Mayor Al McDonald and the local committee announce Ron MacLean and the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour will be broadcasting from the Civic Plaza outside Discovery North Bay Museum October 18th. Free activities and entertainment are lined up for Oct. 17th and 18th.
Mayor Al McDonald and the local committee announce Ron MacLean and the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour will be broadcasting from the Civic Plaza outside Discovery North Bay Museum October 18th. Free activities and entertainment are lined up for Oct. 17th and 18th.

 

Rogers unveiled the 24 communities that will host the 2015-16 Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour and North Bay is one of them!

The city will host the tour October 17th and 18th with officials saying this year’s celebration promises to be bigger and better, while highlighting the best of each town and exploring its deep hockey roots.

Ron MacLean, who returns to deliver unique hockey stories inside the Sportsnet Mobile Studio every Sunday, was on City TV’s Breakfast Television for the announcement Thursday morning.

Mayor Al McDonald says the free festivities will be taking place in the Civic Plaza outside the Discovery North Bay Museum at Oak and Ferguson.

Overall, he says this is going to be a great event for the city.

Darren TurcotteNHL alumni, hometown heroes and local entertainment will appear at each stop along the way, while Tara Slone is back as the sideline reporter throughout the season.
Each stop on the tour includes local entertainment, hometown heroes and NHL alumni.

Former NHLer Darren Turcotte (pictured right) grew up in North Bay and played his junior career here before moving on to the pros.

He has since returned and launched a coaching career.

Turcotte says there is quite a hockey history here.

Melinda Fry is the city’s manager of sports and events.

She says this has been in the works for a while now.

Bob interviews Mayor AlIn a release, officials say each stop on the 2015-16 Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour will deliver a jam-packed weekend of free outdoor festivities in the heart of each community, celebrating all things hockey.

This season will feature the return of fan favourite activities like the Sportsnet Be a Broadcaster, Scotiabank Community Locker Room and the Dodge Stow ‘n Go Challenge, as well as new GamePlus experiences, taking you behind-the-scenes of Rogers Hometown Hockey and bringing you closer to the stars of the game.

Mayor Al McDonald expects a huge crowd for the event.

The Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour will stop in 24 Canadian cities this year, starting October 11th in Kitchener.

North Bay is the tour’s second stop.

Meantime, the city got a special mention during Thursday morning’s live announcement on Breakfast Television from Kevin Frankish, who’s originally from North Bay.

 

Hometown hockey tour map