The tournament is just 5 sleeps away!
Below, please find important tournament information that you and your team need
to know (please forward to your team members/coaches/managers) + some time sensitive
actions you may need to take. Read on…
Thanks to you, the tournament is oversold,
and we are now the largest tournament in Canada. This year, there are 335
teams, playing 777 games at 19 arenas on 34 ice pads in 54 hours. Over 500
teams registered! Unfortunately, we could not accommodate them all – maybe next
year. Thanks for your support. Over 200 volunteers, tons of referees and timekeepers,
dozens of arena staff + the Rangers’ amazing staff are working hard to make
sure that this is the best tourney you attend this year. Being the biggest is just a function of a fortuitous location, numerous great nearby facilities and math; providing the best value and best tournament experience takes dedication and
commitment from a lot of people. We plan to deliver!
TOURNAMENT
SCHEDULE
As I hope all of you know, the
tournament schedule has been posted since December 15th. https://oakvillerangers.ca/Tournaments/6607/Schedule/
Unfortunately, some changes needed to be made due to a few teams dropping out
who qualified for an International Silver Stick over the holidays. Obviously, the
chance to play for a Silver Stick is too good to pass up but it has an
incredible impact on the schedule. Our apologies if you are an affected team.
If you haven’t checked your schedule in the last week, please do so ASAP.
OTHER IMPORTANT
INFORMATION
1. TOURNAMENT
SCORING: The tournament will utilize iPads using
Game Sheet Inc. software. If your team is not currently in the GSI
system, you will be sent a link to enter your roster. No paper game sheets.
2. TEAM
SWAG PICK-UP: A representative from each team needs
to come to Sixteen Mile Sports Complex (3070 Neyagawa Boulevard, Oakville, ON)
to pick-up 20 pieces of complimentary BarDown swag for players and coaches. We
are located upstairs across from Rink 3.
3. TOURNMENT
RULES: Rules can be found here: https://oakvillerangers.ca/Tournaments/6607/Pages/33540/Rules/
4. HOCKEY
VILLAGE UPSTAIRS AT SIXTEEN MILE SPORTS COMPLEX: Over
20 exhibitors/vendors are located at the Hockey Village. Come on by!
5. HOCKEY
HALL OF FAME: The Hockey Hall of Fame exhibits
and interactive games will be upstairs at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. As well,
legendary trophies will be on display (Conn Smythe, Vezina, Hart, Rocket
Richard, Norris and others).
6. OAKVILLE
BLADES JUNIOR A GAMES: The Oakville Blades have home games vs.
the Georgetown Raiders on Friday, January 19 @ 7:00PM AND against the Aurora
Tigers on Saturday, January 20 @ 7:00PM. Both games are at Sixteen Mile Sports
Complex – Rink 1. Both nights, the band 5 Hole will be playing as well. We have
secured roughly 1500 tickets for each game. If your team is NOT playing on
Friday night and/or Saturday night and you are interested in attending a fun,
affordable hockey event, please email [email protected] with:
your team name, age group, division, your contact information and the number of
tickets you would like. Tickets are
free; will be allocated on 1st come 1st serve basis and will sell out (less than 200 remain for Friday and
less than 400 remain for Saturday). Act now!
7. TOURNAMENT/BARDOWN
MERCHANDISE is located upstairs at Sixteen
Mile Sports Complex and in smaller quantities at Canlan Oakville and Joshua’s
Creek Arena. For order pick-ups or to change sizes, please go to the Sixteen
Mile location.
8. TOURNAMENT
PHOTOGRAPHERS: The tournament photographers are
located downstairs at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, in the lobby at Canlan
Oakville and at Joshua’s Creek Arena.
9. 50/50
DRAW: The Oakville Rangers will be running a 50/50 draw that
we hope will be one of the biggest minor hockey draws in Canada. It will
kick-off next week. Details to follow.
10. LIVE
STREAMING OF GAMES: All Oakville and Burlington arenas
and most of the other arenas will be live streaming games. So, if you have friends/family
who can’t attend, they could live stream the game. Go to LiveBarn.com and use
promo code OKVL-LIVE to save 10%.
11. TOURNAMENT
STAFF/VOLUNTEERS: Tournament staff will be wearing
bright red hoodies with the Winter Classic tournament logo on the front and an
arm band. Feel free to ask any of them a question. They will have or will get
the answer.
12. THE
GOLDEN HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT: The Oakville
Rangers Winter Classic has joined forces with The Golden Horseshoe Tournament
(The Shoe) which has been one of the best-run, most prestigious tournaments in
the area for 55 years. All AAA divisions will be branded The Golden Horseshoe
divisions and those teams will compete for The Golden Horseshoe Cup. The
combined tournaments will continue to award $4,000 in post-secondary
scholarships for local players.
13. APPEALS,
DISPUTES, COMPLAINTS: All decisions, disputes, complaints,
appeals will be handled by personnel at Tournament HQ which is in the
Oakville Rangers’ office on the ground floor of Sixteen Mile Sports Complex across
from Rink 1. Local arena tournament personnel and volunteers cannot/will not
solve any game-related issues. They are there to keep games moving along,
monitor for major injuries and answer general questions. Treat them with
respect please or you could forfeit a game!
14. MEDICAL:
The tournament has a trained medical staff member standing by at
Tournament HQ. She can get to any arena in 10-20 minutes and will be kept aware
of all significant injuries and manage logistics if necessary. Each arena will
NOT have medical personnel so please have an Emergency Injury Plan in place.
Know your arena's address https://oakvillerangers.ca/Tournaments/6607/Venues/
, have a Certified Trainer on the bench and a parent in the stands who knows
your Emergency Injury Plan.
John
Verdon
Oakville
Rangers Hockey Club – President & Tourney Guy
[email protected]
416
417-7373