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Guys Telling Stories: Mike & Amy Lesakowski
Mike & Amy Lesakowski raised over $1 million for cancer research and seek to break the record for the world's longest hockey game! Their story about the 11 Day Power Play is undeniably heroic ... Listen here!
WNY Living Features 11 Day Power Play
WNY Living talks about the 11 Day Power Play - a great event where 40 hockey players try to set a Guinness World Record, while raising money for cancer research. Check out the video here!
Move over Canada, Buffalo is days away from taking record for longest hockey game
Buffalo intends to beat the Guinness World Record for longest hockey game, a feat never before attempted outside of Canada. Their secret weapon: 40 middle-aged men. The players will compete on the ice for 250 consecutive hours over the course of 11 days, an event...
Game on … and on: 11-day hockey marathon set for Buffalo
For Mike Lesakowski and 39 of his hockey-playing friends, it’s game on. And on and on and on. From the opening faceoff Thursday night to the final whistle set for the morning of July 3, the group of mostly 40-something Buffalonians will be on the ice playing one...
WBEN: Count Down to Puck Drop!
The 11 Day Power Play starts in less than 12 hours. Click here to listen to the WBEN announcement.
11 Day Power Play: Inspiration Abounds for World’s Longest Hockey Game
The game is the brainchild of Mike Lesakowski -- sparked by his own family's battle against cancer. The idea first came when Mike's wife Amy was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in 2009. Read the full article here! There's a lot of people that would...
11 Day Power Play to support cancer research
The 11-Day Power Play will feature 250 hours of consecutive hockey from June 22 – July 3, 2017, at HARBORCENTER in Buffalo, NY. Two teams of 20 players will play the entire game and players will have a goal of raising $10K each to benefit Roswell Park Comprehensive...
Cancer fundraising 11 Day Power Play hockey marathon begins
Thursday night, the hockey puck will drop at HarborCenter as an ambitious attempt to set a new record gets underway. Two teams of volunteers will spend the next 11 days playing a continuous game of hockey. While participants in the 11 Day Power Play seek to become the...
Preparing for the longest game
Corp, a 44-year-old railroad conductor for CSX who lives in Waterford, will be in uniform when the puck drops for a hockey game in Buffalo at 9 p.m. on Thursday. And the next day. And the next . . . Check out the article to see how he's preparing to play in a record...
D’Youville Professor Takes To The Ice For 11 Day Power Play
Andrew “Drew” Case, clinical assistant professor in the D’Youville College Physician Assistant Department, will take to the ice to show off his hockey skills for The 11 Day Power Play. The event – to be held from June 22 to July 3 – will raise critically needed cancer...