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=== Events === * The Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brantfordminorhockey.com/Tournaments/3256/Wayne_Gretzky_International_Hockey_Tournament/ |title=2016β2017 > Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament (Brantford Minor Hockey Association) |website=brantfordminorhockey.com |access-date=2016-11-09 |archive-date=2016-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110043406/http://brantfordminorhockey.com/Tournaments/3256/Wayne_Gretzky_International_Hockey_Tournament/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which celebrated its 9th anniversary in 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gamble |first1=Susan |title=Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament: Look for 'big things' for 10th anniversary |url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/06/21/walter-gretzky-street-hockey-tournament-look-for-big-things-for-10th-anniversary |access-date=5 May 2016 |publisher=Brantford Expositor |date=21 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602004756/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/06/21/walter-gretzky-street-hockey-tournament-look-for-big-things-for-10th-anniversary |archive-date=2016-06-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is held in Brantford annually. * Brantford hosted and won the 2008 [[Allan Cup]], which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brantford Blast 2008 Allan Cup Champions |url=http://www.allancup.ca/Brantford2008.htm |publisher=Allan Cup 2008 |access-date=18 November 2016 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315143035/http://www.allancup.ca/Brantford2008.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> * The city served as the pre-season camp and facility for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] during the late 1960s, hosting the franchise's first preseason training camp and its first preseason exhibition game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Penguins Start With Many Goalies On Team |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5-ZdAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh%20penguins&pg=2735%2C1568367 |publisher=Observer-Reporter |date=13 September 1967 |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-date=18 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318113930/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5-ZdAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh+penguins&pg=2735%2C1568367 |url-status=live }}</ref> * The Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2016, is held in Brantford annually. In 2010, the tournament was recognized and established a Guinness World Record for the largest Street Hockey Tournament in the world, with 205 teams and just over 2,096 participants.
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