5th Annual Christmas Winter Classic Pond Hockey Tournament

The Rink at Burlington Creek held their 5th Annual Christmas Winter Classic Pond Hockey Tournament during the Christmas break and it was an overwhelming success. We had six divisions from 8U up through a college division. A total of 54 teams participated which in total was 182 players. Thank you to all the players who participated and to the families that may have started a new tradition on the unique jerseys we saw during this event. The six day tournament crowned twelve champions. Congratulations to the following teams:

Gold Division

* 8U – Top Shelf Elves – Blake Hicks, Brody Cunningham, Gunner Smith

* Squirt’s – The Nutcrackers – Zak Petterson, Kellen Briscoe, Griffin, Browne, Camden Zimlich

* PW’s – Kansas City Jazz – Jameson Mair, Jory Veenstra, Braxton Landis, Evan Martinez

* Bantam’s – Bardownskis – Austin Buenneke, Gavin Davis, Jack Stout

* High School – Oilers – Nick Spolec, Liam Atkinson, Bryce Hart

* College Division – Team Minions – Miles Manson, Evan Mills, Garrett Becker

Silver Division

* 8U – Fighters – Tevis McLin, Chase Bachta, Beau Smith

* Squirt’s – The Mean Machine – Michael Fortner, George Disciacca, Sam O’Reilly, Jackson Fox

* PW’s – Playmakers – Joshua Michel, Ian Harnik, Teague Newland, Michael Torlina

* Bantam’s – The Zambronies – Jack Martinez, Daniel Rauen, Brenden Guzman

* High School – Angry Beavers – Jack Zimmer, Luke French, Jarod Morgan, Dominick Chirico

* College Division – The Vets – Andy McConnell, Chase Pruitt, Reece Doty

The management staff at The Rink would like to thank everyone who was part of this tournament especially the players and their families. Also a big special thanks to our sponsors, Missouri Mavericks and Dunkin Donuts. We are extremely excited to announce that we are not done for the season! Our “2nd Annual Classic Tournament” will be held at the end of the season and information will be out soon. We will see you next month!