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The 36th Annual Patsy K. Odden Invitational Hockey Tournament will take place December 13-14 this year on the campus of Taft School. The school features two rinks, which will both be used during this tournament.
The eight-team field is the same as last year. Group A has host Taft, Tabor, Loomis Chaffee and Lawrenceville. Group B has Andover, Choate, Hotchkiss and Kent.
Each team will play three round robin games. The winners of each group will play for the championship on Friday, December 14th at 1:30pm
Here are the pairings:
| Thursday, December 13th | |||
| Game | Time | Rink | |
| 1 | 8:00am | Loomis Chaffee vs Tabor | Mays Rink |
| 2 | 8:30am | Taft vs Lawrenceville | Odden Arena |
| 3 | 9:45am | Kent vs Hotchkiss | Mays Rink |
| 4 | 10:15am | Andover vs Choate | Odden Arena |
| 5 | 1:45pm | Lawrenceville vs Loomis Chaffee | Mays Rink |
| 6 | 2:15pm | Taft vs Tabor | Odden Arena |
| 7 | 3:30pm | Choate vs Kent | Mays Rink |
| 8 | 4:00pm | Hotchkiss vs Andover | Odden Arena |
| Friday, December 14th | |||
| 9 | 8:00am | Tabor vs Lawrenceville | Mays Rink |
| 10 | 8:30am | Taft vs Loomis Chaffee | Odden Arena |
| 11 | 9:45am | Choate vs Hotchkiss | Mays Rink |
| 12 | 10:15am | Andover vs Kent | Odden Arena |
| 13 | 1:30pm | Group A runner-up vs Group B runner-up | Odden Arena |
| 14 | 1:30pm | Group A winner vs Group B winner | Mays Rink |
Gary Demopoulos has been covering prep school hockey for the HNIB News for over 30 years, and has been the editor of the HNIB News since 2005. A former sportswriter and news editor at the Woburn (MA) Daily Times Chronicle, he has been the HNIB News' key reporter for Mens Prep School hockey since 1988, as well as womens hockey, both at the prep school and high school levels. for almost 20 years. Gary also helps organize and oversee HNIB's many summer tournaments and festivals for scholastic players.
