Contests

As one of Canada's largest retailers of sporting equipment, skills development is important to Canadian Tire as it helps to reinforce key aspects of hockey such as safety, a lifelong enjoyment of the game, leadership and good sportsmanship.

Canadian Tire invited Canadian Tire Hockey School members to test their hockey skills at Qualifying Events across Canada. These events included a series of hockey challenges fashioned after the NHL All-Star Skills Competition™. Participants were selected from three divisions (Novice, Atom, PeeWee) to participate in four NHL® skills-inspired tests: Fastest Skating, Shooting Accuracy, Puck Control and Passing Accuracy. Events took place in 15 communities across Canada.

Top qualifiers were invited to compete in the Canadian Tire NHL Junior Skills™ National Championship in Ottawa during the NHL® All-Star weekend! After competing toe-to-toe on the Rideau Canal, the Canadian Tire NHL Junior Skills™ National Champions took to centre ice during the NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ and were congratulated by a sea of hockey fans.

Canadian Tire will not be hosting the Canadian Tire NHL Junior Skills™ program this season. Thanks to everyone who participated and we encourage all of our Canadian Tire Hockey School members to stay tuned for other hockey programs and to keep visiting the site for great hockey features, videos and tips.

Champions:

Angela H.	Katie C.	Maggie C.	Stevon H.
Sydney K.	Tommy B.	Zachary D.

Top Qualifiers:

Dear Canadian Tire Hockey School,

I wanted to let you know how amazing our trip was to the 2012 NHL® All-Star Game, etc., that my daughter (Angela) won through the Canadian Tire 2012 NHL® All-Star VIP Weekend Contest.

The experience is one we will never forget - everything was taken care of from the minute we were picked up by the stretch limousine at our home to being dropped off again after the weekend. We were given true VIP treatment and we even got a picture with Gary Bettman at the pre-game celebration - where the food and drinks were wonderful.

The seats for the 2012 NHL All-Star Skills Competition^TM and game were fantastic. Getting my picture taken with the Boston Bruins® mascot (Blades) and having a fun tussle with the Vancouver Canucks® mascot (Fin) added so much to the experience!

Thank you for the NHL® All-Star gift bags stuffed with all kinds of items specially picked for each of us - I think we must have got every souvenir available! We had nothing left to buy! I just wanted to let you know it was an experience of a lifetime and wanted to thank Canadian Tire for making it all possible. We are very grateful!

Thank you,
C. Brown

Congratulations to A. Brown from St. Clements, our Contest Grand Prize winner! A. Brown won a trip for 4 to the 2012 NHL® All-Star Game, NHL All-Star Skills Competition^TM, and the NHL® All-Star Saturday Night Party!

Plus, congratulations also go out to our lucky Daily Winners who each received $100 Gift Cards!

Testimonial from the winner:

To all of those involved in organizing the "Canadian Tire Greatest Hockey Moments" contest,

On behalf of myself, my son Nolan, my husband Eric and my father Andy, we would like to express our gratitude for providing us with this once in a lifetime opportunity.

You have provided a little boy with the chance to see his favorite NHL team, see the Stanley Cup and some of the greatest hockey players to have ever played the game such as Bobby Orr.

This opportunity was memorable for all of us and is something that we will talk about for some time. Boston is an amazing city, we had a great time touring the local attractions and enjoyed the wonderful accommodations provided.

Once again, we wish to thank Canadian Tire for this great contest and wonderful memories!

Yours truly,
Brandi Ouellette

Testimonial from the winner:

"Awesome, Amazing, Fun, WOW, and chance of a lifetime…… A few words to describe my experience over the past 6 months… I have had the opportunity thanks to Canadian Tire and the NHL to experience 3 NHL games, and include my family in this journey as well. It has been an AMAZING ride and I have enjoyed myself immensely. From Raleigh, NC and the All-Star game (which was an amazing experience especially seeing my son interview Jonathan Toews, meeting Jonathan’s parents, skills competition and party afterwards). I still can’t believe that my son is on You Tube…. To the Heritage Classic game in Calgary, AB which as myself and my two boys can attest to it was extremely cold but well worth it for sure, to the Beautiful city of Boston, MA to see Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals with my husband Ross (who is a long time Boston fan). All three games have their own experiences and memories that myself and my family will cherish for years to come…

Thanks to all of the people that made this happen for my family and I’ll always remember that dreams do come true if you fill out a ballot!!!!!!"

Cheers

Tammy Cook (One lucky Lady)