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Testimonials

Thanks for having us out this weekend.  The boys had a great time!  Great job!

Mike Ziglo
2011 Next Level

 

Darryl,

Thanks to you and your team for a great first experience.  

Please do hold a spot for us next year in the 2015 boys silver. It will definitely be on our schedule again! 

2015 Manitoba Force. 

Thanks again! 

Kelby Friesen

 

Yes thanks for the great tournament and for being so quick on the updates and communication for months!

Jennifer Elder
 

Thanks Darryl, we really enjoyed your tournament.  Loved how the gold medal was made to feel like a big deal with all the extras.  We will look to be back in 2024 with our Rebels teams! 

Ian Billingham

 

Hi there, I just wanted to thank you, the sponsors, organizers, refs and everyone that was involved in making this past tournament weekend an amazing experience for the kids! 

I am the mom of the 2014 mb force goalie and I wanted to get a message to the refs on Saturday nights game. It was a early morning for the kids, paired with a very late night game and he got hurt in warm ups, things unraveled for him. I wanted to thank the reffing team that night for the kindness and patience they showed towards him, making sure he was ok and encouraging him when he was doing a good job. 45 shots on goal at nearly 10pm for an 8 year old kid who goes to bed at 7:30 most nights! 

Refs have a hard job and please let them know we appreciate their hard work! 

He received player of the game during one of our previous games and wow! Thanks to all the sponsors! He filled his belly with good food and had fun at the arcades!! 

Wearing his white hat with pride and the glass puck is so special. 

My older son was part of the 2012 winning force team and he also had a great weekend! We loved the convenience of the rinks in the keystone as we stayed in the canad inns, but wow! What a great atmosphere it was at J&G for the finals. 

I know some family loved watching the games on the app and the announcer for the finals was awesome! Well done. 

Can’t wait to come back next year! 

Thanks again 
Crystal Gavigan 
Mb Force

 

Just wanted to reach out and say Job Well Done on a very successful hockey weekend!

This was my first go at spring hockey and manager of our Silver 2014 Wheatland Wild team. We were very impressed with how the weekend went, and the organization of it all. 

Thanks again, and congratulations on a very successful tournament. 

Brittany Cousins 

Manager Wheatland Wild 2014 Silver.

 

Thanks Darryl, the 2012  Xtreme players and parents had a blast this weekend. We appreciate all of the effort it takes to put this tournament together.  

Cheers, Mike Peters 



Hi Darryl

Just wanted to thank you for coordinating this tournament.  Both our teams had lots of fun in the 2010 division and as it turned out competed quite well against the older kids.  Enjoy the fall.

Jeremy Sabourin



Hi Darryl,

Just wanted to say thank you for putting on a fun tournament this weekend. Our Buffalos had a great weekend. Excellent and thank you!

Jory



On behalf of the 07 MHD Lightning; thank you. It was a great tournament, we had a lot of fun. I know a lot goes into it and we appreciate it very much!
Mark

You run a great tournament Darryl... thanks for putting in the time. See you next year
Steve - Monsters

Thank you for a great tournament! Our teams always enjoy coming to Brandon and your tournament offers great value for the registration fee. The nice medals, championship banner and champion hats were a nice touch. Thanks for all your hard work in putting this tournament on for the kids. 
Susan  - Manitoba North Stars 

Well run tourney everything went smooth on our end
Glen Tosh - SW Jets

Both our teams loved the tournament
Rob Fowler - Ice Kings

Thanks for the Hawks well run as always
Ryan Price - MB Hawks

Thumbs up from the Steel hats were a nice touch
Drayson Cowan - MB Steel

2010 Ice Kings

The hats and awards were awesome the kids loved them
Kurt

U8 - U10 - U12 North Stars
All three teams had a great time. Thank you. See you next year. 
Jody

2005 Man Sask Wolfpack
Darryl, thanks for a great tournament. Always a pleasure to play in Brandon!
Lloyd


U10 Brandon Wheat Kings
Hi Darryl,
Our U10 girls team had a blast!  Thanks!
Thank you again Darryl!
Ryan Bell

2009 Minot Beavers
We had a great weekend your refs were excellent and everything went well make sure you let me know of any other tourney you put on. 
Thanks Flint.

2010 Central Plains
Thanks for the weekend Beef kids had a blast.
Take care 
Bob

2008 Regina Raiders
Hey Darryl just wanted to let you know we enjoyed the tournament this weekend.  Our boys had a blast.  Thanks

2010 Virden Jr Ice Caps
On behalf of the Virden Junior Oil Caps 2010, a huge thanks to you and your team on running a fantastic tournament.  Despite being a little outgunned our kids had a great time and worked their butts off.  We had a couple of close games and the experience they gained playing on full ice for the first time was invaluable for them.  Once again thanks for a great event and hopefully we will see you next year.
Dylan Clarke - GM

2005 Wildcats
Thank you. Our kids had a great time. 
Dean

2007 SW Jets
Great tourney beef!   Well run, well reffed and the parents were very impressed with the app and the live scoring!    
Appreciate your efforts to keep it going and allowing us the opportunity to play games close to home 
Glen Tosh

2008 Yellowhead Warriors
Hi beef 
Thanks for the weekend boys had a great time and loved the live scoring and tracking of points thought that was really cool! 
Myself and my coaching staff thought the reffing was really good and ur timekeepers did a fantastic job! 

