Hockey Marathon for the Kids raising funds for pediatric cancer [Video]

A group of dedicated athletes is in the midst of what may seem like a never-ending hockey game at the Chestermere Recreation Centre.

Hockey Marathon for the Kids kicked off on Friday, April 5 and has been going non-stop since then. Players are working in four-hour shifts, toiling away on the ice for a cause greater than the final score.

Team Hope and Team Cure are facing off, rallying behind a cause close to their hearts: raising money and awareness for pediatric cancer. All of the money raised from this 262-hour long hockey game will go to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation.

“It is an endless rotation of skate and sleep,” said Melanie Sortland from the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. “We are just in absolute awe and admiration.”

The game started in 2012 when 40 men took to the ice to raise funds for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation while …