Wilkie anxious for Hockeyville results
Wilkie residents will now have to hurry up and wait to find out whether or not their community will get a much needed upgrade.
After a 36-hour voting period, the community of just over 1,200 will now have to wait until Saturday night to see if they will become one of the final two communities in the Kraft Hockeyville 2017 competition.
“Now we wait,” event co-coordinator Kathy Heiman told battlefordsNOW. “It’s kind of hard because we have been at this since January and it has consumed our lives for the past few weeks, but I wouldn’t have trade the experience for anything.”
The finalists of Kraft Hockeyville 2017 will be announced Saturday night, March 18, during Hockey Night in Canada. One community from Western Canada will be selected as well as one community from Eastern Canada. The winning community will receive $100,000 for arena upgrades and will host an NHL pre-season game this fall. Since Wilkie is one of the top 10 communities Wilkie it is guaranteed $25,000 in upgrades.