19th Annual Capital Winter Classic presented by the Kanata Blazers and Ottawa Valley Silver Seven

Date

January 17, 2024 – January 19, 2025

Cost

U10-U11 (2015-2014) B/A: $1,915 (tax included)

U11 (2014) A/AA: $1,985 (tax included)

U12-U13 (2013-2012) B/A: $1,990 (tax included)

U12 (2013) AA; U13 (2012) AA: $2,040 (tax included)

The 19th annual edition of the Capital Winter Classic will be headquartered at the state-of-the-art Bell Sensplex, where parents can enjoy the action from the comfort of Centre Ice Restaurant & Bar above. We aim to provide teams with their best tournament experience of the season with the Capital Winter Classic. We are pleased to guarantee a four-game minimum for ALL TEAMS in the tournament regardless of level!

Your team and parents will thank you for coming to Ottawa to start 2025 in style!

Some tournament features include:

Prizing awarded to Champions & Finalists
Awards ceremony following EVERY game for “Player of the Game” selections from both teams
Great competition
Best facilities anywhere for tournaments (3 NHL, 1 International sized arenas @ Bell Sensplex, 4 NHL sized arenas & Richcraft Sensplex, and other area rinks)
A guaranteed FOUR (4) game minimum for ALL TEAMS
Fantastic hotels, shopping and amenities within a few minutes of tournament headquarters

The Bell Sensplex features plenty to compliment the action on the ice, including:

Centre Ice Sports Bar
Hobbins Hockey Shop

The Bell Sensplex is the headquarters for this tournament; however, teams may play games at other local facilities.

Hudson Travel Group is the exclusive travel partner for all tournaments hosted by Sensplex facilities. Booking with them is a condition of acceptance for all out of town teams. Accommodations for all events at Sensplex facilities will be arranged on your behalf by Kelly Hudson at [email protected] or 1-800-668-5596. This will ensure your team the lowest rates on a FULL range of area hotels.

HEO Minor Sanction #:

Format:

All teams in all divisions will play a minimum of four (4) games including at least three round-robin games and a guaranteed consolation or playoff game, or four round-robin games plus playoff rounds depending on division size. Body checking is not permitted at any U10 to U13 division. This tournament is for ‘AA’ ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘MD’ & ‘AE’ teams, depending on the centre your team is from. No ALL-STAR or SELECT level teams will be admitted into this tournament, as per HEO Minor regulations.

Period Lengths:
U10 B/AA, U11 B/A: 2 x 10, 1 x 12 min stop time
U11 A/AA, U12 B/A, U13 B/A: 1 x 10, 2 x 12 min stop time
U12 AA & U13 AA: 3 x 12 min stop time

All teams MUST be prepared to start as early as 8:00 am Friday, January 17th.

Note that AE, MD, A, and B teams may compete together. At U10 B/A/AA Division all teams from AE to AA are included together. It is recommended for Tier II or strong Tier III competitive teams.

For the U10 division, the equivalency chart for Ottawa & Ontario in use is: