Posts About "Hockey Fights Cancer"
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...
