Monday, April 16, 2012

2012 SUBWAY® Super Series QMJHL Hosts Announced

Press Release

Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League in association with SUBWAY® restaurant chain and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League today announced that the QMJHL’s Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and the Val-d’Or Foreurs will host the first two games of the 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series.

The Armada’s Centre d’Excellence Sports Rousseau will host Game 1 of the series on Monday, November 5, with Game 2 of the series to be played at Centre airCreebec in Val-d’Or on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. The Foreurs previously hosted the event in 2006.

The 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series marks the tenth straight year that regional teams of CHL All-Stars will compete against the Russian National Junior Team as part of a six-game series. Last week the WHL’s Victoria Royals and Vancouver Giants were announced as hosts of the final two games of the series. The third and fourth games will be played in Ontario with the OHL hosts to be announced at a later date.

The SUBWAY® Super Series is an integral part of the identification process for Team Canada prior to the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship which will be played in Russia next season. Last season the CHL edged Team Russia with a 3-2-1 record to win the series by a 10-8 margin in points, just one year following Russia’s first ever series victory in 2010. Canada and Russia would later meet at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship hosted by Calgary and Edmonton, AB, with Russia winning the semi-final contest with a roster that included 16 players from this event. 19 CHL players from the 2011 event competed on the bronze medal winning Team Canada.

All six games of the SUBWAY ® Super Series will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet with TVA Sports televising both games from the QMJHL.

The 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series is supported by CHL associate sponsors, Bank of Montreal and CCM.

2012 SUBWAY® Super Series Schedule of Games:

Game 1 – Monday November 5 at Blainville-Boisbriand, QC

Game 2 – Wednesday November 7 at Val-d’Or, QC

Game 3 – Thursday November 8 at OHL Host TBA

Game 4 – Monday November 12 at OHL Host TBA

Game 5 – Wednesday November 14 at Victoria, BC

Game 6 – Thursday November 15 at Vancouver, BC

For more information please www.subwaysuperseries.ca

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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