Thank you for helping us raise $185,000 at the 2026 Gloves Off Gala!
This year's Gloves Off Gala supported the "Finish the Ice Barn - West Side" project which is nearly $8M in scope and includes 5 new seating sections, a mezzanine, executive suite, 2nd level concessions, and the Blue Line Club beer garden. 2026 will be a memorable year for Gallatin Ice. Thank you for joining us at the Gala to celebrate and give to the "Coolest Place in Town."
Kevin Lowe played the majority of his career with the Edmonton Oilers before moving on to coaching and management. He is a 6-time Stanley Cup Champion, 3-time Olympic Champion, and 2020 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee. He served as the Oilers GM, EVP, and President of Hockey Operations after his playing career. In retirement, Lowe has continued to champion the growth of hockey in Canada & the U.S. and is the perfect person to address our community as we continue to grow.
Mike Modano is widely considered one of the best American ice hockey players of all time. Modano spent the majority of his career as a center with the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise, leading the Stars to a Stanley Cup win in 1999. Known for his skating ability, puck-handling, and general offensive instincts, Modano holds the NHL records for most goals (561) and points (1372) of any US-born player.
McDonald, the owner of one of hockey's most iconic mustaches, ended his Hall of Fame career on the highest of highs. His last NHL regular-season goal was the 500th of his career, and his final playoff goal put the Calgary Flames ahead to stay in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on the way to the first championship in their history.
Jeremy Roenick is an American born former professional ice hockey player with a storied career with the Blackhawks, Kings, Flyers, and Sharks. He also represented Team USA in numerous international tournaments. Jeremy began playing hockey at the age of four when his parents persuaded him to play so that he could be with someone he knew.
From Girl to Gold Medalist to NHL Scout
USA star Cammi Granato has long dreamed big, shutting out the noise and inspiring women to follow their own hockey aspirations.
Pavelich then floated a perfect pass to the top of the circle where team captain Mike Eruzione fired home "the shot heard round the world." The final 10 minutes were probably the longest in U.S. hockey history, but the Americans held on as goalie Jim Craig played brilliantly down the stretch. Then, as the crowd counted down the final seconds, Al Michaels shouted "Do you believe in miracles? ... Yes!" And with that, the Americans had made it into the gold medal game.
The story starts with a beaver dam. Or what was once a beaver dam. Every year when winter would descend on the vast plains of southwestern Saskatchewan, the father of the house, a powerfully built man descended from the Cree and Chippewa peoples, would head out to Frenchman Creek, behind his modest ranch in a speck of a town called Val Marie (population 164).
Machete in hand, the father would proceed to chop up the dam as if he were hacking up a woodpile, freeing water to flood onto a patch of flat land, creating a makeshift skating rink for his hockey-loving sons.
