We are approximately 60 days from when the puck drops on the 5th annual Geeks on Ice hockey tournament. Lots of activity is happening at the committee level in preparation for another successful campaign and our team would like to share what we've been working on over the last couple of weeks.
Each year, the tournament committee survey's past participants to gauge your feedback on what we did good and not so good. One overwhelming topic last year was the increasing level of competitiveness amongst some teams. Players shared their concerns that we are phasing away from our roots of a "fun" atmosphere with a winner take all mentality. To address this concern, our Logistics Chair, Michael Nied, and Tournament Chair, Jason Clements, were tasked with find creative solutions to this growing problem. One of the solutions they proposed was to take a fresh look at the rules and regulations.
The recommendations that Michael and Jason proposed where unanimously accepted by the committee and would reinforce our "networking first, hockey second" family atmosphere. You can read the 2008 rules document by visiting the Penalty Box section at GeeksonIce.com or download the rules here.
Registration has gotten off to a shaky start! We have experienced some technical difficulties, however; the Logistics committee is back up and actively contacting those companies that have expressed interest. At last count, 23 teams have showed interest in playing with only 16 slots available.
If you have not inquired on your registration, please contact Michael Nied at geeksonice@gmail.com.
Stay tuned for more exciting news in the coming weeks!
Geeks on Ice would like to thank its 2008 sponsors the City of Moncton and Enterprise Greater Moncton.
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