Retailer provides Canadians with the 'edge' they need to make the most of the 2014/2015 hockey season

Veteran NHL players participating in in-store events to help hockey fans find #mybetter

CALGARY, Oct. 1, 2014 /CNW/ - With just over a week to go until the first puck-drop, Canadians across the country are eagerly counting down the days to the start of the 2014/2015 National Hockey League (NHL) season.  Sport Chek  (@SportChek) – the country's largest sporting goods retailer – is getting in on the excitement by offering free skate sharpening at all of its retail locations[i] across Canada on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.   

Photo Opportunities: Photo opportunities with veteran NHL players will be available on October 8^th at the stores below:

• Toronto: Sport Chek's Leaside store at 147 Laird Drive, Toronto, ON
  • Brad May and Rick Vaive, in-store from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 
• Calgary: Sport Chek's Deerfoot Meadows store at 33 Heritage Meadows Way, Calgary, AB
  • Rhett Warrener and Brendan Morrison, in-store from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 
• Edmonton: Sport Chek's West Edmonton Mall store at 8882 170 Street, Edmonton, AB
  • Fernando Pisani and Jason Strudwick, in-store from 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 

About FGL Sports: 
Part of the Canadian Tire Family of Companies, FGL Sports Ltd. is Canada's largest national retailer of sporting goods. Offering a comprehensive assortment of brand-name and private-brand products and operating more than 400 stores from coast-to-coast, FGL Sports includes the following corporate and franchise banners: Sport Chek, Sports Experts, Atmosphere, Pro Hockey Life, National Sports, Intersport, Nevada Bob's Golf, Hockey Experts, the Tech Shop, and S3. FGL Sports also has websites for several of its corporate and franchise banners which can be accessed through its main website at www.FGLSports.com.

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ⁱ Offer available at all Sport Chek locations excluding the store in Maple Leaf Square, next to the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON.

SOURCE FGL Sports Ltd.