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By Kate Bouey
Ron McLean, Tara Slone to host

Hometown Hockey coming to Salmon Arm

Sep 10, 2019 | 12:54 PM

Salmon Arm will be one of 25 communities hosting the Hometown Hockey crowd this hockey season as Sportsnet and Rogers Hometown Hockey criss-cross the country.

On March 8, the city will host the weekend festival of live entertainment, NHL alumni, and hockey-themed activities, culminating with a live outdoor viewing party of an NHL broadcast from the Sportsnet Mobile Studio.

Hosted once again by Sportsnet‘s Ron MacLean and Tara Slone, the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour gets underway on Oct. 5 and 6 – the first weekend of the NHL season – in Halton Hills, Ontario.

“Hockey brings Canadians together from coast-to-coast. It allows us to imagine new possibilities and share the stories that unite the country,” MacLean said in a press release.

“It has been a privilege to tell Canada’s hockey stories over the past five seasons and we are grateful for the chance to hit the road for season six; seeing old friends and meeting new ones, and getting to the heart of this country’s insatiable passion for hockey,” Slone said.

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