Pigs-n-Heat game back on next week in Marquette

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Nicole Walton

Published March 2, 2022 at 9:20 AM EST

MARQUETTE, MI— Marquette police officers will be back to battle firefighters on the ice at Lakeview Arena next week.

The 38^th Annual Pigs-n-Heat hockey game is an event that raises money for area residents displaced by fire. Since its inception in 1984, the game has raised more than $450,000 for victims throughout Marquette County.

Last year’s game had to be canceled due to COVID.

The Pigs face the Heat Wednesday, March 9^th at 6:45 p.m. at Lakeview Arena.

For more information, visit www.pigsnheat.org.

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Nicole Walton

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.

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