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Ice hockeyYouthNov 27 – 29, 2026Researched by us

Silver Blades Thanksgiving Classic

Iceland Mississauga (4 pads) — Mississauga, Ontario (CA)

GameVoyaGradeC51/100
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Ours, from the published record

Attendee Rating

4.2/5

4 reviews · 75% would return

Theirs, from the teams who went

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GameVoyaGrade

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C · Mixed on paper51/100

Middling, or thinly published. Check how many of the four terms facts this organizer actually put on the record before reading anything into the figure.

Grade components

Value for money19.3 / 41
Terms and transparency20.5 / 37
Exposure for players11 / 22
How this is calculated

How much of this is published

Fully published4 of 4

This organizer publishes all four terms facts, so the grade rests entirely on stated figures.

The four gradeable facts are the entry fee, the refund policy, the hotel requirement and the guaranteed game count. Anything the organizer leaves out is priced at the middle of its range rather than counted against them — most operators quote on application, and a grade that punished silence would be reporting our own missing data as their failing.

  • Tiered refunds+8.5
  • Stay-to-play enforced0
  • 4 games guaranteed+4.5
  • Organizer verified by us+7.5
  • Exposure not published+11

Attendee Rating

Positive4.2/5

Reliably good. Reviewers would return, with one or two caveats worth reading.

What attendees rated

Organization4.8
Officiating4.3
Value3.0
Venue4.5

75% of reviewers would bring a team back

Attendee Rating

4.2/5

4 reviews · 75% would return

Coaches, managers, parents, players, officials and scouts who attended. Never the organizer.

Reviewers here averaged 4.4 out of 5. The published figure is 4.2 because a rating from a handful of reviews is pulled toward the directory average until there are enough of them to stand on their own — which is what stops one glowing review putting an event at the top of the table.

Coaches, managers, parents, players, officials and scouts who attended. Never the organizer.

Organizers may answer a review in public, and their responses are labelled and shown. They are excluded from every average, count and return rate here, so an operator cannot move their own rating.

What to expect

The operator's flagship event and the busiest weekend on its calendar. Four pads under one roof means no inter-rink driving, and the published schedule has held for six straight years. The trade-off is price: this is the most expensive hockey weekend in the Ontario cluster once the mandatory hotel block is counted.

What it costs

Team entry fee$2,895CAD · $2,142 USD equivalent
Games guaranteed4Round robin (3) + single-elimination final
Cost per guaranteed game$536 USD13% above the median for youth ice hockey
Hotel block$219 / nightMandatory — stay-to-play enforced. About $438 per room for 2 nights.
Refund policyTiered refundsFull refund to 45 days out, 50% to 21 days, none inside 21 days.
Registration deadlineOct 30, 2026Closes in 7 weeks

What a player gets seen doing

Not published

11 / 22 exposure points

The organizer publishes nothing about scouts, streaming, video or stats. That is normal for a house or in-season tournament and is not held against the event.

Not stated by the organizer

  • Scouts and college coaches attend
  • Showcase format
  • Advances to a championship
  • Games streamed
  • Game video for teams
  • Live stats and standings
  • Professional photography

Silence is scored as an unknown, not as a no. Nothing here is deducted for a feature the organizer simply did not mention.

Format and divisions

Age brackets
U9U11U13U15
Competitive tiers
AAA
Field size
48 teams
Rinks in play
4
Included
  • Certified officials
  • live scorekeeping
  • athletic trainer on site
  • streamed finals

4 reviews from teams that went

Attendee Rating 4.2 / 5

  1. Fine tournament, wrong price for U9

    Colleen Baptiste · Parent · Mississauga Terriers U9 · attended 2025

    3/5

    My daughter had a good time and the rink was warm and organised. But 2895 plus a required hotel for nine-year-olds playing four twenty-minute games is hard to justify when we live forty minutes away and did not need a room at all.

    Organization
    4
    Officiating
    4
    Value
    2
    Venue
    4
    Would not return

  2. The benchmark for this region

    Marc-Andre Thibault · Coach · Guelph Jr Storm U15 AA · attended 2024

    5/5

    Officiating was consistent across all four games, which matters at U15 where the game gets physical. Trainer was in the building all weekend and dealt with a shoulder injury properly. If you can absorb the cost this is the best-run weekend in Ontario.

    Organization
    5
    Officiating
    5
    Value
    4
    Venue
    5
    Would return

  3. Excellent operations, budget accordingly

    Priya Raghunathan · Team manager · Oakville Rangers U11 A · attended 2025

    4/5

    As team manager the paperwork side was the easiest I have dealt with: rosters confirmed in 48 hours, dressing rooms assigned in advance, scoresheets emailed each night. Total cost per family landed around 640 once hotel and meals were counted. Worth it once a season, not twice.

    Organization
    5
    Officiating
    4
    Value
    3
    Venue
    4
    Would return

  4. Schedule held to the minute, wallet took the hit

    Dermot Halloran · Coach · Barrie Colts U13 AA · attended 2025

    4/5

    Sixth year taking a team here. Every puck drop was within four minutes of the posted time, which I cannot say about any other event we enter. Four pads in one building means parents are not driving between rinks in November slush. The hotel block is where it gets expensive: we were quoted 219 a night and could find 150 across the road, but the block is mandatory.

    Organization
    5
    Officiating
    4
    Value
    3
    Venue
    5
    Would return

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