Sunday was day one of the 11 Day Power Play, a fundraiser for several local organizations, News 4 was at Buffalo Riverworks today for the puck drop.
11 days and nothing but eat, sleep and play hockey. That’s what 40 volunteers are doing starting today for the 11 Day Power Play.
“That’s heaven to me, eat, sleep, play hockey all day long. That’s great! I think a lot of it is built-up emotions that’s gone through some type of battle. We know why we’re here. We’re here for amazing reasons,” player Sean McCrone told News 4.
All 40 players will be playing hockey for 11 days straight at Buffalo Riverworks. They don’t go home. They have sleeping quarters and they eat, sleep and play in shifts.
“We have to be here all the time. The game never stops. The Zamboni goes out every hour; it always gets resurfaced, but no more than ten minutes. It won’t stop until the night of Thanksgiving eve at 6 p.m. with the same crew right here,” Co-founder Mike Lesakowski.