Outdoor hockey for centennial

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Published on Wednesday, February 18, 2015

By Kent Wareham

Rivers Jets atom and peewee teams took part in Hockey Manitoba's 100th Anniversary Outdoor Series on Feb. 15. Various communities and minor hockey associations across the province hosted outdoor games that day. In order to participate in the outdoor games, minor hockey teams had to apply and register with Hockey Manitoba in November; once accepted you were given a host location to play in an outdoor game.

Both our teams played in Rossburn on a homemade ice surface 100 feet wide by 215 feet long, with just snowbanks as boards. The temperature was a cool -16C, but judging by the smiling faces the kids had a lot of fun playing outdoors.

Both teams received new Hockey Manitoba 100th Anniversary gold jerseys and socks. The atom team played for Team Gold and although the peewee team received gold jerseys by mistake, they played for Team Black. Scores were accumulated from all the games across Manitoba on Sunday, and Team Black ended up winning the one-day event by a score of 622-557. 

Rivers Jets atom team played Foxwarren/Rossburn and won their game by a score of 11-3. Rivers Jets peewee team also won their game, defeating Russell 11-3. 

These teams, along with Rivers Jets novice, are now entering the second round of league playoffs, so check out the www.riversjets.com website for their schedules and come out and support your local minor hockey teams.