s Division – new this year – featured many current and former college players. The 21-and-over Open Division had many players who have played professionally in Europe, the AHL and the NHL. Needless to say that division was very competitive.

 

In the 50-and-over championship game, ReMax Realty of Houghton (MI) defeated the Minocqua (WI) Islanders 7-2 to take home the championship.
In the 40-and-over championship game, the Corporate Raiders of Marquette defeated Houle and Associates of Marquette 6-2. Picture attached.
In the 30-and-over championship game, M&M Power Sports of Houghton (MI) defeated Compudyne-Sager Inc. of Marquette.
The 18-and-over Novice Division saw Pioneer Labs of Marquette defeat the “UP Hockey’s team” 6-2.
The Women’s Division saw a rematch of an earlier round-robin game. In the first match-up, Northern Michigan University topped the Northern Lites – a local female team made up of players of all ages. But theLites came back in the championship game and defeated the NMU team 3-1 to take home the first-ever Women’s Division championship. This victory will go a long way toward promoting women’s hockey in the Marquette area.
The 21-and-over championship game featured two teams that are very familiar with each other, having met in each of the previous Marquette Old-Timers Open Division Championship games. Stang Eye Care of Houghton Won the first-ever championship, and Marquette Electricians Alumni won the last year’s event. This set the stage for what would prove to be a better rematch than what the final score showed. Stang Eye Care of Houghton defeated the Marquette Electricians Midget AAA Alumni team 5-2 for the championship.

 

The dates for the 4th annual Marquette Oldtimers Tournament have been set for Sept 20th-23rd 2012. More information will be available by visiting the website http://www.mqtoldtimers.com/Welcome.html or following on Facebook at Marquette Oldtimers Hockey Tournament.