The Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

 International Hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 Festival is an annual championship held in early January. This tournament features more than 400 teams from Canada, the US, Europe, and Asia competing for the Bell Canada Cup.

The eighth annual tournament, which concluded on January 1, 2007 set a Guinness World Record for the largest ice hockey tournament. 510 teams took part in the tournament.

Number of Teams by Year

• 2000 – 92(one from USA.)
• 2001 – 182(four from USA.)
• 2002 – 208(ten from USA.)
• 2003 – 340(58 USA, seven European)
• 2004 – 397(91 USA, five European)
• 2005 – 407(93 USA, six European)
• 2006 – 419(more than 90 from USA, three from China.)
• 2007 – 510