Hockey Fights MS Tournament Raises $14,000 to Support Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research at UVM Medical Center

Nearly 900 hockey players on 63 teams from Vermont, Canada and around the United States helped raise approximately $14,000 playing in this year’s “Hockey Fights MS” tournament to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Fund at the UVM Medical Center. It’s the 11th year Candace Arnold, the organization’s founder and one time patient at the Medical Center, has organized a Vermont tournament. Hockey Fights MS also holds tournaments every year in Massachusetts, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

This year’s donation will bring the total raised over the years to $85,000 for Multiple Sclerosis treatment and research at the UVM Medical Center. Vermont has some of the highest rates of this disease in the United States.

“We are so thankful for Candace, the volunteers and the hundreds of players who dedicate so much time and effort every year to help us improve care for our patients,” said Andrew Solomon, MD, Division Chief of Multiple Sclerosis at the UVM Medical Center and assistant professor at the Larner College of Medicine.  “The money raised has been used in a variety of ways including patient programs, and to fund research to help patients with MS.  These funds are an especially important source of support for our research efforts at a time when research funding can be hard to obtain. It is an amazing effort that we deeply appreciate.”

Game locations this year included UVM Gutterson Fieldhouse, Cairns Arena, Leddy Park Arena, The Ice Center in Waterbury and Stowe Arena.

For more information, visit www.HockeyFightsMS.org or contact Candice Arnold at info [at] HockeyFightsMS.org.  Visit here to learn more about Multiple Sclerosis care at the UVM Medical Center.

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