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Ice hockeyYouthJan 22 – 25, 2027Researched by us

Tournoi Hivernal de Quebec

Centre Videotron and Complexe 2 Glaces — Quebec City, Quebec (CA)

GameVoyaGradeB72/100
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Ours, from the published record

Attendee Rating

4.2/5

3 reviews · 100% would return

Theirs, from the teams who went

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B · Sound on paper72/100

Sound. Either fair value on ordinary terms or good terms at an ordinary price.

Grade components

Value for money37.4 / 41
Terms and transparency23.5 / 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
  • 6 games guaranteed+7.5
  • 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

Organization4.7
Officiating4.3
Value4.0
Venue4.3

100% of reviewers would bring a team back

Attendee Rating

4.2/5

3 reviews · 100% 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

Six guaranteed games is the highest count in the directory, and one round is played in a professional arena. Deep winter in Quebec means travel risk, and the January registration deadline is early relative to the field.

What it costs

Team entry fee$2,650CAD · $1,961 USD equivalent
Games guaranteed6Double round robin + medal round
Cost per guaranteed game$327 USD31% below the median for youth ice hockey
Hotel block$195 / nightMandatory — stay-to-play enforced. About $585 per room for 3 nights.
Refund policyTiered refundsFull refund to 60 days out, 25% to 30 days.
Registration deadlineDec 12, 2026Closes Dec 12, 2026

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
U11U13U15U18
Competitive tiers
AAAAA
Field size
36 teams
Rinks in play
3
Included
  • Bilingual officials
  • opening ceremony at the main arena
  • trainer per building

3 reviews from teams that went

Attendee Rating 4.2 / 5

  1. Double round robin is the right format

    Grigor Panayotov · Coach · Burlington Eagles U11 AA · attended 2025

    4/5

    You are not going home after two bad periods, which is the point. Six games for 2650 works out well per game. The second building is dated and the dressing rooms there are cramped for a full AA roster.

    Organization
    4
    Officiating
    4
    Value
    4
    Venue
    4
    Would return

  2. Superb event, brutal deadline

    Fiona MacAlister · Team manager · Ottawa Sting U15 AAA · attended 2026

    4/5

    Registration closes in mid-December for a late-January event, which is early compared to everything else we enter and caught us out the first year. Once in, the communication is excellent and in both languages.

    Organization
    5
    Officiating
    4
    Value
    4
    Venue
    4
    Would return

  3. Playing at the Videotron is the memory

    Etienne Sauvageau · Coach · Laval Aigles U13 AA · attended 2026

    5/5

    Six games and one of them in a professional arena in front of real crowd noise. The players talked about it for months. Bilingual officials handled our games well. Only caution is the weather: our bus took nine hours for a six-hour trip.

    Organization
    5
    Officiating
    5
    Value
    4
    Venue
    5
    Would return

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