On Saturday, Oct. 17, the Hobart College hockey team will take on the 3-85th Mountain Warriors Sled hockey team from Fort Drum, New York, in a game of sled hockey. The charity event will take place at 3 p.m. in The Cooler.
The event is open to the public and there will be a $5 charge for admission, which will be donated to the Mountain Warriors and the Wounded Warrior Project. The ticket price for the first 200 students will be covered courtesy of Hobart and William Smith student activities.
The game will consists of three 15 minute periods, with no ice cuts in between periods. Fans will also have a chance to try out sled hockey themselves after the game for a rental fee which will be donated to the cause. The Statesmen hope to raise enough money to purchase a new set of uniforms for the Mountain Warriors.
Hoodies and hats will also be sold at the game. All proceeds from the fundraising event will go to the Mountain Warriors Sled Team and the Wounded Warrior Project.
“Last year was a great event and we are looking forward to building off of that,” said Hobart Hockey Head Coach Mark Taylor. “It was great to see the support of so many student-athletes – I think the whole Hobart lacrosse team was there. The entire student body really got behind the event through attending and purchasing apparel and we’re hoping to see that again this year.”
The 3-85th Mountain Warriors sled team came together because of the work of Mark McKenna, a project engineer with the Fort Drum Field Office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District. He was working out in a gym in Fort Drum and saw a soldier in a wheelchair enter the gym. McKenna felt more could be done for wounded veterans. Since he was a volunteer hockey coach for over 30 years, he came up with the idea of forming a sled hockey team for the disabled soldiers. The two-year-old team held its first tournament last spring. The donation-only fundraiser benefited Fort Drums’ Warrior in Transition Unit, sled teams from Albany, Syracuse, Ottawa and the Wounded Warrior Project.
If you’re unable to make it to The Cooler on Oct. 17, but would still like to support Hobart hockey’s efforts to help the Mountain Warriors and the Wounded Warrior Project, please contact Patty Cala at 315-781-3077 or [email protected].
