Events & Activities

The 2024 11 Day Power Play Community Shift

The 2024 11 Day Power Play

JUNE 20 – JUNE 30, 2023 | HARBORCENTER

The 11 Day Power Play Community Shift is set to hit the ice again this summer at LECOM Harborcenter from Thursday, June 20 to Sunday, June 30. And as you know, here in Buffalo, a lot of hockey can go a long way.

Since 2017, the 11 Day Power Play has raised more than $10 million for deserving cancer causes including Roswell Park, Make-A-Wish WNY, Camp Good Days, and Oishei Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorder Program. And in 2024, we’re excited to announce a new annual fund we’ve set to award to a deserving nonprofit that supports cancer wellness programs in Western New York. Help us make this our most impactful year yet.

Leave your mark on the 11 Day legacy by registering to play or volunteer or by donating today.

The Petey Fund

The 11 Day Power Play is excited to announce a new opportunity for nonprofit organizations that support cancer patients and families in WNY. Starting in 2024, we will be presenting a special beneficiary award in the amount of $11,000 each year as part of our annual Community Shift proceeds. Applications will be collected from February 6, 2024, through March 30, 2024. To be eligible, beneficiaries must be classified as a 501c3 nonprofit organization and be established for at least 5 years. Applications will be reviewed by the Petey Power Play Fund committee, and the award will be based on the proposed use of funds to support programming or services for cancer patients and families that best align with The 11 Day Power Play’s mission. The award recipient will be announced at the 2024 Community Shift opening ceremony on June 20, 2024, at LECOM HarborCenter.

The 2021 – 11 Day Power Play World Record

The 2021 11 Day Power Play- Worlds Longest Hockey Game and 40 team invitational 

NOVEMBER 14 – NOVEMBER 24, 2021 | BUFFALO RIVERWORKS

40 brave players (#Frozen40) played around the clock for more than 252 straight hours winning an official Guinness World Record. Meanwhile, 40 of our longest tenured and most supportive teams from past Community Shifts played concurrently on the adjacent rink. 

More than $2.1 Million was raised to support cancer research and wellness programs at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Camp Good Days, Make-A-Wish Western New York and the Roswell Park and Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program.

Previous Events

The 2023 11 Day Power Play

JUNE 21 – JULY 1, 2023 | HARBORCENTER

The Community Shift is back again! Our full hockey community will take the ice at LECOM Harborcenter and continue to #PutCancerOnIce. The 11 Day Power Play is about more than the 2,100+ individuals continuously playing hockey in shifts for 11 straight days. It’s about raising critical funds for cutting edge cancer research and wellness programs at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Make-A-Wish Western New York, Camp Good Days and Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Program. The 11 Day Power Play has raised more than $8.4 million for these beneficiaries and we’re not slowing down now

The 2022 11 Day Power Play Community Shift 2022

JUNE 23 – JULY 3, 2022 | HARBORCENTER

After the success of our record breaking event in 2021, we were excited to welcome back the Community Shift for 2022. The 2022 Community Shift raised more than $1.2 Million to support cancer research and wellness programs at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Camp Good Days, Make-A-Wish Western New York and the Roswell Park and Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program.

The 2021 11 Day Power Play- Worlds Longest Hockey Game and 40 team invitational 

NOVEMBER 14 – NOVEMBER 24, 2021 | BUFFALO RIVERWORKS

40 brave players (#Frozen40) played around the clock for more than 252 straight hours winning an official Guinness World Record. Meanwhile, 40 of our longest tenured and most supportive teams from past Community Shifts played concurrently on the adjacent rink. 

More than $2.1 Million was raised to support cancer research and wellness programs at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Camp Good Days, Make-A-Wish Western New York and the Roswell Park and Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program.

The 11 Day Power Play Community Shift 2020: The Big Save

AUGUST 19 – AUGUST 30, 2020 | BUFFALO RIVERWORKS

The 11 Day Power Play Community Shift 2020 took place from August 19 – 30, 2020. The 11 Day Power Play reacted and pivoted to the ever changing rules and regulations dictated by the on-going global pandemic and found a way to play hockey and hold The 11 Day Power Play Big Save. We traded HarborCenter for RiverWorks, ice for concrete, a puck for a ball and our wonderful fans for some cardboard fans in the stands and an internet audience. 1,200 players played Street Hockey to raise more than $1.1 Million for our beneficiaries, adding Oishei Children’s Hospital for the first time.

 

The 11 Day Power Play Community Shift 2019

JULY 5 – JULY 15, 2019 | HARBORCENTER

Nearly 2,300 players competed for more than 250 hours of continuous hockey.  This was the second year for the 11 Day Power Play Community Shift, and the community responded yet again raising over 1.64 million dollars for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Camp Good Days and Make-A-Wish Western New York.

The 11 Day Power Play Community Shift 2018

JULY 5 – JULY 15, 2018 | HARBORCENTER

The 11 Day Power Play returned with nearly 1,700 pairs of skates hitting the ice to raise $1.27 Million! Proceeds of the 11 Day Power Play Community Shift benefited our local families while supporting cancer research and wellness programs at Roswell Park, Make-A-Wish WNY and Camp Good Days.

2nd Annual 11 Day Power Play Golf Outing

JUNE 30, 2018 | WILLOWBROOK GOLF COURSE | 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM ET

The 11 Day Power Play Golf Outing returned! Foursomes signed up to join 2017 players, 2018 team captains and players, and our fantastic supporters for lunch, 18 holes of golf, and steak dinner on June 30th at Willowbrook Golf Course & Restaurant in Lockport.

The 11 Day Power Play | World’s Longest Hockey Game

JUNE 22 – JULY 3, 2017 | HARBORCENTER

In an effort to break the record for the world’s longest hockey game—and raise $1 million—forty fearless players spent over 250 grueling hours on the ice. After being required to eat, sleep and breathe hockey for 11 days straight, the fierce fight was still nothing compared to the battle cancer patients face each day. Learn more about the first 11 Day Power Play event here.