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The 16U and 19U girls teamed up to play the Wheatfield Coaches

By Anne Johnston Fera, 10/20/14, 5:00PM EDT

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in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness

Pink the Rink

This past weekend the Buffalo Bisons U16/19 girls played the Wheatfield boys teams coaches. The Wheatfield organization in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month has been holding a number of events to raise awareness and reached out to the Bisons girls for an evening of hockey. The jerseys were pink as was the dress of most of the spectators and the overall decorations of the rink. The United Materials pink cement truck was on hand along with the large breast cancer screening pink RV. 

The game provided tremendous entertainment for all. 

The Wheatfield coaches got up to an early 2-0 lead and figured that they would settle down being out in front and go easy on the girls. Somewhere in the second period after awarded a couple of penalty shots, and a couple of genuine "snipes" the girls found themselves up 5-3. The men also had their opportunities with penalty shots and several great goal scoring chances only to find themselves stoned by the U16 goalie, Lindsay Browning. The men decided to turn the heat up only to find out that Body and Mind were not exactly in sync post 30 years of age and about 20 minutes of fast paced hockey. The eventual outcome was with the girls winning 8-4.  The girls had a special guest in player/coach Shelley Looney who came out of Olympic retirement to support her girls on the ice.

The game aside, the men and girls were so excited to participate in a fun filled evening with great sportsmanship and all for a wonderful cause.  A special thanks to organizers Dave Cannon and Ken Franasiak from Wheatfield. 

Buffalo Bisons U16/19 girls played the Wheatfield boys teams coaches in honor of breast cancer awareness.
Buffalo Bisons U16/19 girls played the Wheatfield boys teams coaches in honor of breast cancer awareness.