Toronto, Ont. – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the Week 15 edition of the weekly U16 AAA rankings for the 2023 OHL Cup Showcase Tournament hosted by the Greater Toronto Hockey League.
The 2023 OHL Cup will feature 20 teams consisting of talent eligible for the 2023 OHL Priority Selection. Starting with Wild Card Play-In matchups on Tuesday, March 28, all games will be played at the Scotiabank Pond in Toronto until the Championship Final moves to the Mattamy Athletic Centre on Monday, April 3.
The weekly rankings are determined by a panel of OHL Central Scouting staff and represent the top teams that are competing to play in the annual year-end championship tournament.
U16 AAA Rankings for the 2023 OHL Cup – Week 15
| RANK: | TEAM: | LAST WEEK | WEEKS RANKED |
| 1 | Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)* | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Peterborough Jr. Petes (OMHA)* | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)* | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Halton Hurricanes (OMHA)* | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | York-Simcoe Express (OMHA)* | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Mississauga Senators (GTHL)* | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | London Jr. Knights (ALLIANCE)* | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | Mississauga Rebels (GTHL)* | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | Southern Tier Admirals (OMHA)* | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Waterloo Wolves (ALLIANCE)* | – | 2 |
| Honourable Mention: | |||
| Don Mills Flyers (GTHL) | – | – | |
| Vaughan Kings (GTHL) | – | 12 | |
| Huron-Perth Lakers (ALLIANCE)* | 9 | 2 |
*- clinched spot in 2023 OHL Cup
The 15th edition of the weekly OHL Cup Rankings features four more teams that have clinched spots in the annual showcase. The OMHA champion Peterborough Minor Petes defeated the Southern Tier Admirals in triple-overtime on Sunday as Kaiden Harmon was the hero, helping the Petes lead an OMHA quartet that also includes Southern Tier, the Halton Hurricanes and York-Simcoe Express into next week’s tournament. The Toronto Marlboros and Toronto Jr. Canadiens are into the GTHL Championship Series, a best two-of-three matchup that begins tonight in Toronto. In the ALLIANCE, the 10th-ranked Waterloo Wolves have advanced to the Championship Final and await the winner of a series between the London Jr. Knights and Sun County Panthers.
For more information, visit OHLCup.ca.
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The Ontario Hockey League is a proud member of the Canadian Hockey League which is the world’s largest development hockey league with 60 teams in nine Canadian provinces and four American states. In addition to the OHL, the CHL is made up of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. The CHL supplies more players to the National Hockey League and U SPORTS than any other league.
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