 In its first year ever run, the World Pond Hockey Championship tournament featured 40 teams from the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, and from the state of Maine, U.S..Unlike the snowmobile race, it was financially successful, and continued to grow with more teams registering every year.Its continued growth and popularity allowed for the construction of the Tobique-Plex recreation centre that officially opened in November, 2007.