{"id":6713,"date":"2015-02-02T11:27:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T19:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=6713"},"modified":"2015-02-16T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T00:33:30","slug":"ufv-cascades-chilliwack-chiefs-join-forces-to-stage-winter-classic-ball-hockey-tournament-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2015\/02\/02\/ufv-cascades-chilliwack-chiefs-join-forces-to-stage-winter-classic-ball-hockey-tournament-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV Cascades, Chilliwack Chiefs join forces to stage Winter Classic ball hockey tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail alignleft wp-image-6714\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_0794-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0794\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_0794-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2015\/02\/IMG_0794-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades and the Chilliwack Chiefs of the B.C. Hockey League are teaming up for an exciting new community event!<br \/>\nThe inaugural Winter Classic Outdoor Ball Hockey Tournament takes over the parking lot at the UFV Chilliwack campus (Canada Education Park, 45190 Caen Ave., Chilliwack B.C.) on Saturday, Feb. 14.<br \/>\nThe day begins with a free pancake breakfast from 9 am to 10:30 a.m., and the tournament starts at 10 a.m. There will be three different age divisions: 16 and up, 11 to 15, and 10 and under.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to partner with the Chilliwack Chiefs on this initiative, and we look forward to welcoming the public to Canada Education Park,\u201d UFV interim athletic director Chris Bertram said. \u201cAdditionally, this event is a great opportunity to showcase our expanded campus recreation program, which is open to all UFV students, staff, faculty and alumni.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe Chiefs are extremely excited to be partnering with both UFV and the community of Garrison Crossing in providing a fun event for hundreds of young people, while creating awareness of the community-minded programs of both UFV and the Chiefs,\u201d Chiefs president Glen Ringdal said.<br \/>\nThe tournament entry fee is a non-perishable food item that players can bring on the day of the event, for donation to the Salvation Army of Chilliwack.<br \/>\nRegistration can be completed online at ufvcascades.ca\/rec\/winterclassic. Teams are to register as a group of four players, and will be joined for each game by one member of the Chiefs to make it five-on-five.<br \/>\nThe following is a brief rundown of the Winter Classic tournament rules. For more information, email campusrec@ufv.ca.<br \/>\n1. Games are 15 minutes in length.<br \/>\n2. Helmets are required for players age 16 and younger.<br \/>\n3. Gloves are strongly recommended, as are helmets for those over 16 years of age.<br \/>\n4. Slap shots are not allowed, and sticks are to stay below the waist.<br \/>\n5. Players are required to bring their own stick.<br \/>\n6. Goalies are required to wear a full face mask. Other body protectors and a blocker and catcher are recommended. It is the goalie\u2019s responsibility to provide his\/her own protective equipment.<br \/>\nFor more information on UFV\u2019s campus rec program, visit ufvcascades.ca\/rec.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufvcascades.ca\/rec\/winterclassic\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ufvcascades.ca\/rec\/winterclassic\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Dan Kinvig at <a href=\"mailto:dan.kinvig@ufv.ca\">dan.kinvig@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\">02\/14\/2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades and the Chilliwack Chiefs of the B.C. Hockey League are teaming up for an exciting new community event! The inaugural Winter Classic Outdoor Ball Hockey Tournament takes over the parking lot at the UFV Chilliwack campus (Canada Education Park, 45190 Caen Ave., Chilliwack B.C.) on Saturday, Feb. 14. &#8230; <a title=\"UFV Cascades, Chilliwack Chiefs join forces to stage Winter Classic ball hockey tournament\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2015\/02\/02\/ufv-cascades-chilliwack-chiefs-join-forces-to-stage-winter-classic-ball-hockey-tournament-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":6714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6724,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6713\/revisions\/6724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}