By Pepper Parr
BURLINGTON, ON March 27, 2013 The several hundred people directly involved with that clicking and clicking and clicking last weekend, along with the thousands that were at their keyboards, are now moving into a sustained state of anxiety as they relax this weekend and prepare for the contest results Wednesday evening (April 3rd) during the NHL hockey game between the Penguins and the Canadiens.
That’s ten more votes – right?
The community that racked up the most votes for itself will be told the cheque for $100,000 is in the mail. (If it`s Burlington – we can drive into town and pick it up if that helps.)
Anywhere and anytime – you voted, you clicked on that red button. Back seats on a van on the way to a hockey game were as good a place as any.
While this all started when Kristen Priestner nominated John McNeil as one of the very best people involved in hockey in this town, it took a lot of people and organizations to actually make it happen.
Here is an extensive list of Thank You’s that the Burlington Lions Optimist Minor Hockey Association want to thank.
Atom A Bulldogs Families and Extensive List of Friends!!
Colour Works Printing
BLOMHA players, teams and coaches – especially Sheila Ramage
K-lite FM
Astral Media – Y108, CHML 900
Pepper Parr – Our Burlington; the newspaper on a website
Burlington Post – Sports Editor Kevin Nagel
Mayor Rick Goldring
City of Burlington
Tourism Burlington
Burlington Sport Alliance.
Burlington Mall
Cogeco Cable
McDonald’s
Shoppers Drug Mart
Sobey’s
Tim Horton’s
Burlington Ladies Oldtimer’s Hockey
Coach Ptaszek and the McMaster Marauders Football team
Member of Parliament (Burlington) – Mike Wallace
Tin Cup
Boston Pizza
Shoeless Joe’s
City Rinks
Play It Again
Al’s Source for Sports
BMFA – Minor Football
BOMBA – Minor Baseball
Aspects of Dance
Dance Station
Burlington Dance Company
Rotary Clubs of Burlington
Sports Obsession
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Business Development Bank of Canada
Q.B.’s
Joe Dog’s
Snap Burlington
Temiskaming Shores Puckhounds
West London Hawks
St. Raphael’s School
Tuck School
St. Gabriel’s School
Alexander’s School
Paul A Fischer School
Coach’s Corner
Marianne Meed-Ward, City Councillor Ward 2
John Taylor – City Councillor Ward 3
Blair Lancaster – City Councillor Ward 6
Gilligan’s Skating
Velenosi Power Skating
A & W
E-Finity
Cory Conacher
The Ivy Bar & Kitchen
McMaster Sports Camps
Hillfield Strathallen College
Tim Horton’s
Snap Burlington
bnghty
THAT is quite a team. Will they all fit into McNeil’s house Wednesday night?
