The Estevan Strippers annual Molson Spring Bust hockey tournament is going to feature 36 teams on April 8 to 12 at Affinity Place, the Civic Auditorium and the Icon Centre.
Out of the 36 teams, there are 12 Estevan clubs.
The tournament is split up into eight divisions including a ladies group, which is called the Century 21 division and it features six teams.
The remaining divisions are made up of teams containing a 45-plus age group and a 30-and-over category.
There are 10 teams split into two divisions in the 45-plus age group. Six teams in the Ray Frehlick division and four teams in the Bill Dutton division make up these 10 teams.
In the 30-and-over category there are five divisions consisting of four teams each. The divisions are Westmoreland Coal, Days Inn, Einar/Rod Fagerheim Memorial, Tap House and Preston Meyer Memorial.
The format of the tournament varies within each division.
In the Ladies division, there will be two pools of three teams, and they will play a round-robin format. In the second round, the teams cross over. The first place teams in each pool will play each other and the same occurs for the second and third place teams.
The Ray Frehlick division will follow the same format as the Century 21 division, and the Bill Dutton teams will just play a round-robin.
In the 30-and-over category, the teams in the Westmoreland Coal, Einar/Rod Fagerheim Memorial, Days Inn, and The Tap House divisions, will play round-robin games within the their respective divisions, then will play in a crossover.
In the crossover, teams of the Westmorland Coal and the Einar/Rod Fagerheim divisions will be playing each other, and teams from the Days Inn and Tap House groups will be matched up.
First place teams of each division will play the second place teams, and third and fourth teams will be matched up.
In the Preston Myer Memorial Division, after the round-robin, the first and second team will play for gold and the third and fourth teams will play for bronze.
The round robin games will be played all days of the tournament with the medal games taking place on the 12th.
Also, there will be two cabarets held at the Power Dodge Curling Centre. Local band Crossroads will be performing on April 10 and Third Degree Burnz, from Yorkton, will entertain the following day. These two cabarets start at 9 p.m.
