Goodbye, Walter. We loved you.

Sadly, Walter Gretzky has passed away at the age of 82. We will miss him greatly. What a legend.

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Lung Association winner in Gretzky street hockey tourney

By Susan Gamble

More than a dozen rinks were set up at the Steve Brown Sports Complex at Lions Park over the weekend for the Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament, which attracted an estimated 1,700 players and an untold number of spectators.

“We’re trying to knock lung disease into the boards,” said Sandy Lee, manager of community giving for the area Lung Association, which receives the proceeds from the tourney.

Lee said this year’s event attracted 135 teams came from all over Ontario, Quebec and U.S. cities in New York, New Jersey and Illinois.

Back in 2010, the tournament attracted 205 teams and 2,096 players and set a Guinness World Record for the largest street hockey tournament. They topped that mark the following year with 235 teams. The Brantford record was eclipsed in 2013.

“We’re actually trying to rebuild the event,” said Lee. “We had 125 teams last year.”

Part of the draw in 2010 was Hollywood film director and actor Kevin Smith, who brought along his friends to play.

“We’re missing that Kevin guy from the U.S.,” said Gretzky as he looked around at his namesake tourney.

“It’s hard to believe all the volunteers here making it work.”

Gretzky dropped the ceremonial ball Saturday to officially kick off the event, which had the park overflowing with tents, food vendors and 14 permanent and temporary rinks to accommodate the play.

“Brantford is a hockey town,” said Brantford -Brant MPP Will Bouma, who attended the event.

“Whether it’s ice hockey or street hockey, we love hockey and this event has now raised thousands of dollars over the years for the Lung Association, which is just stupendous.”

SGamble@postmedia.com

@EXPSGamble

Via The Expositor

WGSHT Awards 2019

Distributed on 6/1/2019.

The Mooby Award
Most Valuable Player
(2019)

Justin Biehn
Monroeville Zombies

Awarded to the league’s most valuable player.

 VASHL MVP The Mooby

The Jay Award
Best Hair
(2019)

Dave Tilly
LA Mings

Awarded to the player who has the most awesome beautiful hair.

The Jay Best Hair Award

The Silent Bob, Silent Burn Award
Best Sunburn
(2019)

Alex Speers
Salsa Sharks

Awarded to the player with the worst sunburn.

 Silent Bob Sun Burn Award

The Darryl Clarke Memorial Award (2019)

Jody Simpson
Salsa Sharks

Awarded to the player who utilized the cleverest smack talking on the court (without getting vicious).

 Darryl Clarke Memorial Award

The Kill Bill Kid Award (2019)

Nick Kirkpatrick
Monroeville Zombies

Awarded to the player who sustains the greatest injury during the WGSHT tournament.

 The Kill Bill Kid Injury Award

The Suzanne Award (2019)

Tom “Mott” Tyrell
View Askew Vulgarians

Awarded to the player deemed the greatest party animal during the WGSHT tournament.

The Elias Award (2019)

Tristan Blackmore
Eden Prairie Mallrats

Awarded to the “rookie of the year” at the WGSHT tournament.

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Kevin touched Greatness!

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I touched Greatness! Thanks to the the fine folks at @upperdecksports & @upperdeckent, I met and interviewed my hockey hero, #WayneGretzky! I first fell for the @edmontonoilers icon back in 2008-ish, when #zackandmirimakeaporno didn’t light the box office on fire. I went through what was either a mid-life crisis or a semi nervous breakdown. Locked away in my office and questioning myself as an artist, I watched old hockey documentaries. And for reasons I don’t fully understand, I was profoundly impacted by the story of the life and times of the greatest scoring genius the world has ever known. Even though I’m not an athlete and I’ve never dominated in anything, let alone in my industry, I nonetheless identified with the boy from Brantford, who always tried to give a little more and accommodate as many as he could. Gretzky’s life story became my gospel, and the advice his Dad Walter gave him became my creative mantra, leading to both @tuskthemovie and @yogahosers: “Don’t go where the puck’s been; go where it’s going to be.” Ten years back, I was looking for a savior – so I wrapped myself in #oilers colors and made #99 my higher power. On Wednesday night, I sat on a stage and talked to #waynegretzky only to discover that up close, The Great One smells like victory and Canadian Christmas. Before he skated off into the night, he signed the pictured piece of artwork that hangs in my bathroom – and if it creeped him out, he didn’t show it. #KevinSmith #upperdeckhockey #upperdeckcards #upperdeckent #thegreatone

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