Events
As part of the 4-day Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada celebrations, many events are planned for Charlottetown, Summerside and several other communities on Prince Edward Island.
Minor Hockey Clinics
February 9th, 10th and 11th (Locations and times to be determined)
As part of the Hockey Day in Canada celebrations there will be several minor hockey clinics held throughout various communities across Prince Edward Island. The clinics will be offered to selected member minor hockey associations of Hockey PEI.
Clinics will be led be Hockey PEI volunteers and community coaches and will initially be open to male and female members of Hockey PEI that play in the Atom and Pee Wee divisions. Each clinic will be approximately 1 hour in duration with a number of NHL Alumni Celebrities and CBC Hockey Night in Canada personalities actively participating. Some of the alumni and personalities participating include: Wendel Clark, Mark Napier, Gerard Gallant, Tim Taylor, Gordie Dwyer, PJ Stock, Cassie Campbell-Pascall and a few others!
Click here for more information on clinic dates, locations, times and NHL alumni/ hockey personalities attending each clinic!
Clinic registration is now closed; however, clinics are open to spectators.
The Dressing Room
Wednesday, February 8th (Harbourfront Jubilee Theatre, Summerside)
8:00pm
Produced by Wyatt Heritage Properties, The Dressing Room was originally performed in 2007 at The Harbourfront Jubilee Theatre in Summerside. For one time only, the play is being brought back as part of the Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada celebrations
The two act play is a comedy/drama that takes a revealing peek into an old-timers’ hockey team dressing room at Cahill Stadium in its final days. Off limits to anyone other than the players, the dressing room becomes the place where men lay down their guard; open themselves up to intimacy, friendship and the freedom of unconditional acceptance. They attempt to keep what happens in the dressing room behind closed doors.
The locally written play has used the life and hockey career of Summerside native Paul MacWilliams as its primary inspiration. On the dramatic side, the play lays bare MacWilliams’ possible journey to the NHL in the 1960s and his struggle with alcohol; on the comical end, it takes a humorous peek into the very private dressing room of an old-timers’ hockey team. The Dressing Room appeals to a wide spectrum of audiences as they find themselves drawn into the story being revealed onstage.
The catalyst for the play’s creation was the closure of Cahill Stadium in Summerside which came to a close in 2007 after a historic run. The premise was to call it The Dressing Room, and it would include (the time in) the dressing room in between periods of a hockey game because there is often more action in the dressing room than there is out on the ice!
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Stolen From A Hockey Card Concert
Thursday, February 9th (Confederation Centre of the Arts – Homburg Theatre, Charlottetown)
8:00pm
Hosted by CBC’s Ron MacLean, Stolen From a Hockey Card is a hockey-themed concert which pays tribute to Canada’s love and passion for the game of hockey. The impressive all-Canadian line-up of artists for the concert includes songstress Sarah Harmer, Chris Murphy (Sloan), Lennie Gallant, Stephen Stanley (Lowest of the Low), Carmen Townsend, Liam Corcoran (Two Hours Traffic), Bidiniband and former New York Islanders great and Hockey Hall of Fame member Bryan Trottier.
Each artist will write their own hockey-themed song which they will perform for the first time as part of the concert. In addition to their newly-written hockey song, each artist will also perform one of their own original songs. Bidiniband, featuring Dave Bidini, formerly of acclaimed rock band The Rheostatics and creator of the Stolen From a Hockey Card concert, will serve as house band for the evening.
The name “Stolen From a Hockey Card” is in reference to a lyric from the Tragically Hip’s song “50 Mission Cap”. The song is a tribute to Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Bill Barilko.
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Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada Dinner with Ron MacLean and Don Cherry
Friday, February 10th (Charlottetown Civic Centre, Charlottetown)
7:30pm
Join emcee Bruce Rainnie, host of CBC News Compass PEI, for a fun-filled evening as CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada duo, Ron MacLean and Don Cherry, make their first official appearance together on Prince Edward Island!
The evening will include storytelling and conversations with some of hockey’s most recognized personalities, entertainment and an appearance by the NHL’s most coveted trophy – the Stanley Cup! Special guests will include NHL greats Wendel Clark and Mark Napier; hockey broadcasting legend Dick Irvin; CBC Hockey Night in Canada personalities PJ Stock and Cassie Campbell-Pascall; CBC Hockey Night in Canada radio host Gord Stellick; native Prince Edward Islander and hockey sportscaster Doug MacLean; Canadian women’s hockey Olympian Tessa Bonhomme; along with several Prince Edward Island NHL alumni.
The evening will also include silent and live auctions, with guest auctioneer Kevin “Boomer” Gallant from CBC News Compass PEI. Auction proceeds will benefit the development of grassroots minor hockey on Prince Edward Island.
Event is sold out!!!
Stanley Cup Relay … Across PEI
February 8th, 9th and 10th (various communities across PEI)
For the first time in the history of Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada, the Stanley Cup will be travelling across an entire province over a 3-day period, making stops in various communities each day!
Each day of the relay, the Stanley Cup will be making 6 to 8 community stops – at hockey rinks, schools, community centres and Scotiabank and CBC locations. At each stop Islanders and hockey fans alike will be able to get their picture with the NHL’s most coveted prize…
The Stanley Cup will be center stage with Ron MacLean and Don Cherry as part of the Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada broadcast on CBC February 11th.
A detailed schedule and map of where you can see the Stanley Cup as part of Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada celebrations will be announced in January 2012
