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Play On! Canada

Health, Wellness and Fitness · London, Ontario
Website: www.playon.ca

Established in 2003 as Canada’s original national street hockey festival, “The Official Canadian Street Hockey Tournament” gr ... ew to eventually operate 170 times in 36 Canadian municipalities, involving over 2.5M Canadians. The program became supported by CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada beginning in 2007, and set the Guinness World Record for largest street hockey event with over 6,000 teams in its largest season. When the NHL awarded its exclusive broadcast rights to Rogers in 2014, CBC discontinued funding of the program, though it continued to provide support through the Hockey Night in Canada brand. The program was restructured as a not for profit organization and operated independently for three more seasons, but its board of directors made the difficult decision to suspend operations due to logistical challenges with its truly national scale, a high cost model, and lack of available sponsorships in 2018. Volunteer organizers have been working to reset this beloved national event ever since. A new technology platform has been developed to drive the future of the event, and business partners and governments have come to understand this - the largest mass participation event in Canada’s history - as a necessary nation building, heritage preserving, health promoting, sport, community building, and character development initiative. In the words of Roy MacGregor, famous author and Canadian media legend: “there is something pure and sweet about street hockey that is worth preserving for generations to come. The game has meant more to young Canadians than any other game in any form.” Truly, there is no sporting event that has more potential to bring Canadians closer together than this one. Reach out if you would like to be involved in what we believe will once again be Canada's most significant mass participation event. We look forward to good things to come. #PlayOn read more

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