Tourney's Origin and Onwards
It was a meeting that took place that would come to shape the world we would live in.This meeting would transform the hockey pool world forever. And now, for the first time, comes the untold story of how the Tim Burton Invitational (TBI) began ...
In the year 2000, the city of Langley received a time capsule to preserve a way of life for future generations to discover. That same year, this British Columbia city ( located at the heart of the Lower Mainland ) also saw rise to a tournament that generations to come would discover. A local establishment known as the Shark Club Bar & Grill would be home to that tournament. It was here, at the largest sports bar in the Fraser Valley, where Tim Burton challenged Langley Home co-worker Mark Sikma to an NHL playoff pool. The results favoured the man hailing from Windsor, Ontario by a mind-boggling large margin but the Cerebral Assasin was honing his prediction skills even then, and made it close the 2nd time around. Now, the man representing "Abbie" in B.C. is "cleaning house" and is the defending Champ of both Regular Season and Playoff pools.
Can Burton or newcomer Victor Wong ( who hails from Vancouver, B.C. ) stop Sikma? Can anyone? Stay tuned.
| NAME | YEAR | CHAMPION | PROVINCE / AREA | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TBIPPP4 TBIHP5 TBIPC6 TBIPPP3 TBIHP4 TBIPC5 TBIPPP2 TBIHP3 TBIPC4 TBIHP2(YAHOO) TBIPC3 TBIPPP1 TBIHP1 TBI SHARKS CLUB 2 TBI SHARKS CLUB 1 | 2009-10 NHL Season 2009-10 NHL Season 2009 NHL Playoffs 2008-09 NHL Season 2008-09 NHL Season 2008 NHL Playoffs 2007-08 NHL Season 2007-08 NHL Season 2007 NHL Playoffs 2006-07 NHL Season 2006 NHL Playoffs 2005-06 NHL Season 2005-06 NHL Season 2002 NHL Playoffs 2001 NHL Playoffs | --- --- Mike Hurlbert Mike Hurlbert Mark Sikma Ken Shinkawa Mark Sikma Mark Sikma Mark Sikma Cerebral Assasins Timothy Burton Victor Wong Mark Sikma Timothy Burton Timothy Burton | --- --- Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia Northern Ontario British Columbia Southern Ontario Southern Ontario | --- --- 487 100 1,755 495 30 1,583 361 385 262 18 1,291 Unknown Unknown |
HP = Hockey Pool
PC = Playoff Challenge
PPP = Playoff Prediction Pool
They were the only teams to earn trophies. |
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