Above: The slightly revamped Shifstrong fundraiser in a few weeks will use ice hockey to raise money for the ongoing research to help “end” ALS. (image of event flyer)
A change has been announced for the upcoming Shifstrong fundraiser for ALS research and care. The Ice Hockey tournament for high school students will now integrate Boys and Girls into one bracket for the “no contact” 3v3 competition.
The event will still also feature fun for all ages through a free skate and a shootout.
As with every “Shifstrong” fundraiser, the event is in honor of late Southborough resident Brian Shifrin* “and all others impacted by ALS”. (This fundraiser is put on by his children Charlie and Courtney Shifrin.)
The event will take place on Sunday, February 23rd at St. Mark’s School’s Gardner Rink.
Full equipment is required to play. And free skaters and shootout contestants must bring their own skates and helmets.
The free skate will run from 11:00 – 11:50 am. (Registration for that opens at 10:45 am.) As I marked up the flyer right to reflect, the free skate will literally be free.
The Tournament will start at 12:00 pm. (Check-in starts at 11:15 am.) This is a change from the original schedule that separated the Boys and Girls competitions.
The shootout will still start at 4:00 pm.
Tournament players can take part in the shootout for free. Others can sign up for just that event for $5.
Registering to play in the tournament costs $25 per player. Current high schoolers can sign up as 3-5 player teams in the tourney. (Only 3 players on the ice at a time, but subs allowed.)
You can also sign up as an individual player or as a Goalie. Depending on the number individual players, they will be organized to form teams and/or be added to other teams as subs. The Goalies won’t be not be assigned to a team, and instead “rotate between their respected division”.
Funds raised will be contributed to ALS ONE.
To register or read more details visit their fundraising event page here.
*As the event promotions state, Brian Shifrin “was a Southborough dad, husband, son, brother, uncle, coach, selectman, volunteer, friend, and mentor to so many, who lost to ALS in November of 2019 at age 43.”
