(WUSF – NPR Affiliate) – Mission Roll Call, a nonprofit dedicated to veterans, partnered with the Lightning Warriors Hockey Program and the Malone Family Foundation to host this year’s 22-hour-long hockey game.Veteran suicide remains a national crisis — and this past weekend, dozens of veterans took to the ice for an almost day-long hockey game in hopes of bringing awareness to the problem.
The fifth annual Hockey Heals 22 event kicked off at 2 p.m. this past Saturday at AdventHealth Center Ice in Wesley Chapel.
Mission Roll Call, a nonprofit dedicated to veterans, is partnering with the Lightning Warriors Hockey Program and the Malone Family Foundation to host this year’s event.
Jim Whaley is CEO of Mission Roll Call and 20 year Army Veteran said the 22-hour-long game symbolizes the average daily number of veterans lost to suicide in the U.S.
Read more about the Hockey Heals 22 event here: https://www.wusf.org/military/2025-06-20/veterans-will-play-22-hours-of-nonstop-hockey-raise-suicide-prevention-awareness