Attendance was over 44,500 for the 11-day World Under 17 Hockey Challenge hosted by Summerside and Charlottetown making it one of the best attended sports events ever in PEI. Canada White won the gold, 2-1 in overtime facing Team USA at the Eastlink Centre on Saturday before a sold out crowd. There were also huge crowds daily at Credit Union Place in Summerside.
Hockey Canada is pleased with the effort of both cities in hosting and the host committee and many volunteers that staged the event.
The event was a great one for fall season tourism on the Island with teams from five countries and two from Canada taking part over the two week period.
