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Photos: Christmas Pond Hockey Tournament

About 130 players turned out on Saturday at the newly-christened Bonnie Cusack Memorial Outdoor Rink Center at the Chester Creek Sports Complex for the Fifth Annual Anchorage Christmas Classic, a 32-team, double-elimination three-on-three tournament that featured some of Anchorage's best hockey talent.

"That was always the dream, was to get it bigger and better each year," said event organizer Bryce Christianson, a former UAA hockey goaltender. Rather than just an excuse for guys like Christianson to play hockey and see old friends, the tournament has grown into a fundraiser for the Toys for Tots program, and this year's event netted roughly 300 presents for the charity.

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