{"id":1,"date":"2011-10-27T01:07:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T01:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandi17.org\/wp2\/?p=1"},"modified":"2011-11-16T20:59:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T01:59:27","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mandi17.org\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Yale Women’s Ice Hockey White Out for Mandi Dec. 2, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yale to Host \u201cWhite Out for Mandi\u201d Hockey Game at Ingalls Rink Friday, Dec. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Admission Free; Women\u2019s Hockey Team Dedicates Game to Former Teammate<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW HAVEN, Conn. \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The Yale women\u2019s ice hockey team is dedicating its game at Ingalls Rink on Friday, Dec. 2, to\u00a0Mandi Schwartz \u201910 (1978-2011)<\/strong>, utilizing the game vs. Princeton as a fundraiser for the Mandi Schwartz Foundation. Senior forward\u00a0Aleca Hughes<\/strong>, Yale\u2019s captain, started the charity in memory of Mandi, the Yale center who passed away in April after battling cancer for more than two years.<\/p>\n

The goal is to pack Ingalls Rink, with everyone wearing white, as a \u201cWhite Out for Mandi\u201d show of support. No admission will be charged, and donations for the Foundation will be accepted at the door. The team is also lining up pledges from donors based on the attendance total, so that every person who walks through the doors that night will count towards the final donation total.<\/p>\n

Special white t-shirts will be sold, and youth hockey teams are encouraged to come wearing white jerseys. The Bulldogs will honor Mandi in a special pre-game ceremony.<\/p>\n

The event will also help raise awareness of the need for marrow donors and umbilical cord blood donors. In an effort to save her life last year, Mandi had a stem cell transplant utilizing blood from two anonymous umbilical cord blood donations. Stem cells for patients with life-threatening illnesses like Mandi\u2019s can also come from marrow donors. Yale hosts an annual\u00a0Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive<\/strong>\u00a0every spring to help add potential donors to the Be The Match\u00ae Registry. To date, at least six matches for patients in need of transplants have been identified through those efforts. One of those matches was a Yale field hockey player, junior\u00a0Lexy Adams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 2 the Bulldogs hope to set the record for attendance at a women\u2019s game at Ingalls Rink. The current women\u2019s record is 1,539, set on Nov. 1, 2005, when Team USA played an exhibition game against the ECAC Hockey All-Stars. Last year\u2019s \u201cWhite Out for Mandi\u201d drew a crowd of 1,066, the most ever for a Yale women\u2019s hockey game. The capacity of Ingalls Rink is 3,500.<\/p>\n