A minor hockey tournament honouring one of the Oilers’ biggest fans is underway to help cancer patients.
The 2024 Inaugural Ben’s Cup Youth Hockey Tournament began Friday at the Ardrossan Recreation Complex and Strathcona Olympiette Centre.
Thirty-two teams, made up of 16 U-11 and 16 U-13 teams, will compete in at least four one-hour games to raise money in support of the Ben Stelter Foundation.
There will be 512 players playing in the tournament. The top 36 players and top four goalies with the most money raised will also play in an All-Star game on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Money raised during the event will go to the Ben Stelter Centre for Proton Therapy and Neurosciences, a soon-to-be facility that will offer some of the most advanced forms of radiation treatment for cancer patients in …