Memorable moments for these Maritime athletes at the 2023 Canada Winter Games

It was a historic game for the Nova Scotia women's hockey team Sunday -- walking away with silver after reaching the medal round for the first time ever at the Canada Winter Games.

"Our girls' hockey is really the story of the games for us,” said Lori Lancaster, Nova Scotia’s chef de mission.

Team British Columbia came out on top in the game 3-0 to clinch the gold medal at the Credit Union Place in Summerside, P.E.I.

“For Nova Scotia, a group who has never achieved medals heading into the medal round, those girls just won silver so that's pretty exceptional for us,” said Lancaster.

Maritime athletes gave it their all and worked hard at collecting medals over the last two weeks.

"We had a medal in archery, which was a bronze medal, and as well, we had a medal in judo, which was a silver medal,” said Joanne Wallace, Prince Edward Island’s chef de mission. “Those are the sports that we normally would medal in.”

Team New Brunswick finished the week off with 16 medals.

“We have two gold, four silver, and 10 bronze,” said Nicole Smith, chef de mission for New Brunswick.

Nova Scotia walked away with seven gold, seven silver, and 10 bronze.

"Team Nova Scotia has just achieved our best-ever medal performance at any winter games with 24 medals,” Lancaster said. “We're so proud of our athletes.”

But for P.E.I., hosting the games was an honour by itself, as athletes across Canada got to experience the island charm.

"It's been an exciting 16 days of competition. We've had records broken, we've had many personal first bests for athletes,” said Wayne Carew, chair of the 2023 games host society.

“We've had 5,000 volunteers that have been covering Prince Edward Island in their blue and green jackets,” he said.

Carew said that despite inflation, COVID-19 and Fiona, the games went off seamlessly -- bringing a $170-180 million boost to the island’s economy.