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Record-setting hockey match aims to raise funds for cancer research
By Konstantin Toropin, CNN
Updated 1439 GMT (2239 HKT) June 30, 2017
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The players get into the action as the 11-day bid for a new world record progresses. Bill Wippert/11 Day Power Play
Mike Lesakowksi, along with his wife and children, speaks at the opening ceremonies for his 11-day hockey game. Bill Wippert/11 Day Power Play
11-year-old Emmett Jakubowski, a cancer survivor, prepares to drop the opening puck at the 11-day record bid aimed at raising funds for cancer research. Bill Wippert/11 Day Power Play
Supporters gathered at Buffalo's Harborcenter to cheer on the players and support cancer research. Bill Wippert/11 Day Power Play
Though the game will go on for more than a week, it lacks none of hockey's typical energy. Bill Wippert/11 Day Power Play
Most of the 40 players in this 11-day marathon have been affected by cancer in some way. Bill Wippert/11 Day Power Play
Though by day 3, the crowds at the 11-day hockey game have thinned, the action on the ice continues. Mark Duggan/11 Day Power Play
