“Teams come back year after year because we hold it at the same time of the year. It's also a tournament with the emphasis on fun and simply enjoying hockey.”
“We opened the tournament to teams in recreational and pickup leagues and raised the age from 19 to 23, so we could keep competitive junior players out of the tournament.”
“It's no good for us to have a tournament earlier in the year and Barrie couldn't accommodate us, so in 2005, we went to Alcona. But we need a two ice surfaces to run the tournament, so we decided to talk to the staff in Midland and see what they could come up with.”
