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Saints host OFSAA boys' AAA hockey while Red Raiders and Nobles head north

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Essex Red Raiders and Belle River Nobles head to Sudbury for OFSAA boys’ AA/A championship.

St. Anne Saints will host the tournament as the host team, but the Saints aren’t simply at the event as the hosts.

Essex will open pool play at 10 a.m. on Tuesday against No. 13 Niagara Falls Saint Paul and No. 15 North Bay St. Joseph-Scollard Hall .

Belle River has won their area tournament eight times since 2005 .

“I think the team that we have, I don’t know if we’ve had a better team defensively. “We have to play good in our zone and take advantage of our chances to score goals. We’re a defence-first team. We’re not going to get into a match where we’re trying to outscore the opposition. We have to limit chances and, if we do that, we have enough firepower to win these games.” jpparker@postmedia.com twitter.com/winstarparker.