Don Cherry drops the puck at the OMHA Midget AAA game sponsored by Dominion Lending Centre’s YBM Group in Barrie, Ont.

Dominion Lending Centres’ YBM Group in Barrie, Ont. recently held a Customer Appreciation Hockey Night Event at Barrie Molson Centre.  A pre-game event featured OHL Barrie Colts and local BMHA Minor Peewee players, refereed by OHL alumni Rick Schaly and former NHL linesman Ron Finn, and featuring six OHL Barrie Colts players. The main event was an OMHA Midget AAA hockey game, Barrie Colts vs. South Central Coyotes. Hockey Night in Canada’s Don Cherry performed the ceremonial faceoff for the game.

Thousands of dollars worth of prizes were handed out. With more than 2,600 in the rink, a new attendance record was set for an AAA Midget game.

Dominion Lending Centres president and co-founder Gary Mauris and co-founder Chris Kayat flew in from Vancouver to attend. Admission was free and donations were solicited to benefit the company’s national charity partner, Breakfast for Learning. More than $14,000 was raised for the charity.

The YBM event was the brainchild of agent Brad MacArthur (who also coaches the OMHA Midget AAA Barrie Colts) and YBM broker/owner Darick Battaglia.