Here are the results for the Edmonton Centennial Challenge Cup VIII held in West Edmonton Mall on Saturday, September 17, 2011:

Start time: 9:30 am
Last game finished 6:30 pm
Total rounds played: 51
Most games played by one player: 48

Round 1
Name W L T Pts.
1) Reggie Stefaniszyn 18 1 2 38
2) Kent Richter 17 3 1 35
3) Philippe Majerech 16 4 1 33
4) Kevin Rafferty 15 3 3 33
5) Matt Alden 14 4 3 31
6) Will Wong 14 5 2 30
7) Tom Warren 14 6 1 29
8] Dwayne Pankiw 13 5 3 29
9) Thomas Hunter 12 7 2 26
10) Kevin Giacobbo 11 6 4 26
11) Jonathan Law 11 8 2 24
12) John Cooke 9 7 5 23
13) Joe Diederichs 9 11 1 19
14) Amandeep Minhas 7 10 4 18
15) Frank Iannuzzi 8 12 1 17
16) Matt Pierce 6 15 0 12
17) Doug Maas 3 13 5 11
18] Sandy Tam 4 15 2 10
19) Bob Cookhouse 3 18 0 6
20) Bill Rothery 1 17 3 5
21) Gary Baxter 1 18 2 4
22) Sheldon Nederlof 1 19 1 3

Jonathan Law had to leave after the first round due to a prior commitment. Top 11 from Round 1 advanced to Group 1 for the 2nd Round Round-Robin. Bottom 10 from Round 1 advanced to Group 2 for the 2nd Round Round-Robin.

Round 2 - Group 1
Name W L T Pts.
1) Kent Richter 8 1 1 17
2) Reggie Stefaniszyn 7 2 1 15
3) Philippe Majerech 7 3 0 14
4) John Cooke 5 5 0 10
5) Will Wong 5 5 0 10
6) Kevin Rafferty 5 5 0 10
7) Kevin Giacobbo 5 5 0 10
8] Tom Warren 4 6 0 8
9) Dwayne Pankiw 3 6 1 7
10) Matt Alden 2 7 1 5
11) Thomas Hunter 2 8 0 4

Round 2 - Group 2
1) Frank Iannuzzi 7 1 1 15
2) Amandeep Minhas 7 1 1 15
3) Doug Maas 5 3 1 11
4) Bill Rothery 4 2 3 11
5) Matt Pierce 4 3 2 10
6) Bob Cookhouse 3 4 2 8
7) Joe Diederichs 3 5 1 7
8] Sheldon Nederlof 2 5 2 6
9) Sandy Tam 2 5 2 6
10) Gary Baxter 0 8 1 1

All points from the first round carried over and were added to the 2nd round points within each Group.
Top 7 from Group 1 made the A Pool Playoffs.
Bottom 4 from Group 1 made the B Pool Playoffs.
Top 3 from Group 2 made the B Pool Playoffs.
Bottom 7 from Group 2 made the C Pool Playoffs.

C Pool Playoffs
Quarter- Finals
1) Matt Pierce - Bye
2) Doug Maas defeated 7) Gary Baxter 4 to 0
3) Sandy Tam defeated 6) Sheldon Nederlof 4 to 1
5) Bob Cookhouse upset 4) Bill Rothery 4 to 2

Semi-Finals
1) Matt Pierce defeated 5) Bob Cookhouse 4 to 1
2) Doug Maas defeated 3) Sandy Tam 4 to 0

3rd Place Finals
5) Bob Cookhouse upset 3) Sandy Tam 3 to 2 (1 OT)

C Pool Finals
1) Matt Pierce defeated 2) Doug Maas 4 to 3

Congratulations to Matt Pierce, C Pool Champion! Clapping

B Pool Playoffs
Quarter Finals
1) Matt Alden - Bye
2) Dwayne Pankiw defeated 7) Joe Diederichs 4 to 0
3) John Cooke defeated 6) Frank Iannuzzi 4 to 0 (1 OT)
5) Amandeep Minhas upset 4) Thomas Hunter 4 to 2 (3 OT)

Semi-Finals
1) Matt Alden defeated 3) John Cooke 4 to 1 (1 OT)
2) Dwayne Pankiw defeated 5) Amandeep Minhas 4 to 0 (1 OT)

3rd Place Finals
3) John Cooke defeated 5) Amandeep Minhas 3 to 0

B Pool Finals
2) Dwayne Pankiw upset 1) Matt Alden 4 to 1 (1 OT)

Congratulations to Dwayne Pankiw, B Pool Champion! Clapping

A Pool Playoffs
Quarter-Finals
1) Reggie Stefaniszyn - Bye
2) Kent Richter defeated 7) Kevin Giacobbo 4 to 1 (1 OT)
3) Philippe Majerech defeated 6) Tom Warren 4 to 2 (1 OT)
4) Kevin Rafferty defeated 5) Will Wong 4 to 0 (1 OT)

Semi-Finals
1) Reggie Stefaniszyn defeated 4) Kevin Rafferty 4 to 2
2) Kent Richter defeated 3) Philippe Majerech 4 to 1 (1 OT)

3rd Place Finals
3) Philippe Majerech defeated 4) Kevin Rafferty 3 to 1 (1 OT)

A Pool Finals
1) Reggie Stefaniszyn defeated 2) Kent Richter 4 to 3
Scores: Gm 1: 4-3 Reggie; Gm 2: 4-2 Reggie; Gm 3: 3-2 Reggie;
Gm 4: 2-1 Kent; Gm 5: 3-2 Kent; Gm 6: 2-1 Kent; Gm 7: 3-2 Reggie

Final Rankings
1. Reggie Stefaniszyn - Inter
2. Kent Richter - Inter
3. Philippe Majerech - Inter
4. Dr. Kevin Rafferty - Inter
5. Will Wong - NHL/Inter
6. Tom Warren - Inter
7. Kevin Giacobbo - Inter
8. Dwayne Pankiw - Inter
9. Matt Alden - Inter
10. John Cooke - Inter
11. Amandeep Minhas - Inter
12. Thomas Hunter - Inter
13. Frank Iannuzzi - NHL
14. Joe Diederichs - Inter
15. Jonathan Law - NHL
16. Matt Pierce - Inter
17. Doug Maas - Inter
18. Bob Cookhouse - Inter
19. Sandy Tam - Inter
20. Bill Rothery - Inter
21. Sheldon Nederlof - Inter
22. Gary Baxter - Inter

Thanks to St. Vincent Elementary School in Edmonton, we were able to have an Under-12 Junior tournament. 7 players participated. Fynn Hammond from Edmonton was the Junior Champion. Clapping

Thanks to all the guys who travelled long distances for this event: Tom Warren, Dr. Rafferty, John Cooke and Philippe Majerech. Thanks to the two new players: Gary Baxter and Frank Iannuzzi.

Special thanks to Will Wong for doing the stats work (without a computer) at the breaks, and to Kent Richter and Dwayne Pankiw for their help.

Thanks to all the guys who helped clean up and set up/take down games.

Everyone had a door prize to take home at the end of the day. Sheldon Nederlof from Camrose won the Malkin Penguin's jersey/T-shirt.

Reggie Stefaniszyn ETHL