September 19-21 will bring plenty of hockey action to the CN Centre, both inside and outside the arena.
The Spirit of the North Healthcare foundation is hosting Prince George’s first Hockeyfest in the CN Centre parking lot, a travelling street hockey tournament fundraiser that weekend.
“It’s something that we’ve looked at doing for the last year and a half, and we were able to just align the start this year to bring the event to Prince George,” said Spirit of the North CEO Aimee Cassie.
“They do it back east and it’s quite big back east, and we looked it up online and saw it and decided it’s the perfect time to bring it here. We met with Glenn and the team at CN Centre as well as the Prince George Cougars to make sure we could do it, and everything just worked out perfectly to do it for Cougars home opener weekend.”
Cassie added the tournament is being done as a peer-to-peer style fundraiser.
“Teams will register and then they’ll do fundraising,” she explained.
“All of the fundraising that we do will go toward supporting bringing stronger cancer-related equipment to UHNBC. One of the pieces we’re working on is an MRI-guided breast biopsy equipment for women facing breast cancer.”
Cassie said teams can sign up right up until September 17th.
“It’s $50 per team, but at the end of August, prices will increase, we’re in early bird pricing right now,” she said.
“Right now for every team that registers, everyone’s name will be entered into a draw to win a pair of Cougars season tickets.”
Cassie added they’re also looking for volunteers to help with a number of tasks for the tournament.
“To help with checking in of teams, to help us run the actual tournament itself,” she said.
“All of these events are only made possible because of the volunteer teams that we pull together.”
More information on Hockeyfest 2025 can be found here.
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