Ex-Oilers captain Andrew Ference helps launch Free Hockey program for 300 elementary students

Former Edmonton Oilers captain Andrew Ference stood in awe inside Lauderdale Elementary School as 15 energetic Grades 3-6 students impressively taped their brand-new hockey sticks for the first time.
These 15 new hockey players are a few of the 300 students from 10 Edmonton elementary schools who were greeted with sticks and jerseys Thursday morning to launch Free Hockey.
Grade 5 students, from right, Bilan Ismail, Teanna Tronson and Hayley Johnson get a taping lesson from former Edmonton Oilers