FOLLOW UP

Well, it only took over a week to get you the wrap up this year's Great Canadian Classic, but here it is. Thanks to all of you for making it another great day. The Captains once again did a great job drafting and leading teams in another close tournament. Congratulations go, for the fourth, and last, time to Captain Bud Kelly and his Toronto squad for winning the GCC. A special note of congratulations must also go to Captain Mark de Pencier and the Edmonton squad for putting up a great battle despite only having 9 skaters for the championship game. As mentioned in an earlier email, we will be having a full changing of the guard in terms of Captains for next year so we wanted to thank Captains Boswell, Carsley, Charlton, de Pencier, Kelly, and Schieman for great job they have done in making the GCC a great tournament every year with the right doses of competitiveness, fun, and yes, drama. The Search Committee will be working diligently over the summer in looking for the next slate of Captain candidates.

Thanks goes to the Stats Crew, notably Mike Doner and Matt Kindbom (with some help from Richard Harvey), who did a great job in a shorthanded situation as we normally have a crew of at least 4 guys for the whole day. Attached for your viewing pleasure are the stats from the day. Not surprisingly, the stats from the last game are a bit thin but we will try to fill the gaps for the historical records.

Thanks also to all the players who donated swag for the prize table.

Finally, the arena cannot yet commit to a date for the Eighth Annual Great Canadian Classic next year just yet so for now please hold April 11 and 18 and we will hopefully confirm with you in the fall.

Thanks again for making the GCC successful again. Please let us know if you have any suggestions about how to improve the tournament. Have a great summer. The Convenors.