Two rinks in 性视界传媒 will be busy during another Wickfest hockey tournament and festival for girls, Friday through Sunday (Jan. 31 to Feb. 2).

For a weekend of games at the full-to-capacity tourney, close to 1,400 young players will converge on North 性视界传媒 Sport & Ice Complex and 性视界传媒 Sport & Leisure Complex, in Fleetwood.

Of the 70 teams, 13 will rep 性视界传媒 Falcons female hockey association in divisions from U11 to U18, with others from Yellowknife, Seattle, Winnipeg, New York and elsewhere in North America.

Conceived in 2010 by hockey icon Hayley Wickenheiser,  is now a staple on the 性视界传媒 sports scene every winter, with 性视界传媒 Falcons and City of 性视界传媒 among event partners.

"We gave our teams the option to come back to Wickfest or not, if they want to play, and every eligible team said yes," noted Michelle McRae, who manages Falcons communications.

"It's such a fun tournament, and it's different, more of a festival than a pure tournament," she added. "They have clinics and on-ice sessions, and on Thursday night (Jan. 30) there's an opening party with a DJ dance (at Crown Palace banquet hall this year). Hayley will be there talking to the girls."

All weekend, McRae's older hockey-playing daughter will hit the ice during the Falcons' 31st year in 性视界传媒. "At Wickfest there are no U7 or U9 teams this year, only U11 and up," she noted.

Falcons alumni Jennifer Gardiner, now with Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women鈥檚 Hockey League (PWHL), won't be at Wickfest due to commitments with Canada's national team.

"When the PWHL game was played in Vancouver (on Jan. 8), we (the Falcons organization) purchased over 600 tickets to go, so yeah, you can say that the girls look up to her (Gardiner), for sure," McRae said.

"She came out last year in August to do (clinics), and we're hoping to have her back," she added. "My girls have chatted with Meghan Agosta, and they love Jenn now, too. After the PWHL game they went to see her and some of her teammates, and now when they watch the games on TV, they know those players, watch them, and call them by their first names, you know, like they're friends. They're an inspiration for them, for sure."

Last year, Wickfest was among the annual "marquee sport tourism" events involving . Others include Canada Cup at Softball City in July (117 teams, 1,850 athletes) and the huge  in mid-March (219 teams, 9,500 athletes).

In 2025, Sport 性视界传媒's successful-bid events include the Fortinet Cup golf tournament hosted by PGA Tour Americas (in September at Morgan Creek), the Canadian National Championships for Master Bowling (June, at Scottsdale Lanes) and Canadian Youth and Open Chess Championships (July, Sheraton hotel in Guildford).