The 18th annual Battle of the Badges Hockey Championship is just days away. Police officers, firefighters, and first responders from across New Hampshire will face off on the ice to raise money for Dartmouth Health Children’s and the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD) on Sunday, March 15, at 1:00 pm at SNHU Arena in Manchester. Doors open at 11:30 am and tickets may be purchased online and on game day.
Players commit to raising at least $1,500 for the privilege of playing. With only a week to go, the top fundraising team is Team Police, led by Officer Cam Cundy of the Epping Police Department, with over $8,000 raised. The final totals and top team and individual fundraiser will be announced at the game.
Game Day Fun
The excitement starts before the puck drops. Beginning at 11:00 am, families are invited to a Touch-a-Truck on the SNHU Arena Plaza, where kids can get up close with first responder vehicles before the doors open. Inside, the fun continues on the concourse with a Kids Zone featuring face painting, a Teddy Bear Clinic, interactive vendor booths, and a scavenger hunt with a chance to win a family fun prize pack.
Credentials and Interviews
Credentials and interviews are available for game day. To obtain a credential, please email Andrea Denhart with the Dartmouth Health Children’s Community Fundraising Events team at Andrea.M.Denhart@hitchcock.org. Please submit requests by Thursday, March 12, so that credentials can be prepared for pick up at will call on game day.
Ticket Information
Every ticket purchased for the Battle of the Badges Hockey Championship supports the critical services provided by Dartmouth Health Children's and CHaD. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at chadhockey.org. Ticket prices and details are as follows:
Online game tickets: $16 + fees for ages 11 and up (10 and under free)
Day-of game tickets: $20 for ages 11 and up (10 and under free)
Online tickets will be delivered via email immediately upon purchase—saving you time on game day!
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
About Dartmouth Health Children's
Dartmouth Health Children's is the only comprehensive pediatric healthcare system in the region. Fully integrated in Dartmouth Health and anchored for more than 30 years by Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD)—in Lebanon, NH—Dartmouth Health Children's promotes health, advances knowledge, and delivers the best patient and family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents across New Hampshire and Vermont. Dartmouth Health Children's conducts groundbreaking research and educates the next generations of health professionals as the primary pediatric partner of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Highly skilled and collaborative child health professionals provide care in multiple settings across the region. Outpatient specialty visits and same-day surgery services are available at Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester. Primary care appointments in general pediatrics are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Bedford, Concord, Lebanon, Manchester and Nashua, NH and Bennington, VT; as well as at Dartmouth Health members: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Cheshire Medical Center, New London Hospital and Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center.