Courtesy/Dann Alison
By Dann Alison
The Hilltoppers Hockey Team enters the mid-season tournament this week sitting 3rd in league play.
The Toppers play four games as part of the event beginning 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3 in Los Alamos against one of the most interesting opponents seen at the Los Alamos Ice Rink – the Saints of St. Thomas Aquinas of Kenora, ONT, Canada.
The story from their hometown paper in Canada paints a good picture of how the team has come to visit New Mexico.
Los Alamos is certainly excited to host them … 1,500 miles to play hockey and ski!
The remainder of Topper team play is in Taos, Jan. 4-6.
- Friday: 7 p.m. Los Alamos vs La Cueva
- Saturday: 9 a.m. Cibola vs Los Alamos
- Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Coronado vs Los Alamos
The Canadian team will see more play against top-tier teams and composites of the top lines of these teams. It will all be a good show and the community is invited to come out and see some good hockey.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts |
| Cibola Cougars | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Coronado T-Birds | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Los Alamos Hilltoppers | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| La Cueva Bears | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Albuquerque Outkast | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Taos Ice Tigers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| St. Pius X Sartans | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Rio Rancho Rams | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Santa Fe Blue Jackets | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Cleveland Storm | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
