Families and supporters watched Greater Victoria fire departments face off in the annual Ken Gill and Forrest Owens Memorial Hockey Tournament in an effort to increase awareness of mental health and cancer.
On Friday, April 5, the tournament was held at the Archie Browning Sports Centre in memory of Ken gill, an Oak Bay firefighter who died in 2018, and Forrest Owens, a former Central Saanich Fire Department assistant chief, who passed in 2022.
Owens death from cancer was linked to his work as a firefighter.
The ceremonial puck dropped early in the morning with members of the Gill and Owens family, Esquimalt Fire Rescue chief Matt Furlot and Victoria assistant fire chief Steve Serbic.
Games ran through the day, with each four-on-four game having two 15-minute periods.