Mac's AAA midget hockey tournament
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The Mac's World Invitational AAA Midget Hockey Tournament is a prestigious ice hockey tournament held annually for midget aged players in Calgary, Alberta. First held in 1978, the tournament features 25 male and 12 female teams from across Canada, the United States and Europe.
Team Sweden are the defending male champions, while the Notre Dame Hounds are the defending female champions.
The Mac's tourney is held every year beginning on Boxing Day, and concluding with the male bronze and gold medal games on New Years Day at the Pengrowth Saddledome. The championship game has been held in front of as many as 7,000 spectators, while tournament games see as many as 3,000 fans per game, the largest crowds many of the players will have played in front of at that point of their carreers.
Many participants of the Mac's tourney have gone on to play in the National Hockey League. These players are recognized by Mac's tourney officials by having their photos added to the tournaments wall of fame at the Max Bell Centre.
On January 2, 1989, Petr Nedved, playing for a Litvinov based team, left his hotel room in the middle of the night and walked into a Calgary police station declaring his intention to defect from Czechoslovakia.
Champions
Male division
(partial list)
- 2005: Team Sweden
- 2004: Saskatoon Contacts
- 2003: Shattuck St. Mary's
- 2002: Team Illinois
- 2001: Shattuck St. Mary's
- 2000: Shattuck St. Mary's
- 1999: Shattuck St. Mary's
- 1998: UFA Bisons
- 1997: Saskatoon Contacts
- 1996: Calgary Flames
- 1995: North Battleford North Stars
- 1994: Calgary Royals
- 1993: Calgary Flames
Female division
The female division was added in 2004.
- 2005: Notre Dame Hounds
- 2004: Notre Dame Hounds
Wall of Fame
The following is a partial list of Mac's tourney alumni who have gone on to play in the NHL.
References
- [Official website]
- 2005 Mac's Tourney program
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