Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To begin my Member’s statement today, I’d like to quote a great poet and musician, Stompin’ Tom Connors.
“Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s hockey night tonight. Tension grows, the whistle blows, the puck goes down the ice. The goalie jumps, the players bump, the fans all go insane, someone roars, Bobby scores, at the good old hockey game.”
“Oh, the good old hockey game, is the best game you can name. The best name you can name, is the good old hockey game.”
I started this because I’ve got a couple of hockey issues that are going on in Hay River over the next couple of weeks. This weekend we have our 5th Annual Pond Hockey Tournament that’s going to have over 30 teams participating in Hay River. We’re looking forward to going out on the river and skating on the river like the good old days. I’d like to thank everybody who organizes that event, for putting up the large tent as we speak. It should be a great event.
The other event that’s going on next weekend starts back here, and that’s the Northern Hockey Challenge, where Yellowknife, Hay River and Inuvik have been participating. Hay River and Yellowknife are now going to go on a five-game series. I’m sorry to hear from my colleague Mr. Moses, who is probably going to have to wear one of our jerseys, either a Huskies or a Flyers jersey. I sure hope it’s a Huskies jersey.
I’d like to encourage everybody next weekend to come out to those hockey games. Go, Huskies, go!
Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. The honourable Member for Weledeh, Mr. Bromley.
