Power outage may have crippled chance of Hockeyville

After making it to the final five to be named CBC’s Kraft Hockeyville, Beardy’s and Okemasis Willow Cree First Nation was the first to be eliminated. “Our community came together in a way that I don’t think they expected. I don’t think they understood the magnitude of what Kraft Hockeyville really was and what it could mean for us,” committee member Kevin Seesequasis told the Star Phoenix. The Duck Lake entry was vying for a chance to win $100,000 in arena upgrades and to host an NHL preseason game in September. A power outage on March 19 disrupted voting and resulted in Duck Lake earning 903,260 votes. Winner Stirling-Rawdon, Ont., received almost four million.