Third Annual Pond Hockey Tournament



We had the great pleasure of hosting our third annual Three-on-Three Pond Hockey Tournament on January 14, 2012. We had nine teams, up from eight in 2011 and six in 2010, and we also finally had perfect pond hockey weather! We also had The Golden Skates: an actual, kissable trophy. (We know it's kissable because that's what Eric and Kyle did when they won, see?)


You may recall that Pond Hockey Day 2010 boasted a high of 8C and melty ice, while Pond Hockey Day 2011 was a frozen affair: -24C for the better part of the day and the kind of cold that chills you right to the bone. This year though? 2012? It was heavenly. Cold enough for good ice, warm enough that it was fun to watch the games. Yeah! And we had super awesome volunteers, like Jason and Carissa (below), Leanne (who cooked) and Trenton (who took fantastic photos).


We have to shout out to our amazing, friendly, competitive players, who came from far and wide across Alberta this year: you raised an amazing $18,114.46. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. We are wild with gratitude, seriously. (Our teams raised about $13,000 in 2010 and about $15,000 in 2011.)


The players ...
Baerg (left, as Oilers and Canuck) and Coaldale Giraffes (right, in yellow and brown)


District 5 Slugs (left) and Enns (right, in black-red-and-grey)


Lendrum (left) and Linden (right, in the red, but not the Flames jersey)


Precht & Jones (left ... at least, one player) and Russia (right)


Southern Alberta Pastors (in the dark jerseys)


Wanna see more pictures? This link will take you to our facebook album of photos.

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