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Wednesday April 24, 2024
Lots Of Events Planned Before Hockeyville Contest

MARQUETTE---Excitement is building for the NHL exhibition hockey game, set for next Tuesday between the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes at Marquette's Lakeview Arena. Northern Michigan University is helping the city with a bunch of weekend events.

These events are all set for Sunday:

The slate of events kicks off at 12:30 p.m. with a Blue Line Club Luncheon in the Wildcat Room.

Fans will have the chance to interact with the team and alumni Dallas Drake and Doug Garrow.

Don Waddell, a former Wildcat who is now the general manager of the Caroline Hurricanes, will talk via video conference about his career in hockey management.

The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for Blue Line Club members and children.


From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., the Berry Events Center will host a Hockeyville Open Skate. Helmets are required to participate.


At 3 p.m., a Hockeyville Fun Fair will kick off at the Superior Dome. That events ends at 6 p.m., giving fans plenty of time to get over to the Berry Events Center for the hockey team's season-opening exhibition game.


To cap the day's schedule of events, the Wildcats take on the University of Victoria at 7:07 p.m. Tickets cost only $5.

The game itself is set for 7:00 Tuesday night. It will be broadcast live on WGLQ-FM (Magic 97.1), and WUPT-FM (100.3 The Point).


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