O’Leary, Summerside and all of PEI were thrust into the national spotlight Monday night with the Kraft Hockeyville NHL exhibition game between the Ottawa Senators and New Jersey Devils.
The game was just one part of what was four days of Hockeyville activities inside and outside the arena in O’Leary, and eventually at Credit Union Place in Summerside.
Dion Phaneuf of the Ottawa Senators summers here on PEI, and he was proud of what O’Leary accoplished and the excitement for Hockeyville.
The weekend’s celebrations and the NHL exhibition game were a big part of the Hockeyville win, but the other is the $100-thousand in renovations that the O’Leary Community Sports Centre will see.