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.
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- 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.
