Weekend Preview Dec. 5-7: U15 Canadian Crown, Girls USA-Canada Cup and Spirit of Duluth
The weekend of Dec. 5-7 brings with it an abundance of high-level tournaments all over the continent. Unfortunately, we can’t cover them all, but as always it is our goal to report on the action from a variety of great events for boys and girls at different age levels.
Starting this weekend and continuing through the winter holidays, some of the top tournaments of the year will be taking place.
A number of Canada’s top U15 AAA Boys teams are in Devon, Alberta Dec. 4-7, competing along with top 14U USA Boys Tier 1 programs in the U15 Elite Canadian Crown. This annual event features a dozen highly ranked teams from Western Canada, Ontario and the U.S. placed in three pools and competing for four days. The tournament includes Shattuck-St. Mary’s, the No. 1 USA Boys 14U Tier 1 team according to the MHR Week 11 Rankings, as well as the fifth-ranked Bishop Kearney Selects and Western Canada’s Nos. 2, 5, 6 and 8 U15 teams.
Heading eastward into Ontario, the Waterloo Ravens are hosting the Girls USA-Canada Cup Dec. 5-7.
The USA-Canada Cup is a prestigious, invitation-only annual tournament that is run by the Waterloo Girls Hockey Association with the intention of bringing together top USA 16U, Canadian U18, USA 19U and Canadian U22/junior teams to compete in a showcase format. All teams are guaranteed 5 games.
There are 80 teams competing in this year’s USA-Canada Cup, with some traveling all the way from Western Canada, the Canadian Maritimes, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The U22/19U and U18/16U divisions each have 40 teams split into four 10-team pools.
Moving south and crossing the border, many of the top teams in the MHR Week 11 Minn-Kota Boys Bantam and Peewee AA rankings are participating in the 49th Spirit of Duluth Tournament. A total of 34 Bantam andwee teams are in Duluth for the weekend, with games running Dec. 5-7. The Spirit of Duluth also offers Squirt A and Junior Gold A divisions, but our focus is on the Bantams and Peewees.
The U15 Elite Canadian Crown has returned to Devon Alberta and is being played Dec. 4-7, bringing together some of the top U15 Boys programs from across Canada and highly ranked 14U United States teams for four days of high-level hockey.
The tournament is being hosted by the Northern Alberta Xtreme, with games being played at the Zender and Fisher Arenas. Every competing team is either ranked among the MHR Week 11 Western Canada U15 AAA Boys top 16, the USA Week 11 14U Tier 1 top 35 or Ontario’s U15 AAA top 19.
Of the 12 competing teams, six are ranked among the top 10 in their respective category, including Shattuck-St. Mary’s, the USA’s top-ranked 14U team.
This year’s field includes a strong mix of Canadian and American talent, with teams representing Alberta, Ontario, California, Minnesota, New York, and Illinois. The 12 teams are divided into three four-team pools for round-robin play, with playoff rounds and consolation games set for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6 and 7.
CLICK HERE for Canadian Crown webstream info
The playoff round is broken down into A, B and C brackets, with the top teams in pool play advancing to compete for the A Bracket championship. The next-best teams are placed in the B Bracket, with the remaining participants competing in the C Brocket.
CLICK HERE for the A Bracket
CLICK HERE for the B Bracket
CLICK HERE for the C Bracket
Canadian Crown U15 Elite Participating Teams
MHK Insurance Pool
#5 WC Calgary Edge School
#5 USA Bishop Kearney Selects
#12 WC St. George’s Prep
#14 WC Calgary Bisons
Sarasota Homes Pool
#1 USA Shattuck-St. Mary’s
#6 WC Calgary International Hockey Academy
#8 WC Burnaby Winter Club (BWC)
#33 USA Team Illinois
PCI Supply Pool
#2 WC Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX)
#16 WC St. Albert Sabres
#16 USA LA Jr. Kings
#19 Ontario Upper Canada College
CLICK HERE for the complete Canadian Crown schedule
CLICK HERE for Canadian Crown game results
CLICK HERE for Canadian Crown updated standings
Eighty teams representing many of the top North American Girls Tier1, AAA and AA programs are in Waterloo, Ontario, for the annual USA-Canada Cup. The tournament is divided into U22/19U and U18/16U divisions, with 40 teams placed into four 10-teams pools at each level.
The tournament’s showcase format allows scouts and coaches from the top universities and colleges in Canada and the USA to see some of the continent’s top college-eligible prospects competing head to head against high-level opponents.
Play began Friday, Dec. 5, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 7. Pool play concludes the evening of Saturday, Dec. 6, with consolation and playoff games set to be played all day Sunday, Dec. 7.
Games are being played in the Waterloo area at Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, RIM Park, Sportsworld Arenas, Albert McCormick Community Centre and Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex.
Any games except those played at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex should be available for live and on-demand viewing via LiveBarn.
USA-Canada Cup U22/19U Division
The U22/19U Division includes 15 of Canada’s top 20 Tier 1 U22 Girls teams, according to the MHR Week 11 Rankings. They are being joined by eight teams ranked among the USA Girls Tier 1 top 30 and four top 11 Canada Prep teams.
