3-on-3 tourney created great hockey

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

Over 100 kids capped off their season by playing an entertaining brand of hockey at the Wheatland Athletic Association (WAA) 3-on-3 tournament in Strathmore last weekend.
The idea behind the tournament is for the association’s boundary players to come back and form teams at the atom, peewee and bantam levels to play one another in a competitive environment.
“Another advantage is the kids that come and tryout next year,” said WAA president Murray Brown. “We brought kids in from every area, so when they walk in and try out, chances are they ran across these kids that they’re playing 3-on-3 with. They’re walking into some people that they know and are comfortable with that.”
Brown said it’s a fun event, but it showed players where they need to be to play double-A because a lot of them are coming out of minor hockey.
“I think from what I’m hearing back from the parent’s feedback is we’re doing things right,” said Brown. “Of course we talk about things that went wrong and things that went right and keep it fresh and make it as good as we can make it.”