Falcons host Team Jennifer Night at the Nest this Saturday

Published on March 11, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release


Springfield, MA - Saturday evening marks Team Jennifer Night at the Nest as the Springfield Falcons host the Portland Pirates at the Springfield Civic Center in a special American Hockey League contest. Numerous National Hockey League and AHL teams have generously donated an abundance of autographed hockey memorabilia to benefit the Jennifer Ferraro Foundation. Fans will have a chance to win many of the donated items through raffles that will be held during the game. In addition, Falcons players will be wearing special commemorative jerseys in the game which will be available through online auctioning also for the benefit of the Jennifer Ferraro Foundation. Other selected hockey memorabilia will be auctioned online as well. The Falcons' official web site, www.falconsahl.com, and the AHL's official web site, www.theahl.com, will have links to the online auctioning. See below for a complete list of available items that will be raffled and auctioned online.

Chris and Peter Ferraro will switch jerseys each period during Saturday's game. One set of the twin brothers' sweaters will be raffled off during the game. Another set as well as each of the game-worn jerseys garnered by their Falcons' teammates in Saturday's game will be available through the online auctioning.

Raffle tickets will be available during the evening for $5 each behind Section 49 in the Civic Center concourse. Raffle winners will be announced throughout the game.

Chris and Peter currently serve as co-captains of the Falcons. It is the first campaign with the club for each of the players. The brothers were members of the Pirates the previous two seasons.

The Jennifer Ferraro Foundation was established in memory of Jennifer Ferraro, the wife of Chris Ferraro, who lost her courageous battle with stomach cancer in November 2002. The foundation was created to assist patients with stomach and other cancers.

The following memorabilia to be raffled individually during Saturday's game:

Autographed 1999-2000 Springfield Falcons Warm-up Jersey
Autographed Toronto Roadrunners Jersey
Autographed Utah Grizzlies Jersey
Autographed Milwaukee Admirals Jersey
Autographed Chicago Wolves Jersey
Autographed Worcester Ice Cats Jersey
Autographed Cleveland Barons Jersey
Autographed Syracuse Crunch Jersey
Autographed Jean-Guy Trudel 2000 All-Star Jersey
Chris Ferraro's Team Jennifer Night Jersey
Peter Ferraro's Team Jennifer Night Jersey

Memorabilia packages to be raffled during Saturday's game:

Autographed Providence Bruins Stick with 4 tickets to the Falcons-Bruins game in Providence on 4/2.
Autographed Cincinnati Mighty Ducks stick
Autographed Brian Boucher Stick (Phoenix Coyotes)
Skeechers Stuffed Dog with two 2003 AHL All-Star Game pucks signed by Chris and Peter Ferraro
Albany River Rats Gift Pack – Autographed team photo, Autographed Ari Ahonen photo, team trading cards, and Autographed Craig Darby Puck Autographed Rick DiPietro puck, picture, and ticket (New York Islanders and Bridgeport Sound Tigers)
Calgary Flames Gift Pack – Autographed Craig Conroy hat, Autographed Jamie McClennan, Autographed Roman Turek Picture, Autographed Mikka Kiprusoff Picture
Autographed Brendan Shanahan Stanley Cup Photo (Detroit Red Wings), Autographed Grand Rapids Griffins t-shirt, Grand Rapids Griffins Mascot Bobblehead
Autographed Hershey Bears team photo, Autographed Freddy Meyer puck (Philadelphia Phantoms), Autographed Patrick Sharp Puck (Philadelphia Flyers)
Autographed Teppo Numminen puck (Dallas Stars), Autographed Todd Harvey puck (San Jose Sharks), Autographed Milwaukee Admirals t-shirt
Autographed Ryan VandenBussche puck (Chicago Blackhawks), Autographed Dmitri Kalinin puck (Buffalo Sabres), Autographed Curtis Brown puck (Buffalo Sabres), Autographed Alain Nasreddine puck (Bridgeport Sound Tigers)
Autographed Jeff Hogan puck (Houston Aeros), Milwaukee Admirals autographed t-shirt, Autographed Mike Zigomanis puck (Lowell Lock Monsters)

The following items will be auctioned online:

2003-04 Columbus Blue Jackets autographed jersey
2003-04 Florida Panthers autographed jersey
Brian Rolston autographed Boston Bruins jersey
2003 AHL All-Star Chris Ferraro autographed jersey
2003 AHL All-Star Peter Ferraro autographed jersey
2003-04 Bostons Bruins autographed hockey stick
2003-04 New Jersey Devils autographed hockey stick
Each Springfield Falcons game-worn jersey from Team Jennifer Night will be auctioned individually

Game time on Saturday is 7:35 p.m. For more information, please contact the Falcons team office at (413) 739-3344. To order tickets for the game by phone, please call the Springfield Civic Center box office at (413) 787-6600 or (800) 639-8602.

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