It was one of the greatest assemblages ever of superstar
hockey talent in the tri-state area— and it was all for charity.
More than 6,000 fans took up most of the lower level of
the Prudential Center, home of the New Jersey Devils, in Newark, N.J. on Saturday
afternoon, and more than $50,000 was raised to benefit last year's southern New
Jersey victims of Hurricane Sandy.
The North American Hockey Legends, a team of former
Devils and other former local NHL alumni, faced off with such Russian Hockey Legends
as Darius Kasparaitis, Alexei Kasatonov, Vladimir Malakhov, Alexei Yashin and
Valeri Kamensky, along with Kontinental Hockey League president Alexander
Medvedev. The Russians held on for a 7-6 victory, after North America roared
back from a 6-2 third-period deficit.
The game was organized by former longtime Devils
defenseman and current TV analyst Ken Daneyko, who put things together in just
a matter of weeks.
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