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NHL Invitational: USA v Canada in New Zealand
In July 2011 the largest action sports event ever to hit New Zealand will arrive. USA will face-off against Canada in a 3 game International Ice Hockey Series. The tour is being led by NHL superstar Kyle Quincey of the Colorado Avalanche who will also captain the Canadian team while his nemesis Rob Schremp of the New York Islanders will captain USA. The 3 game series will start in Auckland’s vector Arena on July 23rd before heading for game 2 at Christchurch’s CBS Arena on July 30th and the final game is to be held inside Dunedin’s Ice Stadium on August 3rd.
Accompanying the teams is a New Zealand first. The Douglas Webber Group have imported an NHL spec fully portable ice hockey arena that will set the stage for the COLD WAR to begin.
Please find
attached our media pack with all relevant information in
it.
Additional Pictures, Interviews with Kyle Quincey,
Craig Douglas (the Promoter) or NHL announcer and tour
director Kerry Goulet are available on request. The website
for this tour is
www.internationalicehockey.co.nz
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