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An NHL pre-season game will be held in the Sault in October.  The City announced this afternoon that the Buffalo Sabres will be taking on the Carolina Hurricanes on October 5th at the Essar Centre.  John Graham is the President of On Ice Management Group which stages NHL exhibition games across the country and he talked about the attraction of holding such a game here in the Sault…

City Commissioner of Community Services Nick Apostle says this has been a long term goal to land such a game…

Ron Francis of course is a hockey legend here in the Sault and was once the captain of the Hurricanes.  Apostle also credits a ward 1 city councillor…

The game will be held as part of the 10 year anniversary for the venue.  Tickets for the game have been made available first to Greyhound season ticket holders as of late this afternoon and will be made available to the general public as of Monday morning.