Nine-year-old Cole Thurston, seen here with dad Michael, scored a goal in one of his first games.

Ten-year-old Stefan Elliott, seen here with mom Carole, took home the goods after winning a backpack and sweatshirt in the prize raffle.

These D1 teammates are friends till the end. From left: Kotaro Watanabe, Justin Elliott and Sam Evans.

At age 10, Emerson Steinke says he likes his hockey "nice and rough." He earned 6 points for assisting his team in a morning 8-2 win.

Little Makaela Enright was happy to help her mom Sandy with some of the organization of the tournament.

Organizer Diane Casey (left) and a squadron of volunteers like Kathy Puri, put in a lot of hard work to make the tournament possible.

Tournament coordinators Shannon Sharp (left) and Angie Baugh try to steer everyone to the right room or to the right rink.

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Reg Brockway is one of the coaches of his son Warren's West Vancouver Thunder hockey team.

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Vancouver Canuck Andrew Cassels and his daughter Scout were in the crowd to see son Cole Cassels score a one-handed goal for his WV team.

Alexander Naccarato, seen here with his dad Pat, likes the game a lot and has been playing hockey for two years now

WV Thunder coach Steve Stack gave his players, namely six-year-old Nicholas Lyons (left) and six-year-old Trevor Stack, a well deserved hug for a job well done.

Division D1 player Conor Enright (left) was happy to see his friend Rudy Uhl score his first ever goal in division A1.