Who is Dan LeClerc?

Dan “Dan-boni “ LeClerc worked for the British Columbia Forest Service for 7 years and loved to organize and play in hockey and baseball tournaments. He was tragically taken from the Forest Service family at the age of 39 on May 11, 2002 in a motor vehicle accident. In honour of Dan, this co-ed hockey tournament was started in 2004 in Port McNeil and open to British Columbia Forest Service past and present employees, spouses, sons, daughters and relatives. We are proud to honour his memory by carrying on the tradition of bringing friends and colleagues together in the pursuit of playing hockey as an excuse to hang out and collectively find ways to shame the winners for being too good.

PAST WINNERS

2024 Williams Lake - Cariboo Fire Centre Team 1

After a great battle between Cariboo 1 and 2, Cariboo Fire Centre Team 1 was able to win the trophy once again l.

2024 Williams Lake - Cariboo Fire Centre Team 1

Due to the success of the tournament in 2023, the tournament grew to include 16 teams and representation from the northern half of the province (we had 12 teams participating in Clearwater in 2023, all of whom were located south of Williams Lake).

After many years of strategically rostering his team, Brian Clark’s Cariboo Fire Centre Team 1 was able to win the trophy once again after beating the Vandelay Industries (Sierras) in the final.

2023 Clearwater - Southeast Fire Centre

12 teams took part in the tournament again, including 4 District offices (Williams Lake, Clearwater, Cascades and Kamloops), all six Fire Centres (Kamloops, Southeast, Coastal, Northwest, Prince George and two from Cariboo) and one Fire Zone (PentictoBCWS had 9 out of the 12 teams, including three Cariboo Fire Centre teams, Kamloops Fire Centre, Princeton Sierras, Coastal Fire Centre, Penticton Fire Centre, the Pylons (mix of fire centres), and the Southeast Fire Centre.

Previous teams have added their victories to the trophy throughout the years including several Kootenay teams such as: the Cranbrook Chiefs in 1991, the Nelson Region winning four times in a row from 1992 to 1995 and Invermere Forest District in 1996).

The Southeast Fire Centre were able to win against Cariboo Fire Centre Team #1 in the final game.

2020 Penticton - Cascades Forest District

12 teams took part in the tournament again, including 4 District offices (Williams Lake, Clearwater, Cascades and Kamloops), all six Fire Centres (Kamloops, Southeast, Coastal, Northwest, Prince George and two from Cariboo) and one Fire Zone (Penticton).

After a multi-decade drought (1987), the Cascades District was able to hoist the trophy once again after beating Cariboo Fire Centre Team #1 in the final.