Iqaluit

The Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association's 2018-2019 season is officially underway.

Day one of play began on Oct. 13 at the newly-refurbished Arctic Winter Games Arena with the novice group one, peewees, bantams and midgets hitting the ice for their first practices. The following day saw the initiation division, novice group two, atom groups one and two and the female group on the ice.

The association will be on the ice every Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday for the duration of the season and it will be a tight fit for now, said Wanda Joy, the association's president.

A helping hockey hand

Kinngait/Cape Dorset

There's a big delivery of hockey equipment heading to Cape Dorset and it's all courtesy of the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association.

Karen Dunphy, the association's fundraising chairperson, said 18 bags of gear are on their way to the community and it all came courtesy of the Canadian Tire JumpStart program, which brought 150 bags of equipment to the community in April 2017.

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She remembered the team from Cape Dorset that played in the Toonik Tyme minor hockey tournament this past April and how under-geared they were and that's where the idea came from.

First Air is flying the gear free of charge to the community and it includes jerseys, socks, skates and some sticks.

Dunphy said the city helped to transport it to the airport on Oct. 9.

Tourney dates released

Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet

Mark your dates on the calendar because tournament hockey in Rankin Inlet has just been confirmed.

Rankin Inlet recreation co-ordinator and Rankin Inlet Minor Hockey Association president David Clark has officially released the dates of this hockey season's tournaments to be hosted in Rankin Inlet.

The tournaments, their dates and age brackets are listed below.

Arctic Atoms SA国际影视传媒� Jan. 18-20 SA国际影视传媒� minor hockey atoms

Powerful Peewee SA国际影视传媒� Feb. 1-3 SA国际影视传媒� minor hockey peewee

Polar Bear Plate SA国际影视传媒� Feb. 14-17 SA国际影视传媒� juvenile/junior

Bantam Rock Cup SA国际影视传媒� March 1-3 SA国际影视传媒� minor hockey bantam

Terence Tootoo Memorial SA国际影视传媒� March 6-10 SA国际影视传媒� senior men

Local Minor Tournament SA国际影视传媒� March 15-17 SA国际影视传媒� minor hockey initiation/novice

-Darrell Greer