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Teenager’s team raises nearly $20,000 for 11 Day Power Play
The 11 Day Power Play is still months away, but one 13-year-old girl has already raised thousands of dollars to support those affected by cancer. Hannah Lockwood, of West Seneca, is a team captain of The Mighty Pucks, which has raised nearly $20,000 so far. She's one...
11 Day – Hockey Fights Cancer Night Interviews
Mike & Amy Lesakowski were proud to participate in Hockey Fights Cancer night, and enjoy an exciting Buffalo Sabres win bringing their current streak to 10-0! Listen to Mike on Schopp & Bulldog, and check out both Mike and Amy on Sabres radio between periods!
Mike Lesakowski on the Instigators Talking 11 Day 2019
Mike Lesakowski was on the Instigators discussing the 2019 11 Day Power Play Community Shift. Visit WGR550 to listen to the interview!
Sabres Fans Can Count Their Blessings
As we gather around the table with family and friends, we take a moment to give thanks for our health, for our camaraderie, and for our resurging, never-say-die hockey team: the Buffalo Sabres. Cancer touches everyone. And over the past two years, The 11-Day Power...
Niagara University Student, Alumnus Skate with Cancer-free Father in 11 Day Power Play
In January 2016, Justin Crawford received a jolt that would make a Scott Stevens check feel like a mosquito bite: His father, Gary, had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. It’s the kind of diagnosis that shakes a family to its core. Hodgkin lymphoma is a form of...
11 Day Power Play already setting sights on 2019
Not long after the completion of their second-annual running of a marathon hockey fundraiser, the organizers and operators of the 11 Day Power Play are already looking ahead to a third event next year. The event captured widespread attention and raised more than one...
The Best of WNY “Best Fundraiser 2018!
The 11 Day Power Play received the Buffalo Spree magazine The Best of WNY “Best Fundraiser 2018!” Thank you Buffalo for supporting us and voting for us!
11 Day Power Play’s Sled Hockey Team
We were honored to have some amazing sled hockey players join us in the last shift of the 11 Day Power Play! Three different groups were on the ice representing Buffalo Sabres Sled Vets, Buffalo Sabres Sled Hockey Program and USA National Sled Hockey team member Adam...
11 Day Power Play finishes ‘over the top’ raising $1.25 million
"It's just amazing", said an exhausted Amy Lesakowski just moments after walking off the ice following the closing ceremony for the 11 Day Power Play Community Shift event. The long ordeal and massive fundraising undertaking, in its second year, went over the top of...
11 Day Power Play Proves Successful Again
Amy Lesakowski talks to Susan Rose and Brian Mazurowski on WBEN about the success of the 11 Day Power Play 2018 Community Shift. Listen to the interview.