The host hotel will be the Holiday Inn Express & Suites and Staybridge Suites Saskatoon located on College Drive. Each hotel features: standard guestrooms with connecting rooms available, a complimentary breakfast, 4 meeting rooms, on-site business center, high speed internet, indoor pool and whirlpool and fitness center. The hotel is 18 minutes (9.6km) away from the airport, a 3 minute (1.2km) drive to the rink and a 13 minute (11.4km) drive to the Manhattan Ballroom.
Teams participating in the tournament must stay at the host hotel. To book call, Anahi Soria (Sales Manager) at 306-954-1250 or email [email protected].
Teams participating in the tournament must stay at the host hotel. To book call, Anahi Soria (Sales Manager) at 306-954-1250 or email [email protected].
There are multiple hotel options for families, friends and spectators that can be found on the Tourism Saskatoon website. Also available on the Tourism website is a list of restaurants and things to do while in Saskatoon!
The selected facility for the tournament is the newly constructed Merlis Belsher Place. The arena opened in time for the start of the 2018 hockey season. The first game in the arena’s history was played on October 5, 2018 with the University of Saskatchewan Women’s Huskie team playing the University of Alberta Pandas.
Merlis Belsher Place hosts two arenas. The first arena seats 2,700 with a standard ice size (200’x90’), the second is a community NHL size rink (200’x85’) that seats 300 people with a viewing area that is located above the ice surface. There are 12 dressing rooms and 6 coach rooms with 1 inclusive dressing room. Concession services are available at the arena.
The Nationals Banquet and Awards will be on Saturday April 9th, 2022 at the Manhattan Ballroom located 5 km east of Saskatoon on Highway 5. The evening will include a short program along with a catered supper, awards and live entertainment. Tickets are $60.00 for those attending or $30 for those not attending and must be paid for at time of registration on April 5th, 2022.