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Gretzky hockey tourney cancelled

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The Brantford Minor Hockey Association has announced the cancellation of next week’s Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament.

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“With the uncertainty caused by the Omicron variant and increasing team cancellations, it has become logistically impossible to host this year’s event,” David Fielding, the tournament’s convener, said in a posting Tuesday on the association’s website.

The 51st edition of the tournament was set to run Dec. 27-30 at various locations in Brantford and Brant County. It had attracted 133 teams but teams started dropping out this week.

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Fielding said the decision to cancel was difficult.

Association personnel will be in touch with teams in coming weeks to co-ordinate refunds.

“Please be patient as we work through this process,” Fielding said.

The tournament also was cancelled last year because of the pandemic..

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