The annual spring tradition of dozens of recreational hockey teams is once again upon the city of Estevan and area.
The Estevan Strippers’ 36th annual Spring Bust tournament will be alive and well within the friendly confines of Affinity Place, the Power Dodge Ice Centre and for the first time, the Bienfait Arena. A total of 40 teams will be coming to Estevan to play hockey and raise money for the Strippers’ community efforts.
The tournament has eight women’s teams this year, with two pools of four teams each. For the men’s teams, there are 12 teams in the 45+ division and 20 in the 30+ division.
After three days of round robin and playoffs, Sunday will see the championship trophies handed out to the divisions, with the game times earlier depending on how far the teams are based out of Estevan.
The tournament is scheduled to get underway Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. with the Estevan Flyers battling the Estevan Taphouse Rookies at Affinity Place and the Estevan Vikings taking on the Estevan Wolves at Power Dodge Ice Centre. There are three games on the schedule for that night, and the Thursday is when the teams from outside hit the ice, with three games with start times from 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Friday, games go from noon to 9 p.m. and Saturday, games run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, teams wrap their schedules with games at 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and playoffs starting in some divisions at 1:30 p.m. and going till the last puck drop at 7:30 p.m.
