It’s almost here…the third annual Hockey Day Minnesota will take place on Saturday, January 17, 2009. A full day of hockey programming will include seven telecasts of games taking place at five separate locations. Two of the games will take place outdoors on Lake Phalen in St. Paul.
This year FOX Sports North has extended coverage to 20 consecutive hours of hockey programming and added elements that have not been incorporated in years past, including a girls' high school hockey game, a Houston Aeros' (the Wild’s primary developmental affiliate) game and a floor hockey game from Iraq. FOX Sports North, in conjunction with the Wild, has also produced several special features and vignettes including unique and fun-filled hockey stories. Among these vignettes are:
Corey Wheelock—Thirteen year old Corey from Duluth was born with a rare birth defect and had his leg amputated below the knee as an infant. Despite his condition and prosthetic leg, he is still a contributing member to his hockey team.
Jason Bleistein—Jason is a hockey fan, the goalie for a team in a local men’s hockey league and a hero. He recently donated one of his kidneys to his co-worker's wife.
Mike Ramsey and his daughter – Minnesota hockey legend and current assistant coach for the Minnesota Wild, Mike Ramsey sits down with his daughter for a special father-daughter interview. His daughter, Rachel, is a prep player at Minnetonka High School.
Hockey Ministries—Bill Butters and Jack Carlson were well known Minnesota hockey players in the 70’s. They were both known as “fighters”and now they lead a hockey ministries program.
Sled Hockey—The St. Paul Johnson kids volunteer time to give handicapped people the opportunity to play hockey.
2009 Hockey Day Minnesota Schedule:
9:00 AM: Hockey Day Minnesota
10:00 AM: Rochester John Marshall vs. St Paul Johnson at Phalen Park, St. Paul
1:00 PM: White Bear Lake vs. Duluth East at Xcel Energy Center$
5:00 PM: University of Minnesota vs. St. Cloud State at National Hockey Center, St. Cloud
8:00 PM: Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks at Xcel Energy Center
11:00 PM: Minnetonka vs. Stillwater (girls) at Phalen Park, St. Paul*
1:30 AM: Toronto Marlies vs. Houston Aeros at Houston, Texas*
$Game will include live look-ins of the Minnetonka vs. Stillwater girls game (start time: 1:30 PM)
*Tape Delay
*Houston Aeros game played Friday, Jan. 16, 2009
Media Coverage:
Duluth Superior Magazine: http://www.duluthsuperiormagazine.com/Sections/Feature/HockeyDay.shtml
Vype Magazine: http://magazine.vype.com/showmag.php?mid=wtqhgd#/page42/
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