Saskatoon Minor Football Field
The Saskatoon Minor Football Field at Gordon Howe Park is a football stadium located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was opened September 30, 1960, built on land repossessed by the city in 1931 for unpaid taxes. It is the home of the Saskatoon Hilltops, who play in the Prairie Football Conference of the Canadian Junior Football League, the Saskatoon Valkyries of the Western Women's Canadian Football League, and is also used for high school football. It is located on the southwest corner of the city. The park is named after Gordie Howe, a Saskatoon native and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
SMF Field (Gordie Howe Bowl) in 2005
New scoreboard in October 2014
North end of SMF Field
Saskatoon Hilltops during a 2008 playoff game on the old grass turf at Gordie Howe Field
The Saskatoon Hilltops are a junior Canadian football team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Hilltops play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and compete annually for the Canadian Bowl. The team was founded in 1921 as a senior team in the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union, which it played in until 1936. Two years after WWII the team reorganized in 1947. Beginning in 1953, the Hilltops have won 23 Canadian Bowl championships. The Hilltops won six consecutive Canadian Bowls between 2014 and 2019.
Home field of the Saskatoon Hilltops
Final score on the scoreboard at a playoff game between the Winnipeg Rifles and Saskatoon Hilltops on October 19, 2014, at the Saskatoon Minor Football Field
Touchdown in the October 10, 2008, playoff game