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Rogers Hometown Hockey Comes to Stratford

Rogers Hometown Hockey is coming to Stratford December 10th and 11th.

The Festival City was named as one of 24 locations that the fanfest style event will be set up at.

The community will be featured on the Hometown Hockey broadcast hosted by Ron MacLean and Tara Slone and will include visits from local celebrities, alumni and special guests.

The Stratford Girls Hockey Association says Aces Day will held on the Saturday. The Toronto Furies, including Stratford native Emily Fulton, and the Boston Blades of the CWHL will be playing at 7:30 p.m. at the Allman Arena.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche game will be the feature NHL game that evening.face off December 11th at 6:30 p.m.

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