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2014 Empire State Winter Games Open February 6
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he NYS Empire State winter games will be held in Lake Placid and Tupper Lake February 6 through 9. All women’s ice hockey will be played at the Tupper Lake Memorial Civic Center, Tupper Lake, 30 miles outside Lake Placid. Opening ceremonies will take place on Thursday, February 5 at 6 p.m. The Parade of Athletes will be held in the Herb Brooks Arena, 1980 rink followed by guest speaker Mike Richter. Richter was an NHL goaltender for 14 years with the New York Rangers, and is considered one of the greatest American-born goaltenders in NHL history. He played college hockey at the University of Wisconsin, for one year, after playing for the US in the World Junior Championships in 1985. After being drafted by the Rangers, he played two years in the International Hockey League with the Colorado and Denver Rangers. Richter was in goal for the Rangers when they won
the Stanley Cup in 1994. During his NHL career he recorded 301 wins in goal. He played in the All-Star Game in 1992, 1994, and 2000, and in 2008 he was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame. After his hockey career ended in 2003, Richter enrolled at Yale, graduating in 2008, studying ethics, politics, and economics. He has also become a triathlete and marathoner. On Saturday, Feb. 8 Winterfest will be held in the Oval featuring music, entertainment and the Hockey Shot. The event goes from 4 to 7 p.m. ending with fireworks at 7 p.m. The Women’s Ice Hockey schedule follows:
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6 TIME HOME TEAM VISITING TEAM GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6
10:00 AM-11:20 AM 11:40 AM-1:00 PM 1:10 PM-2:30 PM 2:40 PM-4:00 PM 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM 5:40 PM - 7:00 PM
CENTRAL HUDSON VALLEY VS LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY ADIRONDACK CENTRAL
NEW YORK CITY ADIRONDACK WESTERN NY HUDSON VALLEY WESTERN NY LONG ISLAND
WESTERN NY HUDSON VALLEY LONG ISLAND WESTERN NY ADIRONDACK NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL ADIRONDACK HUDSON VALLEY CENTRAL LONG ISLAND
HUDSON VALLEY WESTERN NY ADIRONDACK
LONG ISLAND CENTRAL NEW YORK CITY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9 GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12
9:00 AM 10:20 AM 10:40 - 12:00 NOON 12:10 AM-1:30 AM 1:40 PM - 3:00 PM 3:10 PM - 4:30 PM 4:40 PM - 6:00 PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 GAME 13 GAME 14 GAME 15
8:00 AM-9:20 AM 9:35 AM-10:55 AM 11:10 AM-12:30 PM
All games will be held at the Tupper Lake Memorial Civic Arena.
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