VIDEO of the sixth annual Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Festival held in “The Great Ones’” hometown of Brantford Ontario. This year Walter was joined by hockey celebrities such as Curtis Joseph, Rick Vaive, Danny Gare and many more. The official certificate from the Guinness Work Records arrived at the Parks & Recreation office this week confirming that Brantford and Walter Gretzky are now in the Guinness World Records book.
The Largest Street Hockey Tournament record was previously held by Ladysmith, British Columbia set with 192 teams and 2,010 players in 2007.
The official Guinness World Records certificate reads;
“The current record for ‘Largest street hockey tournament’ consisted of 205 teams totaling 2,096 players in the 2010 Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, from 4 to 6 June 2010. Walter Gretzky is the father of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky and still calls their hometown of Brantford home. Among participants in the tournament was film director/actor Kevin Smith, who fielded a team and played as goalie.”
Congratulations to Walter Gretzky, Kevin Smith, all 2,096 participants, the WGSHT organizing committee, an outstanding team of volunteers and all the community partners who were involved this year, for their support in helping Brantford achieve the Guinness World Records for the ‘Largest Street Hockey Tournament.’ Way to go BrantforPlans are currently underway for the 5th annual Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament scheduled from June 3 to 5, 2011 in conjunction with the 2nd annual Brantford Hockeyfest.
