Posts About "Hockey Fights Cancer"
Why Blues' Jaden Schwartz Wears #17
July 17th, 2019 With the news that William Nylander would be switching his jersey number to 88 in the upcoming season, a number of our staff writers have decided to take a look at other major number changes. For Jaden Schwartz of the St. Louis Blues, that story involves a family tragedy. But it also involves a commitment to honoring the legacy of a...
Griffins Join the Hockey Fights Cancer Initiative
November 15th, 2018 Cancer's far-reaching hand can be seen and felt by just about everyone. It doesn't discriminate or choose its victims based on social status. With the rapid rate at which cancer is growing, there is hardly a soul in the world that hasn't been touched by the disease. None are immune, including those in the world of hockey. Players and...
Pink Rink & Record Book: Windsor Spitfires' Busy Weekend
October 30th, 2018 Weekends have been a battle to find consistency for the Windsor Spitfires, but a special occasion and the breaking of a record at least made it a unique four days. After two disappointing weekends that saw the Spitfires lose four-of-six games, the team was hoping to get back on track as they laced up on Thursday night against the...
Hockey is Great Medicine
July 13th, 2018 On the main rink inside of HarborCenter behind one of the goals there’s a wall measuring a little over 41 feet wide by 8 feet high. It has painted white cinderblocks on either side. Above it, there’s a series of pipes and a giant vent for air conditioning. Up until a week ago, there was nothing special about it. A wall is a wall and...
A Four-Hour Shift That Lasts Forever
July 11th, 2018 This is the second installment covering Buffalo's 11-Day Power Play Community Shift: Fighting cancer with hockey. To read the first, click here. No matter the age, 11 years old or 72, the faces come off the ice smiling. They’re covered with sweat and beaming with pride. There are handshakes and hugs, some lasting a little longer...
Hockey: How Buffalo Fights Cancer
June 14th, 2018 The 11 Day Power Play, the world’s longest hockey game whose purpose is to help fight cancer, is back in Buffalo, with a twist. Instead of 40 players living, breathing, sleeping and playing one continuous hockey game spanning 11 continuous days, this year’s version will include roughly 120 teams comprised of 1,700 players...
Brian Boyle’s Emotional Rollercoaster
November 11th, 2017 Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer, some of us closer to the heart than others. Just hearing the C-word can give us all flashbacks, bring back memories, make us sad. But every now and then comes along a story of hope. A story that can be uplifting and unifying, one that can captivate us and give us all some good...
The Longest Hockey Game Ever: The 11-Day Power Play
July 3rd, 2017 This is the third and final installment covering the 11-Day Power Play: Fighting cancer with the world’s longest hockey game. To read the first, click here. To read the second, click here. Shortly after 7 a.m. this morning, the official clock mounted in the stands overlooking center ice hit 10 days, 10 hours, 3 minutes and 21...
World’s Longest Hockey Game Reaches Halfway Point
June 28th, 2017 This is the second installment covering the 11-Day Power Play: Fighting cancer with the world’s longest hockey game. To read the first, click here. After more than a year in the making, the puck finally dropped Thursday, June 22, 2017 at approximately 9:01 p.m., officially starting the 11-Day Power Play. Wednesday, June 28 marks...
The 11-Day Power Play: A Real Miracle on Ice
June 15th, 2017 Diehard hockey fans say they eat, breathe and sleep hockey. While their obsession emphasizes their passion for the game, it’s really just an exaggeration. For the 40 men who are participating in the 11-Day Power Play, though, it’s an absolute reality. They’ll be eating, breathing and sleeping hockey for over 250 continuous hours to...
For Craig Anderson, It's More Than a Game
May 17th, 2017 In his roughly 550-game NHL career, Craig Anderson has been taunted by a raucous crowd in Game 7 of a Stanley Cup playoff series in Madison Square Garden. He's faced Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Patrick Kane at full speed on breakaways. And he's been in the line of fire of 100-plus mph slapshots from Shea Weber and Zdeno...
Tarasenko The Hero Of Ari's Road Trip
April 9th, 2017 If you need any more proof that St Louis Blues superstar Vladimir Tarasenko is not only a sensational hockey player but a stand-up guy, then look no further than the story of 11-year-old cancer survivor Arianna Dougan. Arianna Dougan's Battle If you are unfamiliar with this amazing story, Ari is an incredibly brave girl who has...
Hockey's Most Important Fight
October 24th, 2015 In December of 1998, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) launched a new initiative to raise awareness and monies for hockey's most important fight. Those last words are not mine - they are written on the NHL Hockey Fights Cancer web site. Why Cancer as a focus? According to the...
