 Well it's now the sixth year that the Junior Islanders Hockey Club has been introduced to the hockey world. Chris Justice and Shane Matfield wanted to show their helping hand to the youth hockey community kids from North Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota took the ice at the Sanford Center this past weekend. 16 participated in the pool play format with two separate jade groups on Friday and Saturday and advanced to semifinals and finals on Sunday. A great weekend in the state of hockey seeing the future athletes that will take the ice in the Midwest. Started out you know kind of a tapping on dad's shoulders hey I like your kid he's a good player what you know and some people were a little apprehensive at first but now the word's spread and it's quite a brand up in northern Minnesota. Nice crowds all weekend the kids are smiling all 180 kids from the eight-year-olds the 12-year-olds. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.