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The 16th annual Bell Capital Cup, the world’s premier atom and peewee hockey tournament, came to a successful conclusion earlier today when the final three championship games were played at Canadian Tire Centre.  The 2015 edition of the Bell Capital Cup saw nearly 600 games (almost 1,000 hours of hockey) played on 25 ice surfaces acrossOttawa, from Stittsville to Orleans and points in between. ...

** More than 250 teams to make their tournament debut across Ottawa ** After officially opening with the tournament’s Fanfest and Esso Friendly Games at the Bell Sensplex on Sunday, the 16th annual Bell Capital Cup , the world’s premier atom and peewee hockey tournament, gets underway in earnest later today when more than 250 teams make their respective tournament debuts. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ “Victory” by Alain Villeneuve, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/3f51161c322611e3bb5722000a1fd013_8.jpg) "Long may you run, you beautiful bastard," Instagram art by [ minkwilliams ](http://ottawastart.com/digital-art-inspired-by-the-ottawa-elk-long-may-you-run-you-beautiful-bastard/) Here's our third annual list of things that Ottawa was obsessed with (for better or for worse) in 2013. ...

From Youtube: “A portrait of two life-long Ottawa Senators fans as they try to overcome the tribulations of seeing a childhood hero move on.” This isn’t the first time Alex Martel and François Thériault have made a Sens-related boy band video. ...

This is kinda fun to watch. (Via Sens TV ) ** See also: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. Featuring cool Ottawa events, interesting local news and contests and giveaways. ...

Looks like a giant game of hangman. They’re putting up the new signage at the front of Canadian Tire Centre this week. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/new-letters.jpg) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

This note came in the other day from Ottawa sports historian Jim McAuley: _ Hi Folks, _ _ _ _ Our friend Glen Richardson is in a bit of a dilemma. _ _ You may know that Glen has a hobby of making mini chairs out of wooden hockey sticks. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_2460.jpg) The new rink at Goulbourn Recreation Centre in Stittsville. Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://about.me/glengower) . I was at the opening ceremonies on Wednesday for the new “Arena B” at Goulbourn Recreation Centre. ...

_ (A day late with this, but still…) _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/beard2.jpg) _ Ottawa _ The Ottawa Senators dramatic loss to the New York Rangers after Monday night’s Game 6 has some people speculating the player’s beards may be the root of their problem. ...