Friday, April 24, 2009

FINAL THOUGHTS FOR THE 2009 GCC

Well, there it is. A new slate of Captains gives us a new champion Captain and squad. Congratulations to Captain Dan Hawkins and his team on winning the 8th Annual Great Canadian Classic Hockey Tournament - perhaps the most dramatic Cup win in Great Canadian Classic history as well as the first Cup for the Ottawa franchise. And yes, for the record, we are aware that former Toronto Captain, Bud Kelly, won his 5th cup this year.

It seems to be taking longer to get this wrap up email out each year, but thanks for your patience, except for Ciupka who was probably wondering when the email would come out reminding everyone that he was now the winning Cup goalie two years in a row.

More seriously, thanks to everyone for making this year's GCC another fun day of playing hockey, hanging out, and miscellaneous adventure (the tailgate party waiting for the bus being one such adventure). Without the great spirit and love of the game as well as good times you all have, this would be a boring non-event.

Attached for your viewing pleasure are the stats from last Saturday. A huge thanks to the Stats Crew - Mike Doner and Matt Kindbom - for performing solid work in making this happen as a dynamic duo.

Thanks to all the players who donated swag - the names and companies are attached below (our apologies if we missed anyone). Thanks also to Jeff May and Scallywag's for providing the ideal post-GCC destination once again.

Although tentative now, please pencil in April 17 and 24, 2010 for the 9th Annual GCC, as it seems like we'll do this again. We'll hopefully confirm this in the fall sometime.

Thanks again from us - it was great seeing you on and off the ice, as per usual. The Convenors.

Britt, Cam
Lombard

Carsley, Doug
CGI

Dub, Paul
Dubwear

Flannagan, James
Ice Sports - Etobicoke

Mueller, Greg
AstraZeneca

Nowakowski, André
Miller Thomson

Sinclair, Adam
Barclays

Sinclair, Chuck
Sack, Mitchell

Watkin, Rick
Kubra

Hawkins, Dan
Scotiabank

May, Jeff
Scallywag's

Purvis, Jaime
Jov Funds

Burkom, Jack
Brookfield

No comments: