Subscribe to Grand Forks Herald Today!
Subscribe Today 		Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Grand Forks Herald

Sunday in Parade

Herald Jason Stadstad Hockey Classic set

The Herald Jason Stadstad Hockey Classic, a high school hockey charity event, features the defending state champion from North Dakota and two teams that advanced to the Minnesota state big-school tournament last season.

The event will be Dec. 18-20 in Grand Forks’ Ralph Engelstad and Purpur arenas.

Teams from North Dakota are Grand Forks schools Central and Red River and defending state champion Grafton-Park River. Teams from Minnesota are Roseau, Blaine and Bloomington Jefferson. Roseau and Blaine played in the state Class AA tournament last season.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students for three games per day.

Proceeds go to Relay for Life and Grand Forks youth hockey.

The tournament is named in honor of Jason Stadstad.

The former Grand Forks Central hockey player was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, but the teenager battled back with relentless optimism, providing a message of hope and courage that caught the community's attention.

Stadstad died in December 2006 after a battle with cancer that lasted more than three years.

The Herald also will have a silent auction in conjunction with the event. Look here for more tournament updates.

The tournament schedule:

Thursday, Dec. 18: Blaine vs. Grafton-Park River, 3 p.m., Purpur Arena; Central vs. Roseau, 6:15 p.m., Ralph Engelstad Arena; Bloomington Jefferson vs. Red River, 25 minutes after the completion of the first Ralph Engelstad game, Ralph Engelstad Arena.

Friday, Dec. 19: Blaine vs. Red River, 3 p.m., Engelstad Arena; Jefferson vs. Central, 6:15 p.m., Purpur Arena; Grafton-Park River vs. Roseau, 25 minutes after the completion of the first Purpur Arena game, Purpur Arena.

Saturday, Dec. 20 (all games in Ralph Engelstad Arena): Blaine vs. Central, 2:30 p.m.; Red River vs. Roseau, 25 minutes after the completion of the first game; Jefferson vs. Grafton-Park River, 25 minutes after the completion of the second game.

‘A great thing we’re doing in his honor’
Susanne Nadeau, Grand Forks Herald
Published Thursday, December 18, 2008

Stadstad Classic silent auction set
Herald Staff Report, Grand Forks Herald
Published Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Herald Jason Stadstad Hockey Classic

Grand Forks Herald
Published Thursday, December 18, 2008

Herald Jason Stadstad Hockey Classic

- When: Today through Saturday.

- New format: The second annual event will feature a round-robin format with North Dakota teams Grand Forks Central, Grand Forks Red River and Grafton-Park River and Minnesota teams Blaine, Bloomington Jefferson and Roseau. The games will be in two arenas, Ralph Engelstad and Purpur.

- Today’s games: Blaine vs. Grafton-Park River, 3 p.m., Purpur Arena; Central vs. Roseau, 6:15 p.m., Ralph Engelstad Arena; Bloomington Jefferson vs. Red River, 25 minutes after the completion of the first Ralph Engelstad game, Ralph Engelstad Arena.

- Tickets: Priced at $5 for youth through high school and $10 for adults per day, they are available at both the Purpur and Ralph Engelstad arena gates. Keep your tickets after the first game today because they will be scanned in at the night games in Engelstad Arena. No REA suite tickets will be allowed at Purpur Arena.

- Charity event: All proceeds go to Relay for Life and Grand Forks youth hockey.

- Silent auction: Items will be on display in Ralph Engelstad Arena during the tournament. Among them are a Harmon Killebrew-autographed bat, a Michael Cuddyer-autographed baseball, an Antoine Winfield-autographed football and a Phil Jackson-autographed basketball. Bids will be taken until the start of the final game about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The items, which must be claimed Saturday night, will be on display just inside the main gate beginning at about 5:30 p.m. today.

Marketplace