The Grueling Days How Much Money Did They Raise?

We'll have the answer live when they skate off the ice at 602. This is The Newshour. Good evening after 10 days on the ice, they are just seconds away from the end. 40 men who have been pushing through the pain to play close to 250 hours of non-stop hockey are about to take their skates off for the last time. They have had two ambitious targets: they set a world record and to raise one and a half million dollars for the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation.

Kevin Smith is there live with the latest. How's it going, Kevin? I think that ovation behind me says it all. And uh this started as an idea about five months ago, as you know. Three o'clock this afternoon they set a world record 243 continuous hours of hockey raising money for the children's hospital foundation in about 40 seconds. You're going to see and feel what it's like for 40 Calgarians aged 17 to 52 to do something that just doesn't seem humanly possible to play hockey for ten and a half days straight. It's like Jerome McGinla playing hockey for three straight years in the NHL.

They had inspiration from so many people along the way, uh we got 20 seconds left so take a look at these 40 players as they get the hugs that they deserve for inspiring this city and raising right now $1.4 million dollars, and we could have a lot more in the next half hour. Five seconds left, take it in all right. So presentation coming up here in about 20 minutes, all grant legendary country singers going to perform. They might still reach their $1.5 million, uh just an amazing, amazing ten and a half days. You know you think about uh last week, an eight-year-old named Tyson none of us ever got to meet. He spent the last two days of his life watching the webcam watching these players, and he passed away because of cancer.

That is why these guys did this, to raise the money for the children's hospital. We're going to talk to these players in about 20 minutes and find out just how they were able to achieve this amazing thing. Going gonna send it back to you in the studio. Thanks, Kevin. That hockey marathon for kids would not have succeeded without the personal sacrifices of so many people. The players put up with countless injuries and days away from their own families.

Here's David Boucher now on the final hours of the marathon. It's the final day; the stands are packed, and incredibly, the players have a little more pep in their step they're absolutely flying out there. We're feeding off the kids right now as the clock ticks ever closer to the world's longest hockey game online donations to the children's hospital foundation are pouring in. This has been a record breaker for us in terms of online donations and we've seen donations come at one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning for the players.

It's more about meeting their fundraising target than setting a world record our players will skate till tomorrow until we hit that $1.5 million dollars whether we'll walk tomorrow I couldn't tell you that at about five past three. The players surpassed the old record but there's little time to celebrate the game continues and with every stride, every shot, every save, and every goal they add to the new record. The players are fighting through a multitude of injuries they've sacrificed their bodies, and that's why so many consider them heroes.

But the players don't see it that way; to them, the real heroes are the kids fighting life-threatening diseases for us to whine about blisters or bangs and bruises or whatever it is just seems really kind of insignificant to the fight that they're going through daily for sometimes years on end. These kids are my little heroes also making sacrifices over the past 10 plus days, are the players' family. It's hard for the kids just because they are wondering why their dad isn't at home but they'll be home soon enough.

Alex Hallett can hardly wait I miss my obviously hugged my kids and my wife so that's why I'm here. I'm here for my kids uh, I have a four-year-old and one and a half-year-old, and another one on the way so I want to make certain you know they have a bright future. They only one of them got sick; they're in good hands at the Alberta Children's Hospital David Boucher Global News Chester.

Believe it or not there is already talk about organizing another hockey marathon in two or three years from now. It just might take that long for those players to heal once again $1.4 million dollars raised so far, it is amazing

