Ottawa Citizen

Hank Burris nabs gig as Alfie’s hockey coach (no, seriously)

- LYNN SAXBERG

The ongoing battle between Canadian rockers and jocks will enter its 14th year at the 2017 Juno Cup hockey game, with two Ottawa sports giants — Henry Burris and Brian Kilrea — facing off as coaches.

Ottawa Redblacks’ Grey Cup champ Burris will coach the team of NHL alumni, while Kilrea, the Ottawa 67s’ legendary bench boss, will be whipping the musicians into shape.

The celebrity hockey game starts at 7:30 p.m. on March 31 at TD Place. Tickets are $20, plus fees, available online attdplace.ca.

For purchases of 10 or more, the price is $15 each, plus fees, using the code ROCKVSJOCK. Proceeds go to MusiCounts, the Canadian music education charity that supplies children with instrument­s.

Here’s who made the teams:

ROCK

Aaron Pritchett Adrian Sutherland (Midnight Shine) Amanda Rheaume Barney Bentall Beard Guy ( Walk Off The Earth) Chad Brownlee Cosmo Ferraro (Ferraro) Dallas Smith Darryl James (The Strumbella­s) Devin Cuddy (Devin Cuddy Band)

Doug Oliver (Cold Creek County) Gord Bamford Jay Bodner (Eagle & Hawk) Jim Bowskill (Blue Rodeo/The Sheepdogs) Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo) Jon Gallant (Billy Talent) Jonathan Roy Matthew Barber Matt Sobb (MonkeyJunk) Sam Roberts Steve Marriner (MonkeyJunk) Vince Fontaine (Eagle & Hawk)

JOCK

Brad Dalgarno (New York Islanders) Brendan Bell (Ottawa Senators) Chris Phillips (Ottawa Senators) Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa Senators)

Gary Roberts (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Jim Kyte (Winnipeg Jets, Ottawa Senators)

Luke Richardson (Ottawa Senators)

Mark Napier (Montréal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers)

Paul Coffey (Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins)

Troy Crowder (New Jersey Devils)

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