U22/19U Division Participating Teams
Sceptres Pool
#1 Etobicoke Dolphins
#7 Nepean Wildcats
#11 Barrie Sharks
#15 Burlington Barracudas
#16 Cambridge Rivulettes
Brampton Canadettes
East Ottawa Stars
OHA Mavericks
Ridley Tigers #9150
Waterloo Ravens
Fleet Pool
#3 USA Bishop Kearney Selects 19U
#4 Stanstead College Varsity
#7 CAN Prep College Bourget Varsity
#10 USA Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 19U
#11 CAN Prep Balmoral Hall
#15 USA Little Caesars 19U
#21 USA Washington Pride 19U
Honeybaked 19U
Northwood School
Windy City Storm 19U
Victoire Pool
#6 Mississauga Hurricanes
#8 Stoney Creek Sabres
#12 Central York Panthers
#18 Whitby Wolves
#19 Kingston Ice Wolves
#20 Toronto Leaside Wildcats
North York Storm
Oakville Hornets
Ottawa Lady 67s
Ottawa Senators
Seattle Pool
#4 USA Chicago Mission 19U
#5 RHA Kelowna
#5 CAN Prep RHA Winnipeg
#10 OHA Edmonton
#10 CAN Prep Okanagan Hockey Academy Red
#14 Delta Hockey Academy Green
#19 USA Gilmour Academy 19U
#25 USA Belle Tire 19U
#30 USA Nichols School 19U
Pacific Steelers
USA-Canada Cup U18/16U Division
Fourteen of Canada’s top 30 U18 Tier 1 teams are competing at the USA-Canada Cup. They are being joined by four top 21 teams from the USA as well as four of the top 21 teams in the Girls Canada Prep category.
U18/16U Division Participating Teams
Charge Pool
#8 East Ottawa Stars
#14 Lindsay Surge
#15 Moncton Rockets
#17 North York Storm
#21 CAN Prep Northern Alberta Xtreme
#30 Mississauga Hurricanes
Barrie Sharks
Burlington Barracudas
Oakville Hornets
Ottawa Senators
Sirens Pool
#8 CAN Prep Stanstead College U18 Prep
#9 Bishop Kearney Selects 16U
#16 USA Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 16U
#20 CAN Prep College Bourget U18 Prepass
#25 Cambridge Roadrunners
#32 Whitby Wolves
Kitchener Lady Rangers
Saugeen Maitland Lightning
Stratford Aces
Waterloo Ravens
Vancouver Pool
#7 USA Chicago Mission 16U
#18 Stoney Creek Sabres
#26 Sudbury Wolves
#27 Thunder Bay Queens
#28 Central York Panthers
Nepean Wildcats
OHA Mavericks Prep
Ottawa Lady 67s
Washington Pride 16U
Windy City Storm 16U
Frost Pool
#17 CAN PREP Delta Hockey Academy Black
#19 Toronto Leaside Wildcats
#21 USA Belle Tire 16U
#23 Durham West Lightning
#24 Bluewater Hawks
#33 Greater Vancouver Comets
#34 Kingston Ice Wolves
Fraser Valley Rush
London Devilettes
Peterborough Ice Kats
CLICK HERE for the complete USA-Canada Cup schedule
CLICK HERE for USA-Canada Cup standings
CLICK HERE for U22/19U player stats
CLICK HERE for U18/16U player stats
Spirit of Duluth Hockey Tournament
There are 17 teams in each of the Bantam and Peewee Divisions of the 2025 Spirit of Duluth, with each team guaranteed at least four games. This year represents the 49th edition of the tournament, which annually incudes many of the top Bantam and Peewee AA teams from Minnesota and surrounding states.
Games began Friday, Dec. 5, and run through Sunday, Dec. 7, with each team playing three preliminary-round contests to determine the playoff seedings. Consolation games begin Saturday night Dec. 6 and continue Sunday along with the semifinals and championship games.
Games are being played at the Sill Arena and Seitz Arena at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center, Mars Lakeview Arena on the Duluth Marshall School campus, Fryberger Arena, the DECC Arena and Superior Arena in Superior, Wisconsin. Some of those rinks have LiveBarn streams.
CLICK HERE to do a LiveBarn venue search and determine which games might be available for live and on-demand viewing.
CLICK HERE for access to Spirit of Duluth schedules, scores, stats and standings
Bantam AA Participating Teams
The top four teams and four of the top six in the MHR Week 11 Minn-Kota Bantam AA rankings are competing at the Spirit of Duluth Tournament. There are five top 10 teams and more than half of the most recent top 20.
#6 Andover Huskies
#31 Blaine Bengals
#16 Centennial Cougars
#13 Duluth East Greyounds
#12 Edina Hornets
#35 Elk River Elks
#28 Grand Forks Aviators
#26 Hermantown Hawks
#1 Minnetonka Skippers
#2 Moorhead Spuds
#4 Osseo-Maple Grove
#14 Rogers Royals
#10 Stillwater Ponies
#15 Wayzata Trojans
#20 West Fargo Stampede
#27 White Bear Lake Bears
#3 Woodbury Predators
Peewee AA Participating Teams
Similar to the Bantams Division, four of the top six Week 11 Minn-Kota Peewee AA teams are in Duluth for the weekend festivities. Every team in the field is ranked among the most recent top 31, with 11 teams falling in the top 20.
#13 Andover Huskies
#27 Blaine Bengals
#12 Centennial Cougars
#3 Chaska-Chanhassen Stormhawks
#22 Duluth East Greyhounds
#31 East Grand Forks
#2 Edina Hornets
#16 Grand Forks Aviators
#23 Grand Rapids Thunderhawks
#24 Hermantown Hawks
#4 Minnetonka Skippers
#6 Moorhead Spuds
#1 Osseo-Maple Grove
#17 Prior Lake-Savage Lakers
#19 Wayzata Trojans
#20 West Fargo Stampede
#18 White Bear Lake Bears
