held, including a pre-finals exhibition bout which saw Derek Parker defeat Jamie Leinhos via unanimous decision. Participants Most players in the tournament were selected from the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, a Quebec-based senior men's league that is notorious for high amounts of fighting in games. Aside from three who had retired from hockey before the tournament, then-AHL player Mike Sgroi and online fan vote winner Eddie O'Toole were the only active players in the field that weren't on an LNAH roster. Three NHL alums competed in the tournament, they being Kent Carlson, Link Gaetz, and Jason Simon, though Gaetz withdrew after experiencing concussion-like symptoms after his first fight, and only Carlson was able to win a match at all between them. Fellow NHL veteran Lyndon Byers was also scheduled to compete, but pulled out of the event shortly before it began. The tournament champion was UHL veteran Dean Mayrand, picking up the $62,250 top prize. He defeated minor league journeyman Mike Sgroi, then of the AHL's Albany River Rats, in the finals by split decision, after previously winning both of his group stage bouts. Jason Rushton was awarded third place after fellow semifinalist Steve Reid couldn't compete in a planned third place match. Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage See also Enforcer (hockey) Fighting in ice hockey References Ice hockey tournaments in Canada Combat sports Violence in ice hockey 2005 in British Columbia 2005 in ice hockey 2005 in boxing 2005 in Canadian sports August 2005 sports events in Canada Sport in Prince George, British Columbia Sports competitions in British Columbia