IOWA WILD PLAYERS CUSTOMIZE 'I FIGHT FOR JERSEYS' ON HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER™ NIGHT
Nov 22, 2019The Iowa Wild are proud to host Hockey Fights Cancer™ Night on Saturday, November 23 against the Bakersfield Condors. Click here for tickets.
The team will be wearing custom, one-of-a-kind lavender warmup jerseys. Each warm-up jersey bears an "I Fight For" patch on the shoulder, where each player may write the name of a person or people in their lives who are affected by cancer.
See below for a list of jerseys and patch customizations:
| Number | Player | "I Fight For" |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Mitch McLain | Diane McLain |
| 7 | Sam Anas | Deme Anas (Mom) |
| 11 | Nico Sturm | Mom |
| 12 | Kyle Bauman | Everyone |
| 14 | Will Bitten | Tom Kurvers |
| 17 | Mike Liambas | Deme Anas |
| 18 | Matt Regsiter | Tom Kurvers |
| 20 | Gerry Mayhew | Aunt Nanny |
| 22 | Brandon Duhaime | Jaque Lebel (Grandpa) |
| 23 | Mason Shaw | Delmar Fletcher & Ed Shaw (Grandpas) |
| +25 | +JT Brown | +Notorious_BK |
| 26 | Luke Johnson | A cure |
| 27 | Brennan Menell | John Guttery |
| 28 | Dmitry Sokolov | Everyone |
| 29 | Keaton Thompson | Lynn Thompson (Mom) |
| 30 | Dereck Baribeau | A cure |
| 36 | Colton Beck | The Anas family |
| *37 | *Hunter Warner | *Matthew Richmann |
| 40 | Gabriel Dumont | A cure |
| 41 | Josh Atkinson | Josh Cruikshank |
| 42 | Kyle Rau | A cure |
| 43 | Connor Dewar | A cure |
| 44 | Matt Bartkowski | Tom Kurvers |
| 47 | Louie Belpedio | Tom Kurvers |
| 55 | Cody McLeod | Tom Kurvers |
| 60 | Mat Robson | Joe McDonald |
*Jersey not available for purchase
Player-worn and player-issued Hockey Fights Cancer™ jerseys will be available for purchase at a silent auction at Fan Relations. Fan Relations is located behind Section 124. The silent auction will end at the conclusion of the second period.
Iowa Wild is proud to partner with ZERO Prostate, Ovarian Cancer Coalition, and Childrens' Cancer Connection on Hockey Fights Cancer™ Night. Profits from the jersey auctions will be split evenly between these three fantastic organizations.
BREATH OF HOPE
On top of the customized lavender warm-up jerseys, there will be other equipment and memorabilia up for auction benefiting Iowa Wild General Manger Tom Kurvers' A Breath Of Hope Lung Foundation:
- Team-signed stick with purple tape + Hockey Fights Cancer™ Vineyard Vines special-edition necktie
- Team-signed helmet with Hockey Fights Cancer™ logo + Hockey Fights Cancer Vineyard Vines special-edition necktie
- Player-signed hockey gloves + Hockey Fights Cancer™ Vineyard Vines special-edition necktie
- Team-signed Hockey Fights Cancer™ jersey + Hockey Fights Cancer™ Vineyard Vines special-edition necktie
- Signed Tom Kurvers Hockey Fights Cancer™ jersey + Hockey Fights Cancer™ Vineyard Vines special-edition necktie
Thank you for your continued support of the Iowa Wild and Hockey Fights Cancer™!
The Iowa Wild 2019-20 regular season is presented by MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center and runs from October through April. For more information, please contact the Wild office by calling 515-564-8700 or by visiting www.iowawild.com.