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LIONS CUP

Spirit Of Chicago 92's Win '04 Lions Cup

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

This will be the 26th year of the Lions Cup and the Huddinge Hockey Club will be putting on special events for this year. The whose who of Sweden, Finland and Chicago AAA hockey have participated. Several players have went on to NHL careers and at least 20 Chicago players are currently playing College or Junior A Hockey who have participated. Kevin Mann coached the Chicago 86's (first place), 88's (3rd place), 89's (first place) and 90's (first place) teams.

2008 Potential Teams
Huddinge Red		Huddinge Blue
Chicago		EVU (Finland)
Djurgarden		Sodertalje
Hammarby		Malmo
Keikko 67 (Finland)		AIK

 

STOCKHOLM INFORMATION

Stockholm has long been considered the most beautiful capital city in Europe because of its architrecture, its museums and its waterways.
 

THE ARENA

All games for the Lions Cup with be played at the Bjorkangshallen which is located in   the suburb of Huddinge.  The main ice facility seats 2500 people and their is a practice facility directly beside the main arena.  Bjorkangshallen has a full service concession area as well.
 

CLIMATE

We will need to be prepared for a range of temperatures which should be somewhere in the 40-50 degree range and similar to Chicago late March conditions.
 

LANGUAGE

The official language is Swedish. Fortunately, for us as visitors most of them can speak English very well including the players. Hotel receptionists and restaurant servers almost invariably speak English excellently. The players have been preparing for one full year for hosting an American boy and have been studying English during this time.

CURRENCY

The Kroner is the official currency and is fully convertible and changing US dollars into their currency is no problem at all local banks and at the airport. Using a credit card can limit or even remove the need to carry large currency or traveler checks. Not only can you pay for many goods and services by card, but you can use them to get cash advances at most banks and ATM's.
 

PASSPORTS

All players and family members will need US passports for travel and this process should be started immediately.
 

ELECTRICITY

The current used is 220 V/50 HZ Ac Sockets are the round two pin type which are standard through most of continental Europe.
 

HOTEL INFORMATION

Alexandra Hotel/Stockholm. Parents must pay hotels separately.

Single	695 Kroners or $69.50 per person
Single Budget (no window)	575 Kroners or $57.50 per person
Kombi (twin) w/pull out bed	1050 Kroners or $100.00 for 2 people. Additional sibling $25.00 per night
Kombi Budget (no window)	30 Kroners or $93.00 for 2 people
Double (2 twins)	1150 Kroners or $115.00 for 2 people.  Additional sibling $25.00 per night
Suite (sleeps 5 people)	1330 Kroners or $133.00 for 2 people.  Additional sibling $25.00 per night.

HOST FAMILIES

All players will stay with a host Swedish family during their stay. Parents need to plan on bringing over a host family gift for both the adults and the host player. Generally, families bring over something like a Hawks/ Redwing/Ranger jersey for the boys and a special gift of some sort representing your city. Also, Swedish families enjoy good liquor and a bottle of booze for your first dinner with them is recommended.

 

TOTAL COST PER PERSON

$1,500 (+$250 player equipment fee) Fee includes air transportation, all fees associated with the Lion’s Cup including entry fee, player housing for meals, sightseeing tour, bus transportaion as listed, player outfitting (jerseys, socks, jackets), parent/sibling outfitting (jacket), Players also receive lunches and dinner at school during the tournament. If a family brings a sibling under 15 years of age the cost will be tba per sibling. A $500.00 deposit per person will be due by December 19th payable to Spirit of Chicago. Balances will be due by Feb 28, 2005

Note: Payments made by Visa or MasterCard will include a 3% surcharge.

FUNDRAISING

Spirit of Chicago will supply a letter and tax exempt ID number for potential sponsorship. All monies raised from sponsorship go directly (100%) to your fees. Donators will receive a glass desk top gift as part of donation. The cost for the gift will be deducted from donation which is about $25.00 per gift.

PRE-TRIP PREPARATION

The team members will gather in Chicago the afternoon of March 19th to practice and play exhibition games before our departure that Sunday. Additional practices may be set up the week prior to our team gathering.

 

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