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Featured Story: A shift in the life of the 11 Day Power Play - a personal observation by MICHAEL MROZIAK

WBFO's Michael Mroziak looks upon the action during his three-hour shift in the 11 Day Power Play, Monday, July 8.
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Michael Mroziak behind the scenes of The 11 Day Power Play

WBFO reporter Michael Mroziak has covered The 11 Day Power Play since its inception in 2017. This year, Michael laced up his skates and hit the ice to play in the grueling marathon hockey game, which has raised more than $1 million each year for cancer research.

The 11-Day Power Play is now in day five inside Buffalo's HarborCenter. The third-annual marathon charity hockey game reached a fundraising milestone Monday. An estimated 2,500 local hockey players are taking turns in what organizers and original players say is no easy feat, keeping a continuing game in progress for 11 continuous days. To gain a better appreciation for the participants, this year I became one.

My three-hour shift was with a team known as the Cancer Fighting Comets, made up of men from various professional backgrounds and ages. Its captain was Tim Collins, who lost both parents to cancers and has loved ones and friends who have battled various forms of the disease more recently. When speaking to the team in advance of our shift's start, he reminded players that they were playing for loved ones who have survived cancer, have died from it and, in many cases, will one day have it.

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Teaching Mental Health | Watch this Community Conversation

As the school year begins, a new law mandates mental health education for students across New York. This panel discussed the new curriculum that aims to teach children about their mental well-being. And it explored what it means for teachers and students.

As part of WBFO’s Mental Health Initiative, senior reporter Eileen Buckley led a conversation with New York State Regent Catherine Fisher Collin