A non-stop, around-the-clock hockey game that began Friday continues Monday morning at HarborCenter. WBFO’s Michael Mroziak has covered the 11 Day Power Play its first two years, beginning in 2017. This year, to cover the third-annual cancer-fundraising event from a different angle, Michael has been quietly preparing and will play in one of the shifts.
For the past several Friday evenings, skaters of various ages have met at the Bud Bakewell Ice Rink in Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood for often intensive hockey sessions. Leading these sessions was David Travers, one of the original 40 participants in the 2017 11 Day Power Play.
“You can’t just hit this thing cold because, even though, you know, you say, ‘well, these guys did this for 11 days straight,’ that was ridiculous to begin with and to do anything for three hours from a physical activity perspective is hard,” Travers said, “so you’ve got to skate and you’ve got to do things off the ice to prepare yourself for three hours. There’s no question.”