Team North wins historic silver medal at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships – CBC

Team made up of players from Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut capture first medal at annual tournament

May 10, 2016

A Northern contingent has been represented at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships for the past dozen years, but this year’s men’s team has come home from this year’s tournament in Mississauga, Ontario with something entirely new — silver medals.

The team, made up of players from Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, won their first medals ever at the tournament last weekend, defeating Team Ontario in the semi-final game before losing to British Columbia in the finals.

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