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NHL Alumni Take to the Ice at Stratford's Allman Arena

The NHL Alumni Game takes to the ice at the Allman Arena in Stratford tonight as part of Rogers Hometown Hockey.

Former Toronto Maple Leaf Doug Gilmour will be joined by former Leaf Dave McIlwain, former Detroit Red Wing Boyd Deveraux and former Chicago Blackhawk Mark Bell on the NHL Almuni Hockey Club team

Other Alumni on the team include Greg Devries formerly of the Colorado Avalanche; Scott Walker formerly of the Nashville Predators; Brent Fedyk formerly of the Detroit Red Wings; Aaron Downey formerly of the Detroit Red Wings; Gilbert Dionne formerly of the Montreal Canadiens; Jason Woolley formerly of the Detroit Red Wings; and Brian Willsie formerly of the Washington Capitals.

They will be facing off against a team of Tampa Bay Lightning Alumni including Dave Andreychuck, Tim Taylor, Freddy Modin, Cory Stillman, Chris Dingham, Todd Warner, Brian Muir, Paul Ysebaert, Chris Kontos, Rob Dimaio, Mathieu Garon, and Petr Kilma.

The warm up starts at 7 p.m. at the William Allman Arena in Stratford and the game starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.

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