Friday, September 11 will be an exciting day for Drumheller hockey fans, especially Dragons fans.
The Dragons will host the Calgary Canucks as part of their 2015/2016 season home opener.
To kick off the home opener, the Dragons will host a family friendly tailgate party in the Badlands Community Facility parking lot from 5-7 p.m.
Dragons business manager Amanda Stahl said she hopes for sunny skies this year because she is “really excited about this event because it is my first time organizing one.”
She said not all the plans have been finalized however attendees can expect many activities for the kids.
“We are partnering this year with Chinook Financial, who historically is involved with the Jr. Dragons program. We are bringing them in on this with us because we want to get the kids there. There is going to be a lot of emphasis on Jr. Dragons,” she said.
The Jr. Dragons Kids Club is a free club that allows members under the age of 12 to get a Jr. Dragons t-shirt to wear at the games and get exclusive invitations to kids club events including pumpkin carving at Halloween, and parties around Christmas and Valentine’s Day where Jr. Dragons get to hang out with the players.
Some of the activities so far planned at the tailgate party will include: face painting, balloon animals, a street hockey target shooting set up, and sidewalk chalk and prizes for the kids.
Food and drinks will be available at the event as well, and for those Jr. Dragons attending, they will get their hotdog and pop for free.
“The Dragons organization is really excited because this is kind of the big kick-off event. This is the start to a very long season, and hopefully a very successful season,” Stahl told inSide Drumheller. “We want to celebrate a little bit and get people involved. This is a great way to get people involved because they will come, they will see how passionate we are about the Dragons and the fans, and hopefully they will continue coming all year.”
