Kamsack Novice Flyers placed third at their four-team hockey tournament played February 10鈥�12 at the Broda Sportsplex in Kamsack.
The overall tournament champions were the Swan River Broncos, The Pas Huskies, second, Kamsack Flyers, third, and Canora Red, fourth.
The round robin tournament kicked off at 5 p.m. February 10 with a game played by the Kamsack Flyers against the Canora Red team, said Kamsack coach Jeremy Allard. Other teams participating in the tournament were The Pas Huskies and Swan River Broncos.
Five games were played on February 11, while two games were played on the next day. Both games played on the Sunday were for the championship titles.聽
Third place versus fourth place played at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Kamsack Novice Flyers won that match.
At noon, the first-place faced off against the second-place team with Swan River Novice Broncos winning the championship title.
Results of the games played are as follows: February 10, Kamsack defeated Canora; February 11, Swan River defeated Kamsack, The Pas defeated Canora, Swan River defeated Canora, The Pas tied with Swan River, and The Pas defeated Kamsack in the last game of that day. February 12, in the championship games, Kamsack defeated Canora and Swan River defeated The Pas.
Members of all the participating teams were awarded medals.
This tournament was a fundraiser for the Kamsack Minor Hockey Association and all proceeds went to minor hockey.
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鈥淚f the shooter misses from the hash lines, he or she still wins 30 per cent.鈥�
As of February 11 the pot was sitting at $140.
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