This years Esso Golden Ring
This years Esso Golden Ring is the 30th Anniversary of the tournament.
There are 195 teams taking part in 368 games over the three days of the tournament. One hundred and two teams are from Calgary, 77 teams from around Alberta, 10 from British Columbia, 2 from Manitoba, and 4 from Saskatchewan.
The 368 games come to a total of 490.25 hours of ice at 26 different arenas around Calgary. There are 104 referee’s officiating in the tournament, and some referees are coming from New Brunswick again.
Twenty eight of the games are quarter finals, 22 are semi finals, 12 are finals, and3 are NRL games.
With the 195 teams there are approximately 780 coaches, managers, and trainers
There are 1,188 arena and minior official volunteers to help with this tournament.
Participating teams
Active Start
Calgary BV Bumblebees
Calgary NW Heartbreakers
S Calgary Rainbow Rings
Cochrane Rockies
Calgary BV Jaguars
Calgary NW Orange Crush
S Calgary Sharks
Calgary E Sharks
Calgary NW Silver Dolphins
S Calgary The Wolves
U10-1
Calgary BV Devils
Calgary BV Snow Leopards
Calgary NW Ice Crystals
S Calgary Hawks
Calgary BV Ice Lions
Calgary NW Diving Dolphins
S Calgary Blue Thunder
Spruce Grove Green Lightning
Calgary BV The Tigers
Calgary NW Frozen Rings
S Calgary Dyn-O-Mites
Medicine Hat Goblins
U10-2
Calgary BV Ice Wolves
Calgary E Mini Mighty Ducks
S Calgary Artic Foxes
St. Albert Phantoms
Calgary BV Shooting Stars
Calgary NW Lightning Bolts
S Calgary Space Unicorns
Spruce Grove IceBreakers
Calgary BV Mighty ROAR
Calgary NW Ring Devils
S Calgary The Ring Robbers
St. Albert Legends
Calgary BV Snipers
Calgary NW Rockstars
S Calgary Snow Leopards
Red Deer Hurricanes
Calgary E Mighty Ducks
Calgary NW Zipping Zebras
Cochrane Ring Monsters
Sherwood Park Cheery Bombs
U10-3
Calgary BV Bad News Bears
Calgary NW Blackout
Cochrane Chaos
St. Albert Snipers
Calgary BV Fever
Calgary NW Nightmares
S Calgary Heat
Sherwood Park Steelers
Calgary BV Flash
S Calgary Frostbite
Airdrie Sting
Spruce Grove Rush
U12A
Calgary BV Fusion
Calgary BV Nemesis
Calgary BV Velocity
Strathmore Burning Ice
Sherwood Park Shock
Spruce Grove XLR8
Medicine Hat Toxic
Calgary BV Eclipse
Calgary NW Eclipse
S Calgary Ambush
Airdrie Sting
Cochrane Rockies
St. Albert Power
Vancouver Reign
U12B
Calgary E Nitemare
Calgary NW XLR8
St. Albert Illusion
Indus Lightning
Calgary BV Ice Devilz
S Calgary Whiplash
TORL Fusion
Sherwood Park Shock
Calgary BV Boom
Airdrie Sting
TORL All Stars
Lethbridge Lunachix
Calgary NW Icebreakers
Cochrane Rockies Chaos
Sherwood Park Spark
Lacombe CHS Edge
U12C
Calgary BN Destructive Divas
Calgary NW Panda Warriors
S Calgary Rings of Fire
St. Alberta Xtreme
Calgary BV Ice Fury
Calgary NW Super Tsunamis
S Calgary Lords of the Rings
Red Deer Elite
Calgary BV Rush
Calgary NW Ice Dragons
Indus Lightning
Sherwood Park Nightmare
U14AA
Calgary Red
Calgary White
Central Alberta Sting
Manitoba Magic
Sherwood Park Surge
St. Albert Mission
Calgary Blue
Edmonton Elite
LMRL Thinder
Saskatoon Saints
Zone 2 Big Country BLAZE
Zone 5 EDGE
U14A
Calgary BV BURN
Calgary NW Virta
Sherwood Park Edge
Winnipeg Macdonald Wildfire
Calgary BV Strive
S Calgary Crossfire
Medicine Hat Machine
Lacombe Edge
Calgary BV Velox
Cochrane Rockies
Spruce Grove Renegades
Vernon Ignite
Calgary NW Atomic
Strathmore Ice
St. Albert Edge
Kelowna Rage
U14B
Calgary BV Heat
Cochrane Rockies
Leduc Jaguars
Lethbridge Rattlers
Calgary BV RAGE
Calgary NW RAGE
Airdrie Sting
St. Albert Sabotage
Calgary BV Warriors
Calgary NW RUSH
S Calgary Voltage
Sherwood Park Force
Calgary E Chix with Stix
Calgary NW Renegades
S Calgary Renegades
Indus Lightning
U16AA
Calgary Apex
St. Albert Mission
Zone 4 Sting
TORL Force
Calgary Blue
Edmonton Elite
Zone 5 Pack
Zone 2 Inception
U16A
Calgary BV Blitz
Calgary NW Impulse
Leduc Jaguars
St. Albert Royals
Saskatoon U16A Blaze
Calgary NW Kulta
S Calgary Elite
Red Deer Rysk
Spruce Grove Impact
Kelowna KRA
U16B
Calgary BV Riptide
S Calgary Velocity
Indus Lightning
St. Albert Blackout
Calgary BV Royals
Calgary NW Raze
Airdrie AC Rockies
Regina Extreme
Calgary NW Kaizen
Strathmore Ice
Medicine Hat VIBE
St. Albert Smash
U19AA
Calgary Blue
Calgary Red
Central AB Sting
Edmonton Elite
LMRL Thunder
St. Albert Mission
Zone 5 GRIT
U19A
Calgary BV Bruins
Calgary NW Kova
Red Deer Rampage
Calgary 18+ B Blaze
Calgary NW Crew
S Calgary Mavericks
Kelowna U19A
Saskatoon Ice
U19B
Calgary NW Jets
S Calgary Pythons
AC Thunder Zone 2
Lacombe Edge
Calgary BV Elite
Calgary NW Prime
Rockyford Ringers
Spruce Grove Hells Belles
Open AA
Calgary Rath
Edmonton WAM
The NRL has three games going on during the tournament. At two of the games Ringette Canada reps will be at the games where they will have giveaways, and a raffle.
NRL games
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016- 12p.m. Flames Community Arenas Gold
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016- 6:15p.m. Flames Community Arenas Gold (Showcase game)
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016- 11a.m. Henry Viney (Showcase game)
It’s going to be an amazing weekend full of ringette games all over Calgary. The schedule can be found here and it will be updated throughout the tournament.
I will be blogging while at the tournament and updating my social media quite often, so be sure to check them throughout the weekend.