Detroit Red Wings Announce Winners of 'Are You In?' Video Contest

DETROIT, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben Langton of Carleton, Mich.,
water-skied his way into a suite for tonight's Stanley Cup playoff game
against the Nashville Predators. Carleton is the first-place winner of the
Detroit Red Wings 'Are you in?' video contest.
"After viewing all the entries we received, no one can doubt that Detroit
is Hockeytown," said Steve Violetta, senior vice president of business affairs
for the Detroit Red Wings. "The creativity and passion of our fans was
clearly evident! This was a great opportunity for them to showcase their
enthusiasm for a chance to be a part of the excitement that is playoff
hockey."
Contestants submitted videos showing what crazy, funny stuff they'd do to
win tickets to the playoffs. All entries were reviewed by a panel of judges
including play-by-play announcers Ken Daniels and Ken Kal.
Langton's winning video featured him water skiing on the Detroit River in
front of Joe Louis Arena. He donned a Zetterberg jersey as he glided across
the 40-degree water proclaiming he'd do anything for tickets. Langton's grand
prize is an executive suite for him and 19 friends to game one in the first
round of playoff action, which gets started tonight at 7:00 p.m.
The second place prize goes to Kristopher Kopchick of Clinton Township,
Mich., for his "Fan Factory" video. Kopchick gets four tickets to tonight's
game for his piece, which showed how ordinary men are made into extraordinary
fans.
The three finalist videos will be played on the scoreboard at tonight's
game. In addition, the winning videos along with the 'best of the best'
entries are available on the Detroit Red Wings site in the Fan Zone section,
http://redwings.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=21244 .
"We congratulate the winners, and all the fans that submitted videos for
the contest," added Violetta. "We hope to be offering Hockeytown fans even
more opportunities to join us in the quest for the cup, so stay tuned."
SOURCE Detroit Red Wings

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