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The first annual Yukon Brewing ball hockey tournament, ah 鈥� knocked it out of the park, so to speak.

Nine teams competed in two pools and then in two playoff divisions.

There were four to seven players on each team, with most teams 鈥渋cing鈥� seven players.

The format was three-on-three plus one goalie.

The tournament was co-ed, with one female on the ice at all times.

It was a self-reffereed tournament with a few basic rules like no contact allowed, although some contact occurred.

鈥淚 think we were right on the line of people (being) competitive, but in a nice way,鈥� said Laurence Vandal-C么t茅, who organized the event.

In the B Final, the HPW Pylons (red) took on Gated Ghetto (pink).

Gabriel Nadon, he of broomball fame, was on Gated Ghetto. He scored two quick goals to make it 3-3 but the Pylons scored a go-ahead goal. Gated Ghetto knotted it up again, at 4-4. They completed the comeback by scoring to make the final 5-4.

The captain for the Pink team, Jessie Hill said, 鈥淚t was good. It was physical, it was a fun game. It鈥檚 nice to get out here and play with other people.鈥�

Hill said winning the B Final felt 鈥減retty good. Big victory for the team.鈥�

Of the tournament, Hill said, 鈥淚t was really good. Overall, it was really well-organized. Everyone was really lovely to be around. Being able to still have that competitive edge too. With all of the teams, there was lots of competition.鈥�

Hill said she would definitely put another team in the next ball hockey tournament.

In the A Division, the Brew Crew (gold) beat the Crestview Cup Crew (green) team.

Crestview Cup Crew goalie Eric Walker said the tournament was 鈥渁 lot of fun.鈥�

鈥�(Our team) played unexpectedly well, everyone had a great time. It was really well-organized.鈥�

Walker recalled Rendezvous had a ball hockey tournament 10 or 15 years ago that he played in.

Walker said the Yukon Brewing tourney was 鈥渃ompetitive, but nobody got out of hand.鈥�

When asked if he would play in another event like this tournament, Walker replied, 鈥淎bsolutely. I think they should do this every year.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of a nice springtime event because springtime in the Yukon, there鈥檚 really not much going on. We鈥檙e a summer-winter kind of place, so this time of year everyone is really itching to do something fun, so the timing鈥檚 great and it couldn鈥檛 be a better idea.鈥�

Walker said he doesn鈥檛 normally play goalie.

鈥淚t was a lot of fun. I took a lot of (ball) hits. I鈥檓 pretty bruised up but it was a good time.鈥�

The A final featured the Broozers (yellow) versus the Brew Crew (gold).

The Broozers opened the scoring and never looked back, building up a 5-0 lead until the Brew Crew struck for two goals make it mildly interesting. However, the Broozers came right back with a goal of their own to make it 6-2.

The final ended up 8-3 for the Broozers.

Broozers captain Patrice Brunet said the final was 鈥済reat.

鈥淚t was a bit more work than I had signed up for but 鈥� everyone here, by the last game, we were all hurtin鈥� a little bit more than we wanted to. I think it was a total of six games in the end.鈥�

Brunet said the tournament went really well.

鈥淲e worked super-well as a team (which) I was really impressed to see. Everyone came together, we had great goaltending, everyone played a good balance of forechecking and defence. We created a lot of opportunities and we got a lot of goals. But it was a fight 鈥榯il the end.

鈥淲e were a few goals up, but it didn鈥檛 feel like an easy game, that鈥檚 for sure. We had met them before in the round robin and it was a two-goal game.鈥�

Of the tourney, Brunet said, 鈥淚t was tonnes of fun. Great job by Yukon Brewing. They did a fantastic job, especially for a first event like this. I hope they keep going in the future. I think it was a good turnout and I think there鈥檚 potential for a lot more teams as well.鈥�

After being presented with the trophy, Brunet said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic. I wasn鈥檛 even expecting anything, so it鈥檚 pretty cool.鈥�

When asked what the key to their victory was, Brunet replied, 鈥淗ard work. It鈥檚 ball hockey. You have to fight literally for every step. You鈥檙e not gliding out there. It鈥檚 about creating space for yourself and getting open and obviously, working together as a team. That鈥檚 why I think we did so well.鈥�

Brunet added, 鈥淕reat event. It was super-cool. Looking forward to the future ones.鈥�

Vandal-C么t茅 explained how the tourney came about.

鈥淭he curling club was really welcoming. We work with the curling club all year round with curling, so we thought 鈥榃hy not summer as well?鈥欌��

He said overall, it was 鈥済reat.

鈥淚 think for the first edition, the tournament has been good. Smashed YXY Burger came to supply food. That was very nice. People, I think, drank responsibly. There was no fights on the ice.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a few things we can work on, but if we just improve on what happened today, it鈥檚 gonna be great.鈥�

Vandal-C么t茅 said they had a 12-hour day Friday setting up the tournament, including five hours of building the boards.

鈥淭hat was a long day.鈥�

They used pallets to reinforce cardboard behind the goals and had low boards on the sides.

They used Ball Hockey Canada dimensions to make the rinks as close as possible to make the rinks about 70 feet long by 38 feet wide.

Vandal-C么t茅 said he was 鈥渞eally happy鈥� about how the tourney went and added, 鈥淪ee you next year.鈥