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George Trainor Holiday Classic hosting 141 hockey games over 3 days

The 11th annual George Trainor Holiday Classic is underway in Charlottetown, with 141 games scheduled over three days.

Tournament in Charlottetown runs from Tuesday to Thursday

Minor hockey players compete Wednesday during the George Trainor Holiday Classic at UPEI's MacLauchlan Arena. (Rick Gibbs/CBC)

The 11th annual George TrainorHoliday Classic is underway in Charlottetown, with 141games scheduled over three days.

The non-profit tournament, which started Tuesday and ends Thursday, is open to recreationalplayers from sevento 17.

The non-profit tournament, hosted by theSherwood Parkdale Rural Minor Hockey Association and theCharlottetown Minor Hockey Association, bills itself as one where "players are first."

The tournament's namesake, George Trainor, was a member of the P.E.I. Hockey Association, manager of the Sherwood-Parkdale Metros hockey team, chairman of the UPEIMen's Hockey Booster Club andmanager of P.E.I.'sCanada Games hockey team in1991 and 1995.