Today's events include the opening ceremonies and a shinny game that will be held at the Halifax Forum. The opening ceremonies will start at 6pm followed by the shinny game that will pit Team Ron MacLean versus Team Wendel Clark. NHL alumni and other VIP's will be lacing up there skates for this free of charge event.
While the actual Day isn't until Saturday, the city decided to have 4 days of events held at different places around Halifax. Tomorrow morning, fans will be able to skate with the Stanley Cup on the Emera Oval from 7-9am. Thursday night will be the Stolen from a Hockey Card concert at Spatz Theatre (in Citadel High School). Singers include Buck 65 and Theo Fleury. Tickets to the concert are $35 plus tax. Friday will be the celebrity luncheon hosted by Halifax's Chamber of Commerce. There's a big lineup of hockey players scheduled to be in attendance plus personalities like Don Cherry and Ron MacLean. The Halifax Mooseheads will take on the Shawinigan Cataractes on Friday evening, in a game that will be broadcast across Canada so puck drop has been moved to 8pm. Saturday will be a full day of events held at the Emera Oval. NHL games during the day will be showing on LED screens. There will also be snow sculptors, the Stanley Cup, free food and Ron MacLean will be hosting the event. Hockey Nova Scotia clinics will be going on from 1-2:30pm and 5:30-7pm, a shinny tournament will be playing 10am-noon plus a public skate from 3:30-4:30pm. A Valentine's Day Jersey skate will be from 7-9pm. All the day's events are free of charge. Sportnet will again be broadcasting a Moose game on this night at 8pm. It will be a battle of Nova Scotia as the Scotiabank Centre hosts the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.
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