Legionnaires Kick off Hometown Hockey with Visit at Area School
December 17, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
By Dan McCaffery
The
Sarnia Legionnaires will help
promote this weekend's Rogers
Hometown Hockey festival in the
city with a Friday visit to
Pauline McGibbon School. Shown
here are, from left, Legionnaire
scoring ace Brock Perry, Alumni Jeff
Perry ,
school vice-principal Tracy
Pereira, principal Helen Lane
and teacher Mike Dark, a former
Jr. 'B' star who went on to play
in the NHL. submitted
photo
The Rogers Hometown Hockey
festival will kick off Friday
with the Sarnia Legionnaires
visiting Pauline McGibbon
School.
Greg Burr, who is in charge of
the Jr. 'B' hockey club's media
relations, says Rogers will be
filming the visit and
interviewing students.
"We are so proud to be a part of
it, Burr said, adding five
players will participate in the
school visit, which begins at 2
p.m.
Legionnaires Brock Perry, Sam
McCormack, Brad Yowart, Aidan
Hughes and Jordan Fogarty will
talk to students about such
things as teamwork and
sportsmanship. A slide show
about the history of the team
will also be shown and tickets
for Saturday's Legionnaire home
game against the St. Thomas
Stars will be given to the
entire student body and staff.
Any minor hockey players from
across Lambton County who show
up in their team's jersey will
be admitted to the game free, as
will any children aged 12 and
under.
The game will also include the
team's annual Woollie Toss,
Turkey Toss and canned food
drive.
The Legionnaires have also lined
up a number of other events to
coincide with Hometown Hockey,
which will be filmed in Sarnia
over the weekend.
Among other things, the club
will present a Legionnaires
jersey to on-air-personality Ron
MacLean. It will also give
MacLean a second sweater for his
sidekick, legendary hockey
commentator Don Cherry.
"Don's sweater will have No. 2
on the back, which is the number
he wore (as a professional
player), Burr said. Ron's will
have No. 5 because he has
reached Level 5 in Hockey Canada
coaching.
On top of that, the Legionnaires
will have a tent set up Saturday
and Sunday on the waterfront at
Front and George streets (near
the Hometown Hockey trailer).
Players will be on hand to sign
autographs and the Sutherland
Cup, which is emblematic of
Ontario Jr. 'B' hockey
supremacy, will be on display.
