JARED LALONDE
SPORTS REPORTER

Both the Humber North and Lakeshore men’s hockey teams are looking to triumph tomorrow in the last extramural tournament before the provincial finals.

Neither team has played since Feb. 5, when North was crowned champions at a tournament hosted by U of T Scarborough.

Going into tomorrow’s Georgian Shootout in Alliston as the top seed in the OCAA power rankings, North is looking to ride its momentum to a third straight championship.

“This tournament means a lot,” said North coach, Brett McCully.

“We want to remain the No. 1 seed, which might mean an easier road in the provincials.”

As winners of their last two tournaments, North won’t be making any drastic changes for tomorrow’s tournament hosted by Georgian College, said McCully.

“We’re going in with the same group of guys,” said McCully. “We may play around with our second and third lines, but our guys have played well together. We’ll be in the finals.”

“We played sloppy in our last tournament,” said North forward Garrett Bambrough.

“But I’m confident we can pull off another win.”

Lakeshore, however, has a lot to prove.

“We want to win this one,” said Lakeshore coach Josh Davison, whose team enters tomorrow’s tournament in seventh place overall.

“We have a few returning players, who are really dedicated to the game. This is an important tournament for us.”

With an impressive showing at U of T Scarborough, Lakeshore made it to The semifinal before losing to North in an epic 5-3 battle.

“Our power play was terrible,” said Davison, who has revamped Lakeshore’s special teams. “We need to drum up some new plays and take advantage of our chances early on.”

Davison said with players like Michael Beauchesne and Mike Dillon playing some of their best hockey, Lakeshore will be a formidable force to compete against.

“We have been working hard on our penalty killing,” said Davison. “We’ve switched up some lines, and I think we have a good shot in our division.”

With both teams on a hot streak, ,there is a chance that tomorrow’s tournament final will be an all Humber affair.