NHL Legends to Play Charity Game for Sandy Relief

Tickets went on sale this week for a charity hockey game at the Prudential Center in Newark pitting some of the greatest players from North America and Russia.

Proceeds from the game will benefit the Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund. The game will be held April 13, at 1 p.m. 

New Jersey Devils greats Ken Daneyko, Bruce Driver, Grant Marshall, Jim Dowd, and Sergei Brylin, among others, will face off against a squad of Russian legends including Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Kasatonov, Valery Kamensky, Alexey Yashin and Darius Kasparaitis. The Devils alumni squad will be joined by fellow alums Bob Carpenter, Billy Guerin, Claude Lemieux, Randy McKay, Stephane Richer and Brendan Shanahan.

Skating with the Devils will also be NHL Legends Ron Duguay, Brian Leetch and Brian Propp. Playing for the Russian team will be Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexey Kasatonov, Valery Kamensky, Darius Kasparaitis, Alexey Yashin, Maxim Mikhaylovsky, Andrei Malkov, Vladimir Antipin, Rustem Kamaletdinov, Alexander Medvedev, Vitaly Prokhorov, Evgeny Chizhmin, Igor Boriskov, Andrey Kovalenko, Igor Varitskiy, Alexey Pogonin, Victor Gordiyuk and Dmitry Tepllyakov.

Tickets can be purchased through ticketmaster.com, by calling 1-800-475-3000 or by visiting the Prudential Center box office during business hours. Lower level seating is priced at $20-$40 and VIP seats located on the glass are $100 per ticket and include a pass to a VIP reception following the game. All Ticketmaster service charges and credit card fees have been waived for this event.

In addition to the three 20-minute periods of on-ice action, there will also be live auctions of players’ jerseys and autographed items during intermissions. Post-game, an autograph signing for all ticket buyers will take place with select hockey legends.

To learn more about the Global Hockey Legends game, visit www.prucenter.com and/or newjerseydevils.com.