IceHogs raise club-record amount for charity
Published on March 4, 2007 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Rockford IceHogs News Release
Rockford, Ill.- The Rockford IceHogs hosted its 8th Annual Jersey Auction for charity on Saturday night following its game against the Quad City Mallards. IceHogs fans helped the Hogs raise $63,760. The previous record was $62,000 set during the 2002-03 campaign.
All proceeds from this year's auction will go the IceHogs Charitable Foundation. The IceHogs Charitable Foundation will in return, distribute the proceeds to several not-for-profit organizations in the Rock River Valley including, but not limited to, MDA Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Rockford area Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Northern Illinois Hospice, Jr. IceHogs and others.
The following are the jerseys and the amount donated for each jersey. They are listed in order of auction:
Donation/ Player
$2,100 #20 Dan Boeser
$1,600 #1 Jake Moreland
$1,100 #6 Corey Hessler
$2,300 #15 Preston Mizzi
$1,100 #71 Erick Lizon
$1,900 #41 Bryce Cockburn
$1,300 #12 Tim Wedderburn
$1,400 #27 Paul Brown
$1,900 #7 Luke Fritshaw
$2,100 #98 Chaz Johnson
$1,900 #24 Matt Gens
$1,500 #21 Jesse Bennefield
$1,800 #17 Nicolas Corbeil
$2,100 #47 Bruce Watson
$1,800 #54 Mike Letizia
$2,500 #19 Robin Big Snake
$2,100 #22 Jason?Notermann
$1,500 #28 Kaleb Betts
$1,500 #18 Mike?Doyle
$1,800 #11 Kevin Ulanski
$5,100 #44 Nathan Lutz
$2,100 #14 Jason Ralph
$3,000 #29 Frederic Cloutier
$5,000 #8 Steve Martinson
SILENT AUCTION = $9,765
RAFFLE = $3,495
TOTAL RAISED (Unofficial Total)=$63,760
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