(Cheektowaga, NY) - The Buffalo Stars Junior Hockey organization will, for the second consecutive season, telecast their home games from Holiday Twin Rinks live on the internet at www.fasthockey.com.  Only this year, they’ll do it from their all-new high-tech media center and press box.

Constructed and just completed this summer, the Buffalo Stars Media Center will house a small webcasting studio, state-of-the-art sound system for music and in-house announcements and internet access for the purpose of relaying live scores and stats to their leagues’ statisticians.

The Stars have made a significant investment into this new high-tech venture, which is part of the organization’s overall strategy to advance itself into one of the elite junior teams in the northeastern USA.

The Buffalo Stars are offering free tickets to our Opening Night Doubleheader on Saturday, September 11, 2010, as part of our “Salute to the American Troops” and 9/11 Remembrance Weekend.

As part of this weekend we are collecting Gift Cards to benefit the National Guard 107th Family Support Group.  We will offer 40 FREE Opening Night Passes to any person or team that can generate $100 worth of gift cards.

Our goal is $5000 in value of gift cards.  Please consider gift cards including grocery cards, department store gift cards and others that will directly benefit local families whose loved ones are taking time away from their families and jobs to answer their nation’s call.

Here is the schedule for Saturday, September 11th. 

(Both games at Holiday Twin Rinks, 3645 Broadway, Cheektowaga):

Continental Hockey Association Junior B League

Buffalo Stars vs. New England Huskies

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Army Specialist Earl Eisensmith, a resident of Orchard Park, NY, will receive the Purple Heart Medal of Honor for injuries he suffered when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan. 

Congressman Brian Higgins, Erie County Legislator John Mills and Aurora Town Councilman Jeffrey Harris will present the decoration in a special ceremony at the Purple Heart monument in Buffalo. 

The Western New York Purple Heart Monument is located at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park (near the corner of Marine Drive and Erie Street) by the submarine. The ceremony will be conducted Monday, August 16 at 10 a.m.