The annual CFB Trenton Pond Hockey Classic is back for another year.
This is the 9th annual event and on Tuesday morning in Batawa, organizers launched the 2020 gala and tournament.
As normal, it will include a gala Friday January 31 called the “Roots of Hockey”.
Event organizer Jeffrey Moorhouse tells Quinte News the dinner will feature former NHLer Jim Kyte. Kyte was the first NHLer (and only one to date) to be legally deaf. He played nearly 600 games with Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Pittsburgh, and San Jose.
Master Corporal Lawrence Christensen will also speak. Christensen was one of the first people to receive a service dog from Wounded Warriors, for PTSD.
Moorhouse adds they are changing things up this year for the pond hockey games on Saturday February 1 and Sunday February 2.
The title sponsor for this year is the Batawa Development Corporation. Community Development Coordinator Raquel Richardson says supporting the tournament means supporting the community.
In its first eight years, the tournament and gala dinner have raised more than $350,000. The focus is to get to $500,000 by the end of next year’s event (this year $75,000).
The money raised will go to support the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation, and Wounded Warriors Canada.
Boyd Sullivan is hosting the live auction. There will also be a silent auction.
Saturday’s goal is for 40 teams: 12 competitive, 12 non-competitive, and 16 oldtimers. Sunday’s goal is to get 12 atom teams.
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