It was announced that our southwest Montérégie neighbors in Huntingdon are amongst the four finalist communities competing in this year’s Kraft Hockeyville contest!
The three other towns./cities in the running are High River AB, Lafleche SK, and Lucan ON.
As in previous year's, 2 communities were selected from Eastern Canada and 2 other from the West.
For those who aren't familiar with the community based competition, Kraft Hockeyville is an annual competition which is sponsored by Kraft Foods, the National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association.
Communities are asked to "demonstrate their commitment" to the sport of ice hockey.
The winning community gets a cash prize dedicated to upgrading their local home arena, as well as the opportunity to host an NHL pre-season game.
Runners-up also get smaller cash prizes to upgrade their ice rinks.
2018 finalist voting will take place on March 30th and 31st. so kindly support our neighbors in Huntingdon and their Hockeyville endeavor by taking a little time to vote!
Winning a $ 250,000 upgrade to their local arena (ARÉNA RÉGIONAL PROMOTUEL) could mean the world of difference to both local kids and adults alike..
You may vote as many times as you wish via the Kraft Hockeyville website, https://www.krafthockeyville.ca/
Announcement of the winner will take place March 31st 2018 (during the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast).
Kraft’s Hockeyville website has a great video about Huntingdon and the competing communities..
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