FORMER NHL, OLYMPIC STARS TO SHINE ON ICE

Hockey In Tetons Gets Rowdy For Good Cause

By Todd Wilkinson, 3-05-07

For years, the corn snow days of late winter have been magnets for skiers pouring into Jackson Hole for their last hurrah on the slopes. But March also brings another kind of migration. This one involves a flocking of famous retired professional hockey players and former Olympians from both the U.S. and Canada. What's been great for fans driving long distances to the annual "Jackson Hole On Ice Weekend" is not only that their kids can get autographs from some of the biggest names in the game but the celebrity all-star hockey team does it to benefit local charity by playing against the bruising hometown ruffians, the Jackson Hole Moose.

In 2007, Neal Broten [who played for the U.S. and coach Herb Brooks on the Miracle On Ice team], Bill Ranford, Reed Larson, Dana Murzyn, Bernie Nicholls, Ron Duguay, Greg Adams, Shawn Chambers, Jamie Huscroft, and Benoit Hogue among others hit the ice with actor Dave Coulier on Friday, March 9 at Snow King Arena. Tickets for the game, which begins at 7 p.m., are only $10. The following evening features a country-western jam session featuring famed Nashville singer-songwriters Dillon Dixon, Michael Peterson, Randy Houser, James Dean Hicks, and Chuck Cannon at Spring Creek Ranch. Tickets for that event are $125. All proceeds from the events benefit the Teton Free Clinic. For more information, call 307-732-8102 or view this PDF file.

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