BILLY BUTTERS TO SPEAK AT HMI
ATLANTA
ALL-STAR BREAKFAST ON
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27
(December 31, 2007) The 2008 Hockey Ministries International All-Star Breakfast will have former NHL and WHA defenseman, Billy Butters, as its’ featured speaker. Other notables attending will be former NHL Atlanta Flames’ players Jean Pronovost and Danny Bouchard, former NHL player and Hall of Famer, Mike Gartner, NHL owners Bob Naegele Jr. of the Minnesota Wild and Kevin Compton of the San Jose Sharks, Ottawa Senators Head Coach, John Paddock, and selected 2008 NHL All-Star players.
Tickets for the event are priced at $35.00 each, with a table of ten at $350.00. Individual tickets and tables can be purchased on the Hockey Ministries International website at www.hockeyministries.org, (Ticket information may be obtained by going to the banner on the home page of our website and clicking on the blue box in the upper right hand corner entitled..."Click here to purchase tickets" or in the Atlanta area at Cornerstone Bible Church, 869 Cole Road, Lilburn, Georgia. Phone: (770) 715-3919. For additional information, contact Hockey Ministries International at (514) 395-1717 or e-mail at garyc@hockeyministries.org. The 2008 Hockey Ministries International / National Hockey League All-Star Breakfast will be held on Sunday, January 27 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlanta Hilton.
If you wish to inquire or comment regarding the 2008 All-Star Breakfast, please feel free to contact us by any of the methods listed on our contact page.
HOCKEY MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL TO PRESENT 2008 NHL
ATLANTA ALL-STAR BREAKFAST ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 27
November 24, 2007) The 2008 Hockey Ministries International / National Hockey League All-Star Breakfast will be held on Sunday, January 27 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlanta Hilton.
Ticket information may be obtained by going to the banner on the home page of our website and clicking on the blue box in the upper right hand corner entitled..."Click here to purchase tickets."
If you wish to inquire or comment regarding the 2008 All-Star Breakfast, please feel free to contact us by any of the methods listed on our contact page.
(November 21, 2007) Ben Walter, son of former National Hockey League great Ryan Walter, got an early crack at the National Hockey League this season with the New York Islanders
After a torrid start with the American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers which saw Walter score seven points (4-3=7) in his first eight games, he got his first callup to the NHL on Nov 6 when the Isles hosted the New York Rangers. Walter went scoreless in four games with the Islanders and was returned to the Sound Tigers on Nov 17.
Walter was a fifth round draft pick of the Boston Bruins in 2004 after three solid seasons of college hockey at UMass-Lowell. After two seasons in the Bruins system which saw him get a four-game cup of coffee with Boston. Walter signed with the Islanders this past off-season in hopes of getting permanently up to the NHL.
Walter was born in Montreal in 1984 when his dad, Ryan, was playing for the Montreal Canadians. Both Ben and his dad have been very active with Hockey Ministries International over the years. Ryan first got involved with Hockey Ministries International while with the Washington Capitals in the early eighties. Ryan has been a pro-instructor for the ministry's Christian International Hockey Camps outreach for numerous years, while also serving on the ministry's Board of Directors. Ben has also served as a camp instructor as a collegiate player and as a pro.