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Listen to Amy Lesakowski closing out the 11 Day Power Play 2020 Big Save on WBEN.

$1.1 million was raised in the street hockey edition of the 11 Day Power Play. The annual hockey tournament concluded Sunday night at Buffalo Riverworks. Organizers were forced to improvise this year due to restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “We had less...

Another year of the longest game of hockey is in the books and it raised a whopping $1.1 million for cancer research. This year's event was capped at fewer players because of the coronavirus and instead of playing on ice, it was a game of street hockey. The players...

Sunday is the closing night for the 11-Day Power Play at Buffalo Riverworks. They hosted 11 straight days of hockey- streamed live from their website and YouTube page. Their “Big Save” event Sunday night is raising money for Roswell Park, Make-A-Wish’s foundation in...

The 11 Day Power Play is in action once again, but this year it's not the ice. The fundraiser brings in money for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center every year and it's already reached its $1 million goal. Players are trading their ice skates for sneakers for a...

An ice hockey event that has been raising millions of dollars found a way to be successful. This year the 11 Day Power Play was outside at Buffalo RiverWorks. There were less players, but the event is still making a big difference. It was created to help save lives...

The 11 Day Power Play kicked off yesterday, and it's already a success.  Click here to listen to Amy's thoughts!

Because of COVID19 restrictions, players in the 11 Day Power Play are not hitting the ice to raise funds for cancer research. Instead, they're taking it outside. Normally held on the ice at LECOM HarborCenter, this year's event will be a street hockey event at Buffalo...

Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 7 pm, the puck, er, rather the ball will be dropped to start the 2020 edition of the 11 Day Power Play Community Shift, dubbed the Big Save. Instead of ice hockey, this year’s event originally slated to run from July 8-19, has evolved into an...

The 11 Day Power Play begins once again starting on Wednesday, with a few changes. Rather than a puck drop, it will be a ball drop. Coronavirus restrictions made it impossible for organizers to have an ice hockey event so this year it is outdoors at Riverworks, and it...