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Please Note: All on-ice Winterfest events prior to the start of the Great Skate at 10 p.m. Saturday have been cancelled due to the weather conditions. All other Winterfest events are proceeding as scheduled.

2013 Great Skate Winterfest Schedule of Events

Help support the Griffins Youth Foundation and the 2013 Great Skate Winterfest!


1. Click on the name of your favorite Griffins player, coach or staffer to sponsor their participation in the Great Skate! (Skating times/lineup subject to change due to recalls, assignments, injuries and weather conditions.)

Make a pledge for Adam Almquist, Joakim Andersson or Gustav Nyquist and your donation will have twice the impact for the Griffins Youth Foundation, as Configura will match the pledges raised by each player (up to a combined total of $500)!

Saturday, Jan. 12
10-11 p.m. - #4 Nathan Paetsch and Griff
11 p.m.-Midnight - Head coach Jeff Blashill, Assistant coach Jim Paek, and Analytics and advance scouting coach Spiros Anastas

Sunday, Jan. 13
Midnight-1 a.m. - #11 Andrej Nestrasil
1-2 a.m. - #34 Petr Mrazek and Equipment manager Brad Thompson
2-3 a.m. - #20 Gleason Fournier
3-4 a.m. - #33 Luke Glendening
4-5 a.m. - #28 Tomas Jurco
5-6 a.m. - #17 Max Nicastro
6-7 a.m. - #14 Chad Billins
7-8 a.m. - #5 Adam Almquist (Donations matched by Configura)
8-9 a.m. - #21 Trevor Parkes
9-10 a.m. - #13 Gustav Nyquist (Donations matched by Configura)
10-11 a.m. - #44 Brennan Evans
11 a.m.-Noon - #27 Tomas Tatar
Noon-1 p.m. - #23 Triston Grant
1-2 p.m. - #10 Jeff Hoggan
2-3 p.m. - #9 Francis Pare
3-4 p.m. - #18 Joakim Andersson (Donations matched by Configura) and #15 Mitch Callahan
4-5 p.m. - #32 Brian Lashoff
5-6 p.m. - #12 Brent Raedeke and Assistant equipment manager Andrew Stegehuis
6-7 p.m. - #22 Louis-Marc Aubry
7-8 p.m. - #19 Riley Sheahan
8-9 p.m. - #29 Landon Ferraro
9-10 p.m. - #30 Tom McCollum

TBD
#7 Brendan Smith
Athletic trainer John Bernal
Athletic training intern Justin Carroll
Broadcaster Bob Kaser and Family

2. Sponsor the participation of any friend, fan or local amateur hockey player by making an online pledge.

3. Start a Firstgiving fundraising page to collect online pledges for your own participation. (Click the green "Fundraise" button near the top of the page.)

4. Become an event sponsor or donate a raffle item. Call (616) 774-4585 ext. 3027 or 3046.

All pledges are tax-deductible and benefit the Griffins Youth Foundation.