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Hockey tournament brings excitement to Buchanan ice

Team 4 was the winner of the A-side championship of the Buchanan three-on-three hockey tournament on New Year's Eve.

BUCHANAN - Buchanan hosted a three-on-three hockey tournament on Jan. 31, with Team 4 winning the A-side championship. Team members were: Alaina Roebuck and Zarin Godhe of Buchanan, Ben Blenkin of Yorkton, and Angel Sliva, Mason Reine, Ashton Strelioff, Wyatt Wolkowski and Kasen Heshka, all of Canora.

In the Rec game it was Buchanan over Wadena in an overtime thriller Members of the winning Buchanan team were: Sam Junop, Zac Wilson, Tylan Henrikson and Dawson Markusson of Foam Lake; Jesse Grychowski of Invermay, Chad Zavislak of Canora, Toby Olynyk of Buchanan, Dean Serdachny of Sturgis, and Thomas Anthony and Adam Thompson of Sturgis.

Darren Godhe, organizer, shared the following post on Facebook after the tournament:

“The Buchanan Skating Rink would like to thank everyone for coming out to our three-on-three hockey tournament and Rec game on New Year’s Eve and bringing back some hockey to our rink.

“We would like to thank all the players who came out to play. We saw some great hockey and hope that everyone had a great time. Thanks to the Wadena Rec team for coming out to Buchanan to play against us.

“Thank you to the friends, family and members of the community that came out to support our day. Thank you to Shewchuk Insurance for donating the pork for our supper, Shawna and Shannon Leson for the donation of the raffle prizes and the Buchanan Gateway Co-op for the donation of the two boxes of hamburgers.

“Thank you to all the volunteers who helped and offered to help us to make this day happen. It has been greatly appreciated.

“We hope each of you was able to end the year making some great memories - after all it isn’t every day that we stop the clock in the final game to have a wedding party come on the ice. Happy New Year!” concluded Godhe.