MEDIA ADVISORY: BRAMPTON BEAST TO HOST HISTORIC GAME AGAINST NATIONAL
ICE HOCKEY TEAM OF INDIA
09/14/2015 8:36 AM -
BRAMPTON, ON – The Brampton Beast Hockey Club, Montreal Canadiens and
St. John’s Ice Caps ECHL affiliate, will host a press conference to
discuss a historic exhibition game between the Beast and the National
Ice Hockey Team of India. The game will be the first time in ECHL
history a member team plays a national team of any country. Brampton is
home to one of the largest East Indian communities in the world outside
of India and is also a Canadian hockey hotbed. The puck is slated to
drop on Friday, October 9th at 7:15PM at the Powerade Centre as the
Beast, Canada’s only ECHL franchise, takes on Team India.
WHAT: Official announcement and agreement signing between Brampton Beast
President and General Manager Cary Kaplan and Director of the India Ice
Hockey Association Akshay Kumar.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 15 from 12:30-1:30PM
WHERE: Brampton City Hall Atrium
WHO: In attendance will be the Director of the India Ice Hockey
Association Akshay Kumar, Mayor Linda Jeffrey, Team India Ice Hockey
Coach Adam Sherlip, Beast President and General Manager Cary Kaplan,
City Councillors Jeff Bowman and Gurpreet Dhillon and Dr. Parminder
Singh, TV Personality and Hockey Commentator of Hockey Night in Canada
Punjabi Edition.
DETAILS: A question and answer session will take place following the
signing. National Ice Hockey Team of India and Brampton Beast
representatives will be available to the media. The event is free and
open to the public.
Ticket packages for this game are available for $29.90 plus HST and are
available for purchase. CLICK HERE to purchase them now. A portion of
all ticket packages purchased will be donated to the National Ice Hockey
Team of India.
Any media interested in attending the event is asked to please contact
Mallory Dayot, Marketing Manager at 905-564-1684 ext. 214 or
[email protected]. For more information or general inquiries,
please contact the Brampton Beast office at 905-564-1684 or
[email protected]
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Albert Peres
[email protected]
416.660.0847 cell
