The Cornwall Colts will have to uncrown the Pembroke Lumber Kings if they hope to hoist the CCHL championship trophy.

PHOTO CREDIT - Robert Lefebvre/www.icelevel.com

Cornwall - Apr. 3, 2011 - For Cornwall, it's a chance to end a decade-long championship drought.

For Pembroke, it's a chance to win an unprecedented fifth consecutive Bogart Cup.

That's the picture facing the Colts and Lumber Kings as they head into the Central Canada Hockey League best-of-seven finals.

The two league heavyweights will open the finals tonight in Pembroke in what is sure to be a highly-entertaining and hard-fought series.

Cornwall and Pembroke sat atop the league standings for much of the regular season, and they were also placed in the national Junior A hockey rankings throughout the 2010-11 campaign.

The Lumber Kings had the better regular season, collecting 51 wins - three more than the Colts. However, the Colts had the advantage in the regular season series between the two teams, winning three of five encounters.

Game 2 of the series will be played on Wednesday in Cornwall (7:30 p.m. at the civic complex), and the series will shift back to Pembroke on Friday for Game 3. Game 4 will be held in Cornwall on April 11, while Games 5, 6 and 7, if necessary, will take place on April 13 (Pembroke), April 14 (Cornwall) and April 16 (Pembroke).