Labatt Blue U.P. Pond Hockey Championship

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Photo courtesy of Dave Kunze Photography

February 19-21, 2010

The Labatt Blue U.P. Pond Hockey Championship will be played on the Wild Ice of Moran Bay, Lake Huron, downtown St. Ignace, Michigan!  We hope to have 160 teams competing for prizes!  This is a MAHA sanctioned event - Sanction # MIT100277.

 

 

Where has your Championship Cup been in the last year?  Some team members are so attached to their Cup that they take it wherever they go, and take photos of their cup in a vacation or educational setting.  We are adding a photo gallery of photos taken with your Championship Cup.  Click here to see our first inductees into our Championship Cup Gallery of Fame!

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As part of our Labatt’s U.P. Pond Hockey Championship weekend, the Detroit Red Wings Alumni will play an exhibition game at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, February 19th, 2010, at the Little Bear East Ice Arena, a regulation size ice arena. We will have a limited number of tickets available for this exhibition game. Tickets are $10.00 each. For tickets, call the UP Pond Hockey Headquarters at 906-643-6950, or toll free, 800-338-6660.

For registration form, click here!

For Pond Hockey Rules, click here!

For Cancellation Policy, click here!

Are you a player looking for a team? Or are you a team looking for a player to fill your roster? If so, send us an email, and we will put you in touch with each other!

 

Format:  4 on 4 hockey with NO GOALIES on eighteen 75 'x 150' outside rinks with snow bank boards played on Moran Bay overlooking Mackinac Island.

Friday afternoon/evening

  • Games begin ~ 9:00 a.m. and end ~ 5:00 p.m.
  • Bus Pub Crawl from ~12:00 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. thru St. Ignace.

Saturday all day/evening

  • Games continue until 6:00 p.m.
  • Bus Pub Crawl from ~12:00 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. thru St. Ignace

Sunday morning - Finals, Award presentations.

For motel/hotel availability, call the St. Ignace Visitors Bureau at 1-800-338-6660.

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Divisions have been expanded for the Labatt Blue UP Pond Hockey Championship to include a Men's 50 and over.  For 2010, the divisions are:

  • Open Elite Division
  • Men's 21 and older
  • Men's 30 and over
  • Men's 40 and over
  • Men's 50 and over
  • Women's Division
  • Novice

All players must be 21 or older before the championship.

All teams are guaranteed to play at least 3 games.

Prizes:  Division winners will receive Labatt's jerseys and a hardwood championship cup.

The Labatt Blue U.P. Pond Hockey Championship is open to the first 160 teams registered.

If we have an act of weather that prevents us from conducting the UP Pond Hockey Championship, all registration fees will be refunded.  Any other money that has been expended will not be refunded.

Cost:  $325 (proceeds benefit St. Ignace Hockey Association)

We will also have a rink available for open skating - so the kids will have something to do while you're playing!

For information on the Labatt Blue UP Pond Hockey Championship, call 800-338-6660, email - info@stignace.com,  or CONTACT MARK @ 1-906-643-7482 or email marksposito@yahoo.com or marksposito@sbcglobal.net

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St. Ignace Visitors Bureau and Special Events Committee appreciates all your comments and suggestions. If you would like to help us improve on this growing event, please send comments (in the email body--no attachments will be accepted) to us at info@stignace.com.  Please use the phrase "U.P. Pond Hockey" in the subject line.

For photographs of this year's event, contact Dave Kunze at davekunze@hughes.net, or Northpointe Images at northpte@lighthouse.net.

2009 UP Pond Hockey Aerial photo prices (like the one above):

  8 x 12 - $14
12 x 18 - $22
16 x 24 - $4020 x 30 - $50
Custom sizes available - call for details

Price includes sales tax and shipping in a hardboard tube.

Contact:

Dave Kunze Photography
N2982 Pte. Aux Chenes Rd.
St. Ignace, MI  49781

906-643-9280
231-420-0844
davekunze@hughes.net

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2009 Wrap-Up

What a great weekend of friendly weather (Saturday could have been nicer!)and good times on Moran Bay! St. Ignace Special Events Committee, together with Labatt Blue, Kewadin Casinos, & Classic Rock "The Bear", presented Hardwood Championship Cups and Labatt jerseys to victorious teams in thirteen divisions this year.

Women's Division:  Dangerous Divas vs. Storm

Men's 40+ Gold:  Ford vs. TC United

Men's 40+ Silver:  Driftwood Sports Bar vs. Burt Lake Hackers

Men's 30+ Gold Division: Liquidators vs. Make-Me-Lafs

Men's 30+ Silver Division: Smarts 30+ 20 vs. Boulevard Lounge

Men's 30+ Bronze Division: Mystery Men vs. Cereal City Ice Dogs II

Men's 21+ Platinum Division: Gustafson's Smoked Fish vs. Bingo Bango Backdoor

Men's 21+ Gold Division: Fluffer's vs. Buffalo Babies 

Men's 21+ Silver Division: Bear Cove Inn vs. Warrior Hockey Sticks

Men's 21+ Bronze Division: Keg Flies vs. Munger Marauders

Men's 21+ Copper Division: U & I Lounge vs. Do It For Dunlop

Men's 21+ Tin Division: Peaches & Dreams vs. O'Tools

Novice Division - Colleen's Irish Pub vs. Macomb County Sewer Rats

21 & Over Silver Scores

21 & Over Gold Scores

21 & Over Platinum Scores

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Championship Cup Gallery of Fame!