Hilda Lewis recalled that big crowds of people went to watch this initial “Pioneer” team play. Hilda recalled:

The first Pioneer team wore the colors of blue and white on their sweaters and the eagle was their emblem The sweaters were made of wool. The players wore short hockey pants and long socks that were made out of heavy canvas. The players also carried an extra pair of long underwear in their bags because they had to walk home in the cold after the games. (34)

In addition to the “Pioneers,” there was a team on the north side of the Bay called the “Kelpers and the “Smelters” on the south side. They played hockey in the 1920s.

The Pioneers played many other teams throughout Kings County such as Morell, Georgetown, Souris, and Montague. Occasionally, they would also play teams from Charlottetown, for which special trains were arranged to take both players and fans to and from the game. Chester Pratt recalled such an occasion when a ladies team came to St. Peters to take part in the “Powder Puff" tournament:

We must mention the Powder Puff game. A champion ladies team came from Charlottetown by special train well loaded with fans, and played a conglomerate team of girls from St. Peters. The lack of practice and finesse was very evident in the St. Peters team, but their determination and fierce enthusiasm overcame the fancy stick

handling of the opposition and won the game, claiming the Powder Puff Championship of PEI. (35)

According to the diaries of Freeman Leslie, the next rink was built in January of 1947, which was located “above the bridge." (36) This _ Open- air rink was finished and “lit up” by the 10th of February in that ~ Same year. Two years later, Freeman recorded that the first game of that Season was not played until the month of February, when a hockey team , from Milton came to play against St. Peters in the new open— air rink.

- (37) Another rink was built on the north side of the Bay in the early 11960s just east of the current post office, but both rinks did not last very Ong.

The present rink was constructed in 1971, and stands within the COmmunity on the Sparrows Road in its original location. Joe Thompson 0f Southampton was the Rink manager for seventeen years, and recalls the initial building stages:

The lumber was cut from the property where Phon MacKenzie’s old farm used to be. We cut all the lumber for the rink ourselves, and started cutting, I think, around the tenth or eleventh of January in

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