Ice Dogs Hockey Association “Puck Cancer” Fundraiser

This weekend, hundreds of young ice hockey players will take to the rink to put childhood cancer in the penalty box! The two-day event will see 15 Ice Dogs youth and amateur teams playing exhibition games — and shaving their heads -- at Glacier Ice Arena in Vernon Hills, Ill., to raise money for St. Baldrick's Foundation, which funds pediatric cancer research. It all starts Friday at 5 pm, with head-shaving kicking off on Saturday at 2 pm. For more information, call 312-267-4513.  

Friday, Jan. 9, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Key events:

• Youth hockey exhibition play, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• Raffle 8:00 p.m.
• Coaches’ charity game 7:20 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00 a.m. to 11:05 p.m.

Key events:

• Head-shaving in the lobby to benefit St. Baldrick’s Foundation, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. by Sports Clips of Long Grove, and 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. by Beata Boches, an independent stylist and mom of an Ice Dog on Bantam AA
• Youth hockey exhibition play, 8:00 a.m. to 11:05 p.m.

Since the first St. Baldrick’s event in 2000, the 5-year survival rate for childhood cancer has risen from 79% to 85%, but cancer is still the #1 cause of death in children in the U.S. Over the past two decades, St. Baldrick’s head-shaving events in Chicago have raised more than $61.6 million for childhood cancer research.

Glacier Ice Arena is operated by the Nicholas Family of Companies’ Spectate Group, which also manages the firm’s 17-acre Nicholas Sportsplex in Mount Prospect, Ill., and the new Rosemont Ice Arena in Rosemont, Ill.