Hey, hockey fans - at least there's one Cup headed to Toronto this May!

- Canada Cup Floorball Championship attracts teams from across North America to play floor hockey with a twist -

TORONTO, May 15, 2012 /CNW/ -

WHAT:                Described as a hybrid of hockey and lacrosse, Floorball is a fast-paced and exciting type of indoor hockey. At first glance, it resembles floor hockey or ball hockey but is played with specialized light-weight equipment, which allows players to perform gravity defying, "Zorro"-style tricks. Those tricks will be on display this weekend when players from across North America - including some of the sport's most elite athletes, compete at the Floorball Canada Cup Championship at York University.
     
WHO: 



International Floorball All-Star Rasmus Sundstedt
Tournament participant, former Toronto Maple Leaf Nathan Dempsey
More than 60 Floorball teams from across North America
Canada Cup tournament organizers 
     
WHERE:    Tait Mackenzie Centre, York University 
4700 Keele Street
North York, Ontario
M3J 1 P3 
     
WHEN:    May 18-20: Games running from 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
     
    Saturday, May 19 at 12 p.m.: Key match-up game where former Toronto Maple Leaf Nathan Dempsey will face off against International Floorball All-Star Rasmus Sundstedt.

 

For further information:

Sinead Brown
Paradigm Public Relations
sbrown@paradigmpr.ca
416-413-5193