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11 Day Power Play Pop Up Store

Check out the 11 Day Power Play online pop up store available through APRDO Sports. New winter items available for holiday gifts. Store closes 11/19. https://11daypowerplaysale2019.itemorder.com/sale

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Arena Sweat – A Scary Good Workout

We had a great group at Arena Sweat, at KeyBank Center. November Project and the 11 Day Power Play were beneficiaries of the event. We want to thank the more than 100 participants who came together for a great work out while supporting our community! Check out some...

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Herd of Hope

The 11 Day Power Play organization is proud to support the Herd of Hope benefitting research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Today we welcomed a new member to the office. Thank you to Bill Loecher for the special delivery.

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11 Day Power Player Recognition Night

On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 the 11 Day Power Play took a moment to recognize and celebrate the outstanding efforts of the sponsors, volunteers and players in the fight against cancer. Due to their outstanding efforts, $1,600,000 was raised supporting Roswell Park...

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Record-Breaking 11 Day Power Play Scores Final Goal

By the numbers, it’s quite an accomplishment: 2,500 hundred players, 164 teams, 11 days. It all adds up to one singular goal: Beating cancer. $1.6M raised during the 2019 11 Day Power Play 164 teams took the ice Next year the hockey marathon will return next summer...

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Power Play hockey event wraps with $1.6M raised

The 11-Day Power Play has finished up its third year, raising more than $1.6 million for charity. This year, more than 2,300 skaters ages 11-76 hit the ice during three-hour shifts in the 2019 11-Day Power Play Community Shift, representing the largest group of...

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The 11 Day Power Play: Warming Hearts on and off the Ice

It wasn’t much of a surprise that it took two postponed phone calls and several text messages before I finally caught up with Mike Lesakowski, co-founder of the 11 Day Power Play. And even when I eventually did track him down, he was on the go in his car. “I’m...

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Falls police take on the Power Play

As the members of the Falls Police Department hockey team sat in a Harbor Center locker room last July they could barely move. They had just completed four hours on the ice in their first-ever appearance at the 11 Day Power Play, a community fundraising event to...

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Doing His Part To Stop Cancer Cold

For the second year, our sports anchor Kevin Carroll put on the skates and picked up a stick for two games in the 11 Day Power Play. Unlike last year, however, he scored twice in his first game. He talks a little about what it's like to play summer hockey to help...

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The 11 Day Power Play: Everyone has a story

The sudden loss of a board member in March is a driving inspiration for this year's Power Play. When Mike and Amy Lesakowski announced last year that they were opening the event up to the community, Bill knew he would be playing for that friend, John Schrantz. And in...

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BUFFALO FIGHTS CANCER. ONE SHIFT AT A TIME.

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