Texas Tornado Host Fight Against Childhood Cancer Weekend
November 2, 2010 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Texas Tornado News Release
FRISCO, TX - (November 2, 2010) - The Texas Tornado Hockey team, in cooperation with Children's Medical Center, have teamed up for the Fight Against Childhood Cancer weekend. During the Texas Tornado home games against the New Mexico Mustangs this Friday, November 5th and Saturday, November 6th at 7:30pm at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco, the Tornado will be wearing specially designed jerseys to commemorate the weekend of awareness. Following the game on Saturday night, the Tornado will host an auction for the public for the game worn jerseys by each player. A portion of the proceeds from the weekend sale of merchandise, sponsorship, tickets and the auction of the game worn jerseys will benefit the not-for-profit organization.
Each Texas Tornado player has been paired with a child battling cancer and pending their treatment schedule each child will attend the games with their family. That child's name will be listed on the bottom of each jersey, below the player's number. Each child will also receive a jersey from the Tornado commemorating the event and honoring their courage. "Playing for a great cause like this in front of our fans when we are playing so well will make this event all the more worthwhile," said Texas Tornado Head Coach Tony Curtale. "Childhood cancer is a disease that needs to be kept in the forefront of everyone's mind and we hope we can create some awareness and provide the kids with an experience that will put a smile on their face." Tickets for the game and live auction are still available and can be purchased online at www.tornadohockey.com or by calling the Tornado office at 972-335-9800.
Children's Medical Center is private, not-for-profit, and is one of the largest pediatric healthcare providers in the nation. As the only academic healthcare facility in North Texas dedicated exclusively to the comprehensive care of children from birth to age 18, Children's provides patient care ranging from simple eye exams to specialized treatment in areas such as heart disease, hematology-oncology and cystic fibrosis. In addition, Children's is a major pediatric kidney, liver, intestine, heart and bone marrow transplant center. As the primary pediatric teaching facility for The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the medical staff at Children's conducts research that is instrumental in developing treatments, therapies, and greater understanding of pediatric diseases.
The Texas Tornado, proud members of the 26-team North American Hockey League, are back in 2010-11 for another season of exciting family entertainment at the state-of-the-art Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco, which now offers more seating, more amenities and more great action featuring the players that are the future of hockey. Since their inception in 1999, the Texas Tornado has set the standard for excellence for hockey for players 21 and under in the United States. Besides their three straight National Championships from 2004-2006, the Tornado has won seven NAHL Regular Season Division titles and had seven straight 40+ win seasons from 1999-2007. Since 1999, the Tornado have developed and moved on over 110 players in nine years onto NHL, NCAA and professional teams.
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