Job well done!
Thx 
Mike & the 08 yellowhead Warriors 

 

 

2016 Testimonials

Good morning,

Just wanted to thank you for having us this weekend . Although we didn't win any games... It was not from lack of effort -

The boys had fun.

We will definitely return next year.
Thank you
Gary

 

Hi Darryl,

It's Robin Stephens from the 2002 Rebels, just want to thank you for a great tournament. Very organized and well run, must say your refs were the best we've ever came across also. If your date for next year works for our players we will be back! 

Thanks again.

 

Darryl, once again from the SouthSaskSnipers thanks for putting on a first class tournament enjoyed by all of our parents and the players.  Hopefully we will be back next year!  James.

 

Jeremy 2004 Snipers

I would just like to say thank you on behalf of the Snipers for another excellent weekend of hockey! Everything ran very smoothly and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

 

Hi Darryl,

I just wanted to thank you for a well organized tournament.  Everything ran smoothly and the boys had a blast.  The live streaming was a really cool and informative feature as well.

Sincerely,
Justin Maitre
Manager and assistant coach
2007 Manitoba AAA Colts

 

Thanks so much Darryl for a great first AAA tournament experience. We were very happy with everything and the tournament was very well organized!

Take care and hope to see you again next year!

Tracy Helmeczi
'04 Man-Sask Wolfpack

1996 / 1997 East West Connection

Darryl thanks for the wonderful weekend of hockey

Bernie Petite - Team Manager

Man Sask Wolfpack 2005

Hi Darryl

 

Just wanted to say a quick thank you for putting on a great tournament. Our team had a blast and enjoyed the entire tournament venue. First class all the way! Also was good to meet you in person and look forward to meeting again. All the best and thanks again.

 

Lloyd Sehn

Man-Sask WolfPack

Thanks for everything this past weekend. Well run tournament …I did want to make mention of your officials. I thought it was the best officiated tournament my son played at this years and he has been to a dozen tournaments all over Western Canada and into the States!!
 
Mike Schwean

My son played on the '99 Crusaders and we had a great weekend of hockey - only one win but the boys had great games and enjoyed it.



Kent


Regina, Sask.

Hi Darryl,
Just wanted to send you a quick message & say “Thanks” for putting on a very well organized & fun tournament . The NSD 95 Titans from Calgary thoroughly enjoyed your tournament and would like to return next year (….with full intentions of giving the Manitoba Polar Ice a ‘run for their money’).
 

Once again, many Thanks & good luck with your business ventures,
Randy Donkersloot - Manager - NSD 95 Titans

Hey Darryl,
Just a note of thanks for another great weekend. We do appreciate all you do for kids hockey. It gives them all an opportunity to play with and against some of the best around. Our Track record isn't that great but we still had an awesome time. Thanks for having us and looking forward to next season.
Onalea Holden Yellowhead Bobcats

Brian Schmidt - 98 Manitoba Lightning
 

Beef, 98 Lightning had a good time and overall would recommend your tourney to others. Times were ok and the venues were good. Most of all, the Hotels and City was good to the team. Thanks again!

Regards
Brian

Doug Hunt - Wolfpack 2k1
 

Daryl,
I just wanted to thank you for the tournament we thought it was very well ran and organized. The kids really enjoyed the hats, trophy and T-shirts they were fortunate to win. I also wanted to say we were happy with the officiating. The online stats for the tournament and all the little things that take a lot of time organization wise and volunteers to make it all happen.
 

I passed on your appreciation to our team manager once again and she said Thank you again!

Good job, see you in the rink
Doug

Dallas Harrison

Thanks, Darryl, great tournament, no complaints. Overall we found the reffing very good, better than at most tournaments.

Paul Bouchard
Good job Beef...thanks for the fun!

Darryl,

We had a great time at the tournament. Wish we could have been a bit more competitive in our first 3 games. The hockey was excellent – wish we played the more physical style down here.

Eric Mattson - Minnesota

Dear Darryl
I just wanted to thank you on a job well done the tournament was fantastic the kids had a great time even though they didn't win a game The officials were very good ,in all of our games ,your staff was excellent and overall the expierience for our kids was great . you can count on us for may and june 2009
 

thanks again
Rob Holden Yellowhead bobcats 97s

Again, we had a great time at your tournament!!!! we will be back for both of them in 09!!!!!
Glad that you will be here to run both of your great tournaments next year!! I know that it is a lot of hard work and countless hours in preparing for such a sucessfull event that you always put on. Just a quick email to say thank you!!!

Harvey - 97 Junior Steelers

HI Darryl,

Thanks for the weekend, it was good. The kids as well as the parents had a great time. You can let the Day’s Inn know that our time with them was wonderful and their staff was absolutely terrific.


Have a great summer, and see ya next year.


Lynn Anderson
Manitoba Colts
Manager