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Ice hockeyAdultJan 29 – 31, 2027Researched by us

U.S. Pond Hockey Championships 2027

Lake Nokomis — Minneapolis, Minnesota (US)

GameVoyaGradeD39/100
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Ours, from the published record

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Theirs, from the teams who went

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D · Weak on paper39/100

The published terms work against the team: dear per game, refunds that keep your money, a mandatory hotel block, or some combination. This is what the organizer states, not what teams reported.

Grade components

Value for money26.3 / 52.6
Terms and transparency12.8 / 47.4

Cost and terms only, on a wider cost band and lower letter bands. Adult players enter themselves, so there are no scouts to publish and no bracket to advance to — an exposure score would separate nothing and the grade is clearer without it.

How this is calculated

How much of this is published

Thinly published1 of 4

Almost nothing is published, so the grade sits near the midpoint of every range by default. Read it as "unknown", not as "average".

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.

  • Credit only+2.6
  • Hotel policy not published+5.8
  • Game guarantee not published+4.5
  • Organizer not yet verified0

Attendee Rating

Not yet rated

Nobody who attended has filed a moderated review yet, so there is nothing to report. This is a statement about our review coverage, not about the event — the GameVoyaGrade beside it is published either way.

What attendees rated

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

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 American outdoor pond hockey championship, played four-on-four without goaltenders on rinks cut into Lake Nokomis in south Minneapolis, with brackets by age and ability. The field is capped by registration rather than by a guarantee, so the number of games a team plays depends on its bracket and none is recorded. The team entry price for 2027 had not been published when this listing was compiled. The cancellation terms are published, which most operators of this size do not do, and they are credit rather than cash -- the deposit is retained and the balance carries to the following year.

What it costs

Team entry feeNot publishedThe organizer publishes fees only inside their registration portal.
Games guaranteedNot publishedFour-on-four outdoor pond hockey without goaltenders, round robin into single elimination
Cost per guaranteed gameNeeds both a published fee and a published game guarantee
Hotel blockNot publishedThe organizer has not published a hotel policy for this event.
Refund policyCredit onlyThe team deposit is non-refundable; inside the published window the balance is held as a credit toward the following year rather than returned.
Registration deadlineNot publishedAsk the organizer when entries close — they have not published a date.

Format and divisions

Age brackets
Not published
Competitive tiers
Open entry
Field size
Not published
Rinks in play
Not published

Reviews

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The GameVoyaGrade above is published from this event’s own cost, terms and exposure, so it stands without reviews. The Attendee Rating does not: if you were there, yours would be the first and it would carry real weight.

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