The 11 Day Power Play hockey game is coming to Buffalo Riverworks. The game starts Sunday with 20 players on each team. They’ll be playing for 251 hours, raising money for cancer research and wellness programs around Western New York. They’re also looking forward to...
Make-a-Wish Mom Kelly says Carson is a ball of fire. To watch him run and climb, you would never know the obstacle course that life laid out for him and his family. Kelly remembers the day their whole world changed. "Before I put him down for that nap he was a...
The 11 Day Power Play is back, ready to drop the puck for another 11 straight days. This year, there will be two games going on at Buffalo Riverworks’ two outdoor rinks. On one ice surface, two teams of 20 players will be looking to break the world record for the...
On Sunday, 40 people will attempt to play hockey in downtown Buffalo for 11 straight days, raising money to fight cancer as part of the fifth edition of the 11-Day Power Play. Not surprisingly, three of those literally living in the rink will be “Men for Others.” ...
Now heading into its fifth year, the 11 Day Power Play has become a community cause over its four years in existence. According to executive director and co-founder Amy Lesakowski, the effort is heading toward its fundraising goal of $2 million. Since the inception of...
As the bus rolled up to the gates of Camp Good Days along the shores of Keuka Lake, the doors were opening to a whole new perspective for the 10 participants in the 11 Day Power Play. It was also the first trip to camp for 11 Day Power Play Co-Founder Amy Lesakowski....
This weekend, 2 On Your Side's Pete Gallivan will be embarking on a mission to break a world record and raise a lot of money for cancer research and support services. The 11 Day Power Play begins at 6 a.m. Sunday at Buffalo RiverWorks. Forty participants will start a...
Glenn Buczkowski, PA-C, choked up while discussing the heart-wrenching decision in December 2011 to remove his father, Norm, from life support. Norm’s lungs were failing from the effects of radiation treatment for cancer caused by four decades of smoking. Buczkowski,...
The 11 Day Power Play begins Sunday at 6 a.m. as 40 players will start a hockey game that will not stop until the night before Thanksgiving. Watch the video here!
After nearly a year of training, the main event is almost here; 11 days of hockey, all to raise money for charities across Western New York. I found out that I was going to participate in The 11 Day Power Play in early January. Since then, we've trained on and off the...