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Hockey is hitting the road again this May in St. Albert. After a successful first year, the Road Rage Street Hockey Tournament is coming back for 2014, with young pucksters taking over the south parking lot at Servus Credit Union Place on May 24 and 25. Former National Hockey League player Rob Brown is once again part of the event’s organizing committee. He said the tournament went “better than we could have imagined� in 2013, and so both he and his kids are raring to go again this year. “My son has been talking for the past month or so already about it, about getting his friends involved and trying to pick his team, pick his team name and anything,� Brown said. “If I see him being excited about it, that just makes it doubly exciting for us.� Last year, more than 30 teams signed up to play in the tournament. But, based on registrations so far, Brown is

confident they’ll surpass that goal this year. “I think we’re over 30 already, which I think is double what we had at this time last year,� he said. “I think we ended up last year at 36 teams, so it looks like it’s going to be quite a bit bigger than last year.�

Teams in the 3-on-3 tournament are made up of six players and a goalie between the ages of six and 14. Each team is guaranteed a minimum of three games over the two-day tournament. The registration fees remain the same as last year — $280 per team, or $40 per child — and include T-shirts, water bottles and other goodies.

Also back for another year are almost all the tournament’s sponsors, including Go Auto, 92.5 Fresh FM, Coca-Cola, Canadian Arena Products, the St. Albert Leader and St. Albert Source for Sports. “That’s a good sign for us, that they liked what they saw,� Brown said. The tournament is the same weekend as the annual Rainmaker Rodeo and Exhibition, but Brown said that he didn’t see much conflict between the two events last year. “They’re able to do both if they want to do both,� he said. “If they want to go to the carnival, they can go to the carnival; they know what their schedule is to come to our (event). I don’t think I talked to anyone who said it was bad timing. We talked to more people who said, ‘What a cool weekend this is. We’ve got so many things we’ve got planned to do.’ If anything, it just makes it a super weekend in St. Albert.� For more information or to register online, visit www. roadragestreethockey.com.

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