2018

The 32nd Annual Esso Golden Ring was held January 19-21, 2018 and hosted Active Start through U19 divisions. There were 187 teams in 17 different divisions including 2 NRL teams.

There were 370 Games on 497 hours of ice.
Participants in the 2018 Esso Golden Ring received a lapel pin, a souvenir poster, a pen and a custom bag bag. In addition, coaches packages contained misc. coupons, chips, and donated items.
All AS/U10 teams (51) received participation medals for their friendship series.
The e-program was available online

Level	Calgary teams	AB	BC	SK	MB	total out of town	# in draw	# of games
AS	8					0	8	12
U10-1	10	3				3	13	20
U10-2	12	6				6	18	27
U10-3	8	3		1		4	12	25
U12 A	7	3	1	1		5	12	25
U12 B	7	2		3		5	12	25
U12 C	10	2				2	12	25
U14 AA	3	3	1	1		5	8	19
U14 A	6	3	2	1		6	12	25
U14 B	10	6				6	16	31
U16 AA	3	6	1	2		9	12	27
U16 A	5	5	1	1		7	12	25
U16 B	7	5				5	12	25
U19 AA	2	2	2			4	6	16
U19 A	3	5	1	3		9	12	25
U19 B	4	2		2		4	8	15
Open AA	1				1	1	2	3
	106	56	9	15	1	81	187	370

Teams registered 2611 players and 1054 coaches.
In addition there are more than 100 referees, 371 Arena Volunteers, 126 Minor Official Volunteers, 64 Shot Clock Volunteers and 21 Tournament Committee Members.

Tournament Committee:
Judy Renneberg	Jocelyn Beswick
Colleen Strachan	John Mader
Carolyn Sharpe	Kathy Oke
Carrie Smith	Laura Webb
Cassandra Drouin	Matt Loh
Charlene Hobbs	Warren Kee
Christine Somer	Nicole Bigelow
Joan Hill	Pat Yelle
Kathie Lewis-Welsh	Sharon Hul
Erin Shaw	Kelly Cayer
Jason McCallum

2018 Esso Golden Ring Champions
Division	Gold Medalists	Silver Medalists
U10S3	Cal BV Shooting Starzz (7)	Calgary BV Boomerings (6)
U12A	Calgary NW Intensity (5)	Calgary BV Blitz (3)
U12B	Spr Grv Avalanche (10)	Calgary BV Thunder (3)
U12C	CalE Sharp Shooters (8)	Calgary BV Ice Illusions (1)
U14AA	Zone 2 Blaze (3)	St. Albert Mission (2)
U14A	Medicine Hat Tropics (7)	Calgary NW Summit (1)
U14B	Lethbridge Hericanes (7)	Medicine Hat Impact (6)
U16AA	Regina Stingers (7)	Calgary Surge (4)
U16A	S Calgary Blues (3)	Calgary BV Royals (1)
U16B	Lethbridge Rattlers (10)	Cochrane Rockies (3)
U19AA	Calgary Strive (7)	Central AB Sting (1)
U19A	Saskatoon Ice (8)	Calgary BV Fury (2)
U19B	Saskatoon Shock (4)	Lethbridge Wild (3)