Family Hockey Tournament

The ice at the Massey arena will be torn up by 9 community family teams on March 3 & 4 as they descend upon the hard water in the Family Hockey Tournament’s 40th year.  

The Family Hockey Tournament has brought families together in the spirit of friendly competition for 4 decades now.  It is an event that every community family can draw upon loving and humourous memories.

This year, teams will be fielded by the Nashkawa, Bennett, Bobs, Corbiere, Eshkakogan, Francis, Abitong, Solomon and Toulouse families.  

Game day starts at 6:00pm.  Day two starts at 8:00am.  Lunch and supper will be available upstairs in the canteen, hosted by Little NHL teams as a fundraiser.  

The tournament will conclude with an awarding of trophies.

There will be a small cover charge to get in to the arena to watch each day.  All families are warmly welcomed to watch and cheer on community players, exciting hockey action and recognitions of excellence.  .  

New this year  is a memorial trophy honouring the memory and spirit of th elate Dolphus Toulouse who loved the game of hockey (and all sports) throughout his life and saw the game as a vital part of growing up and building meaningful connections between people.  Dolphus’s trophy will be awarded to an individual demonstrating perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication.  

This year’s Little NHL is hosted by Nipissing First Nation in Mississauga, Ontario the week of March 12—16, 2023.  It will be the 49th year

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