Minor Hockey Fun Tournament This Weekend

Nain Minor Hockey is traveling to Natuashish today for the Fun Hockey Tournament.

We spoke with Coach William Flowers and Jim Nui, the Recreation Facilitator for the Mushuau Innu Band Council.

This tournament begins this evening at 5 pm at the Mushuau Innu Natusheh Rec Center.

Flowers says there are 17 minor hockey athletes from Nain traveling to compete in the tournament.

The tournament will run from May 1 to May 3rd.

Nui says right now they have 4 teams competing- 3 teams from Natuashish, and 1 from Nain.

Nui says throughout the tournament each team will have a line of Bantams, a line of Co-Ed Peewees, and a Co-Ed line of Atoms and Novice.

Every athlete will have the chance to play in this tournament.

Nui adds there will be 2 games played this evening.

The tournament will resume again on Saturday at 12 noon.