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enand with that a record falls at 305 this afternoon 40 players in chestermere broke the guinness world record for the longest hockey game so after 10 grueling days how much money did they raise we'll have the answer live when they skate off the ice at 602. this is the newshour good evening after 10 days on the ice they are just seconds away from the end 40 men who have been pushing through the pain to play close to 250 hours of non-stop hockey are about to take their skates off for the last time they have had two ambitious targets they set a world record and to raise one and a half million dollars for the alberta children's hospital foundation kevin smith is there live with the latest how's it going kevin i think that ovation behind me says it all and uh this started as an idea about five months ago as you know three o'clock this afternoon they set a world record 243 continuous hours of hockey raising money for the children's hospital foundation in about 40 seconds you're going to see and feel what it's like for 40 calgarians aged 17 to 52 to do something that just doesn't seem humanly possible to play hockey for ten and a half days straight it's like jerome mcginla playing hockey for three straight years in the nhl they had inspiration from so many people along the way uh we got 20 seconds left so take a look at these 40 players as they get the hugs that they deserve for inspiring this city and raising right now 1.4 million dollars and we could have a lot more in the next half hour five seconds left take it in all right so presentation coming up here in about 20 minutes all grant legendary country singers going to perform they might still reach their 1.5 million uh just an amazing amazing ten and a half days you know you think about uh last week an eight-year-old named tyson none of us ever got to meet he spent the last two days of his life watching the webcam watching these players and he passed away because of cancer that is why these guys did this to raise the money for the children's hospital we're going to talk to these players in about 20 minutes and find out just how they were able to achieve this amazing thing going gonna send it back to you in the studio thanks kevin that is a moment so many people have been waiting for i'm sure that arena is just full of excitement right now quite an ambitious goal and they succeeded we'll have much more as kevin said coming right up well that hockey marathon for kids would not have succeeded without the personal sacrifices of so many people the players put up with countless injuries and days away from their own families here's david boucher now on the final hours of the marathon it's the final day the stands are packed and incredibly the players have a little more pep in their step they're absolutely flying out there we're feeding off the kids right now as the clock ticks ever closer to the world's longest hockey game online donations to the children's hospital foundation are pouring in this has been a record breaker for us in terms of online donations and we've seen donations come at one o'clock two o'clock three o'clock in the morning for the players it's more about meeting their fundraising target than setting a world record our players will skate till tomorrow until we hit that one and a half million dollars whether we'll walk tomorrow i couldn't tell you that at about five past three the players surpassed the old record but there's little time to celebrate the game continues and with every stride every shot every save and every goal they add to the new record the players are fighting through a multitude of injuries they've sacrificed their bodies and that's why so many consider them heroes but the players don't see it that way to them the real heroes are the kids fighting life-threatening diseases for us to whine about blisters or bangs and bruises or whatever it is just seems really kind of insignificant to the fight that they're going through daily for sometimes years on end these kids are my little heroes also making sacrifices over the past 10 plus days are the players family it's hard for the kids just because they are wondering why their dad isn't at home but they'll be home soon enough and alex hallett can hardly wait i miss my obviously hugged my kids and my wife so that's why i'm here i'm here for my kids uh i have a four-year-old and one and a half-year-old and another one on the way so i want to make certain you know they have a bright future they only one of them got sick they're in good hands of the opera children's hospital david boucher global news chester and believe it or not there is already talk about organizing another hockey marathon in two or three years from now it just might take that long for those players to heal once again 1.4 million dollars raised so far it is amazingand with that a record falls at 305 this afternoon 40 players in chestermere broke the guinness world record for the longest hockey game so after 10 grueling days how much money did they raise we'll have the answer live when they skate off the ice at 602. this is the newshour good evening after 10 days on the ice they are just seconds away from the end 40 men who have been pushing through the pain to play close to 250 hours of non-stop hockey are about to take their skates off for the last time they have had two ambitious targets they set a world record and to raise one and a half million dollars for the alberta children's hospital foundation kevin smith is there live with the latest how's it going kevin i think that ovation behind me says it all and uh this started as an idea about five months ago as you know three o'clock this afternoon they set a world record 243 continuous hours of hockey raising money for the children's hospital foundation in about 40 seconds you're going to see and feel what it's like for 40 calgarians aged 17 to 52 to do something that just doesn't seem humanly possible to play hockey for ten and a half days straight it's like jerome mcginla playing hockey for three straight years in the nhl they had inspiration from so many people along the way uh we got 20 seconds left so take a look at these 40 players as they get the hugs that they deserve for inspiring this city and raising right now 1.4 million dollars and we could have a lot more in the next half hour five seconds left take it in all right so presentation coming up here in about 20 minutes all grant legendary country singers going to perform they might still reach their 1.5 million uh just an amazing amazing ten and a half days you know you think about uh last week an eight-year-old named tyson none of us ever got to meet he spent the last two days of his life watching the webcam watching these players and he passed away because of cancer that is why these guys did this to raise the money for the children's hospital we're going to talk to these players in about 20 minutes and find out just how they were able to achieve this amazing thing going gonna send it back to you in the studio thanks kevin that is a moment so many people have been waiting for i'm sure that arena is just full of excitement right now quite an ambitious goal and they succeeded we'll have much more as kevin said coming right up well that hockey marathon for kids would not have succeeded without the personal sacrifices of so many people the players put up with countless injuries and days away from their own families here's david boucher now on the final hours of the marathon it's the final day the stands are packed and incredibly the players have a little more pep in their step they're absolutely flying out there we're feeding off the kids right now as the clock ticks ever closer to the world's longest hockey game online donations to the children's hospital foundation are pouring in this has been a record breaker for us in terms of online donations and we've seen donations come at one o'clock two o'clock three o'clock in the morning for the players it's more about meeting their fundraising target than setting a world record our players will skate till tomorrow until we hit that one and a half million dollars whether we'll walk tomorrow i couldn't tell you that at about five past three the players surpassed the old record but there's little time to celebrate the game continues and with every stride every shot every save and every goal they add to the new record the players are fighting through a multitude of injuries they've sacrificed their bodies and that's why so many consider them heroes but the players don't see it that way to them the real heroes are the kids fighting life-threatening diseases for us to whine about blisters or bangs and bruises or whatever it is just seems really kind of insignificant to the fight that they're going through daily for sometimes years on end these kids are my little heroes also making sacrifices over the past 10 plus days are the players family it's hard for the kids just because they are wondering why their dad isn't at home but they'll be home soon enough and alex hallett can hardly wait i miss my obviously hugged my kids and my wife so that's why i'm here i'm here for my kids uh i have a four-year-old and one and a half-year-old and another one on the way so i want to make certain you know they have a bright future they only one of them got sick they're in good hands of the opera children's hospital david boucher global news chester and believe it or not there is already talk about organizing another hockey marathon in two or three years from now it just might take that long for those players to heal once again 1.4 million dollars raised so far it is amazing\n"