Canadian National Pond Hockey Championships

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The Canadian National Pond Hockey Championships are held annually at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

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The pond hockey variant used at the nationals plays 4 on 4 without a goalie, with two 15-minute halves and 5-minute halftime break. The winners of the three championship divisions are awarded the coveted Maple Cup.

Men's Ontario Championship

The Ontario qualifier for the Canadian Nationals lasted only one year. The host site was Valen's Conservation Area in Flamborough, Ontario. The tournament is otherwise an annual event. The Barrie Bruins defeated the Milton Moose Knuckles 14-8 to take the Ontario title.

YearChampion TeamOriginTeam
2009Barrie Theta TTS Bruins Barrie Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Doug Battaglia, Kevin Culhane, Lincoln Dolbear, Paul Myerscough, Ken Pagan

Men's Open Championship Division 25+

YearChampion TeamOriginTeam
2006Rink Rake Whitby Greybeards Whitby Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario
2007Barrie Theta TTS Bruins Barrie Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Kevin Culhane, Lincoln Dolbear, Paul Myerscough, Jeff Oestreicher, Ken Pagan, GM Gerry Culhane
2008Barrie Theta TTS Bruins Barrie Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Kevin Culhane, Lincoln Dolbear, Paul Myerscough, Jeff Oestreicher, Ken Pagan, GM Gerry Culhane
2009Officetrax Vandals Brampton Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Brandon Dawe (C), Danny Gould, Mike Cross, Matty Moore, Stace Page, Kenny Sousa
2010Officetrax Vandals Brampton Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Brandon Dawe (C), Danny Gould, Mike Cross, Matty Moore, Stace Page, Kenny Sousa
2011Officetrax Vandals Brampton Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Brandon Dawe (C), Danny Gould, Mike Cross, Matty Moore, Stace Page, Kenny Sousa

Women's Open Championship Division 19+

YearChampion TeamOriginTeam
2006Rink Rake Concordia Rinkles Montreal Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec
2007Rink Rake Concordia Rinkles Montreal / Vaudreuil-Dorion Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec
2008Ice Angels Hamilton Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Sherri Beckerson (C), Ashley Moore, Michelle Gallant, Lindsay Maksymchuk, Meghan Weedon
2009The Wade Belaks Toronto Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario 2010Rink Rake Concordia Rinkles Montreal / Vaudreuil-Dorion Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec 2011The Wade BelaksToronto, OntarioFlag of Ontario.svg Ontario

Men's Masters Championship 35+

Masters Division is for players 35 years of age and older

YearChampion TeamOriginTeam
2006
2007Cornwall Six-Shooters Cornwall Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario
2008Team HillsburghTorontoFlag of Ontario.svg Ontario
2009Cornwall Six-Shooters Cornwall Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario
2010Montana's Barrie Barrie Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Kevin Culhane, Travis Duhaime, Bruce Marietti, Paul Matheson, Jeff Oestreicher, Ken Pagan
2011Montana's Barrie Barrie Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Kevin Culhane, Travis Duhaime, Bruce Marietti, Paul Matheson, Jeff Oestreicher, Ken Pagan
2015Barrie Bruins Barrie Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario Kevin Culhane, Lincoln Dolbear, Sean Madigan, Paul Matheson, Ken Pagan, Tighe Ransom

Championships

2006 Championships

The first championships took place over one weekend.

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In the Men's Open Division, the Rink Rake Greybeards defeated the Barrie Theta TTS Bruins to win the inaugural championship.

2007 Championships

The second championships used 24 rinks on 6 acres (24,000 m2) of lake ice, and took place over two weekends. The championships were aired nationally on TSN in a one-hour special.

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In the Men's Open Division, in a rematch of last year's final, the Barrie Theta TTS Bruins defeated the Rink Rake Greybeards 14-11.

In the Women's Open Division, the Rink Rake Concordia Rinkles win the championship for the second straight year, defeating the Wade Belaks of Toronto 18-11.

2008 Championships

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In the Men's Open Division, the Barrie Theta TTS Bruins defeated the Pond Hawks of North Bay, to be the first multiple year winner on the men's side, winning for the second year in a row.

In the Women's Open Division, the Ice Angels of Hamilton defeat the Wade Belaks from Toronto. The returning champions, Rink Rake Wrinkles from Vaudreuil-Dorion were defeated in the elimination round.

2009 Championships

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