The Nain Torngat Mountains Bantam team travelled to Goose Bay, NL to play ice hockey in the Lake Melville Mega Tournament this past weekend.
The tournament took place from Friday January 19 to Sunday January 21, 2018.
We spoke to Brent Denniston, assistant coach of team Torngat Mountains.
The first game they played was against the Hometown Sports of Goose Bay, and ended with a score of 3-1 for Goose Bay.
The second game was versus another team from Goose Bay- Team Home Hardware- and Team Nain won by a score of 4-3.
And their final game was against the team from Labrador City- the Green Machines, which ended in a 3-3 tie.
A player of the game award was handed out to each team for each game they played.
The awards for team Torngat Mountains went to James Dicker in the 1st game, Steven Denniston, the goalie in the 2nd game, and Dylan Anderson in the 3rd game.
Two players from Makkovik played on the Torngat Mountains team: Dylan Anderson and Sydney Ford.
Denniston says that the team played really well for the few weeks of practice and ice time that they had.
They played really hard, and the other coaches and teams noticed how hard they worked, and how talented they are.
He adds that the hockey players had a really good time.
Denniston would like to thank the community of Nain for their support, including everyone who helped with the fundraising and took part in the cold plates and bakes sales, Coach Edward Flowers for going wooding and selling tickets, and the Ullapitsaijet Committee and the Nain Inuit Community Government for sponsoring the team.