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In a season that is sure to be full of surprises, the Preds have added yet another and are headed north for a visit to the land of this season's Ontario Provincial Championship host team to play the NOJHL Abitibi Eskimos. The Abitibi Eskimos are Hosting this year's Ontario Championship Dudley Hewitt Cup and have invited the Predators to a pre-season match up that is sure to be very entertaining. "we love the opportunity to play Abitibi this early " said Predators director of hockey, Tim Clayden " the Eskimos have worked very hard for many seasons now and deserve to be the

Host Team of this year's Provincial finals. We also hope to learn something during our exhibition trip that will help us with our own bid to Host the same Championship series in Port hope in 2007 - 2008""it should be a great trip for our hockey club as it gives our players an early opportunity to get to know one another. We have many players this year from across North America that are becoming teammates and friends for the very first time and it is very important that we take some time for our team to get to know one another. Hockey is a great game, each year it seems that we make new friends where some can last for a life time" stated Predators Assistant GM, Ian Green. Game Time At The Igloo, Iroquois Falls, ON Tuesday August 22 at 7:30 pm Port Hope Predators vs. Abitibi Eskimos

Predators director of hockey, Tim Clayden added "it's a great opportunity for our own team to spend some time together, road trips are a big part of junior hockey and can be a lot of fun. We will head out after our home game with Kingston this Sunday afternoon and take some time to have a few meals together and share a few good ol' hockey stories before we arrive in Iroquois Falls for our game Tuesday night" said Clayden"the NOJHL is underestimated and no team in the Province this year should take the Eskimos lightly. Abitibi has always had respectable hockey clubs and are due to have a very big season.

There is no doubt that come spring time the Eskimos will have a strong team that will be very difficult to beat. They have great fans that give them a 2 goal head start each game and a community that is behind their Eskimo Jr. A Hockey Club and their management. If we can't get lucky enough to make it back to Abitibi this spring we sure hope the Eskimos can win it all as their entire community deserves it, we just hope they take it easy on us this early in the pre-season" For Port Hope Booster Club Information and Predators Fan Bus Reservations please call 905 426 0790