Pink Brightens Baker Rink
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The following article appeared in the February 13 issue of the Daily Princetonian.
By Ryan Dahn
Staff Writer
Fans who attend this weekend's women's hockey games at Hobey Baker Rink will witness something never seen before. The Princeton women's hockey team, the ECAC Hockey conference and the American Cancer Society (ACS) have teamed up to fight cancer with this weekend's Pink At The Rink event, a variation on traditional Coaches vs. Cancer events. Home teams in this and next weekend's games will wear special pink jerseys to promote cancer awareness and research. The Tigers will debut the pink jerseys Feb. 15 against No. 1 Harvard.
The game-worn jerseys will then be auctioned off on a special website, ecaccoachesvscancer.com, with proceeds going to ACS. In addition to game-worn jerseys, pink ties worn by the coaches of every men's and women's ECAC Hockey team will be auctioned off as well. There are 250 items in total being auctioned off, with bidding scheduled to end Feb. 20.
"The member institutions have totally embraced the event," ECAC Hockey Commissioner Steve Hagwell said in an e-mail. "Frankly, this event would not be possible if not for the efforts of the administrators, coaches, staff and student-athletes at the institutions. They have been the driving force for this great event."
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