Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last weekend, in Fort Smith, the community was treated to some extremely high calibre, high intensity hockey with the territorial senior men's championship being held there. Mr. Speaker, there were teams from across the NWT, as well as northern Alberta. There was a team from Iqaluit, Rankin, from the Sahtu, from Yellowknife, Fort Simpson, and Hay River, Fort Chipewyan, and two teams from Fort Smith.
Mr. Speaker, a tournament of this magnitude has a lot of logistical issues to deal with inside and out of the community, and I would like to acknowledge the work done by the person who spear-headed the move to have the territorial championships in Fort Smith, Mr. Danny Brookson. They did most ably by Mr. John Chee and Chris Podiak. Mr. Speaker, as an aging senior hockey player and now an old-timer, I was very impressed by the calibre of hockey across the north. There are some very, very high calibre players that we have the privilege of having live in this territory.
Mr. Speaker, Fort Smith ended up in third place. Yellowknife, unfortunately, ended up in second, and the top prize for this hard fought tournament went to Hay River, the Hay River Ice, and they were a team that was definitely worthy of being champions in this instance. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.