It's down to five communities for the Kraft Hockeyville 2010 contest.
The Top 5 finalists were announced on Saturday during Hockey Night in Canada. These five were selected by fan voting from four regions (Atlantic, Ontario, Quebec, and West) along with another from a Wild Card section.
Over 12,500 Hockeyville community submissions were sent.
Each entrant lobbied to convey their community's exceptional spirit, originality and passion for hockey.
The Top 5 are:
Region Community Arena
Atlantic Bishop's Falls, N.L. Pat O'Reilly Memorial Stadium
Ontario Dundas J.L. Grightmire Market Street Arena
Quebec Stanstead Stanstead College Arena
West Cranbrook, B.C. Cranbrook RecPlex
Wild Card Lawrencetown, N.S. Lawrencetown Exhibition Youth Arena
Canadians can vote for their favourite community online at CBCSports.ca/hockeyville, by phone at 1-866-533-8066, or by texting "vote" + the community name to 111888. Texting is capped at 25 texts per day per mobile number at a cost of 15 cents per text.
Votes received from outside these three official mechanisms will not qualify, and sponsors retain the discretionary right to disqualify any vote deemed to be fraudulent.
On April 3, representatives from Kraft Hockeyville and Hockey Night In Canada personalities will report live from each of the Top 5 communities, and announce the winner.
The community crowned Kraft Hockeyville 2010 receives an NHL pre-season game, played in the local arena, and $100,000 in arena upgrades.
The other four finalists receive $25,000 in arena upgrades from Kraft Canada.
The previous winners were: Terrace, B.C. (2009); Roberval, Que. (2008); North Bay, Ont. (2007); and Salmon River, N.S. (2006).