OMAHA, Neb. - Seven current and former National Hockey League players, along with 14 former University of Nebraska Omaha players will take the ice Sunday, August 26 to help the Omaha Hockey Hall of Fame Foundation raise funds to fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with a benefit hockey game at the Moylan Tranquility Ice Plex.
 
The 2 p.m. game is open to the public.  Tickets are $15  and are on sale at Tranquility, located at 122 St. and West Maple Road.   Doors will open at noon.  Also included will be numerous silent auction items including game-worn jerseys from a variety of college teams.
 
The list of professional players slated for action include former Omaha Lancer and UNO standout Dan Ellis, former Mavs Scott Parse and Jeff Hoggan and former Lancer and Omaha native Jed Ortmeyer.   Also playing will be former Omaha Knight Warren Peters, Erik Gustafsson from the Philadelphia Flyers and Ryan Potulny from the Washington Capitals and a former Lincoln Star.
 
Former Mavericks who will participate include David Brisson, Colin Strom, Derek Reynolds,  Mike Skogland, Kendall Sidoruk, Tom Shaffer, Billy Pugliese, Christian Graham, Andrew Wong, Brett Davis, Mark Bernier, John Thomas, Bryan Marshall and Rob Facca.  
 
The inspiration for the game was to help former UNO hockey player Rob Facca and his wife Nikki, whose son, Louie, was diagnosed with Duchenne disease, a form of muscular dystrophy that strikes one in 3,500 boys.  Facca, currently an assistant coach at Western Michigan University, requested that donations be made to Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy to support research into Duchenne disease.
 
Last year's innaugural game resulted in contributions of more than $30,000.