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On air with Mike and Amy Lesakowski
Mike & Amy Lesakowski were on Kiss and Star 201.5 talking about the upcoming 11 Day Power Play Community Shift. Listen to the audio clip from Kiss! Listen to the audio clip from Star 102.5!
Amy Lesakowski and Allan Davis on WBEN
Amy Lesakowski and Allan Davis were on WBEN discussing the 2O18 11 Day Power Play event! Listen to the audio clip!
Amy Lesakowski on Howard Simon from WGR550
Amy Lesakowski was on WGR550 talking to Howard Simon about the 2O18 11 Day Power Play event! Listen to the audio clip!
Announcing the 2018 11 Day Power Play Event on The Instigators
Mike Lesakowski was a guest on The Instigators this morning, announcing the 2018 11 Day Power Play event. Listen to the entire 3-part interview! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
11-Day Power Play plans return in 2018, and the public is invited to play
The 11-Day Power Play, which made history in 2017 while raising more than $1 million for cancer research, is planning to return in 2018. But this time, members of the public will be encouraged to lace up their skates, pick up their sticks and take their turns in...
11 Day Power Play – Part 2
Organizers are planning another 11 day hockey game to raise funds for cancer research. Learn more about what's next for the 11 Day Power Play!
11 Day Power Play Wins October One Buffalo Community Award
The 11 Day Power Play Wins October One Buffalo Community Award. Check out the video! Learn more about the One Buffalo Community award.
11 Day Power Play receives 2018 Katherine Anne Gioia Inspiration Award
The 11 Day Power Play received the 2018 Katherine Anne Gioia Inspiration Award from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center at their All Star Night Gala. Co-Founders Mike & Amy Lesakowski talk about what the award, and The 11 Day Power Play, mean to them. Watch...
All Star Night 2017 | 11 Day Power Play
For their inspiration and perseverance, and for surpassing their lofty fundraising goal in the fight to end cancer, the entire 11 Day Power Play team was presented with the Katherine Anne Gioia Inspiration Award at All Star Night 2017.
CSEE Alumni and UB staff member break record for world’s longest hockey game and raise $1.2 million to fight cancer
UB CSEE alumni Michael Lesakowski (MS ’08) and Peter Merlo (BS ’93, MS ‘98); UB staff member Steven Roder; and their team of 40 hockey players helped raise $1.2 million for cancer research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Lesakowski, his wife Amy, and...