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💙🏒 How You Can Support the Christian Ciskal Memorial Foundation 🏒💙
We’ve received so many heartfelt messages from the local and hockey community asking how they can support the Christian Ciskal Memorial Foundation — and we are incredibly grateful.

Through our annual tournament and basket raffle, we raise funds to provide hardship assistance and high school scholarships in Christian’s honor. To keep making an impact, we rely on the amazing support of people like you.

Here are a few meaningful ways you can help:

✨ Volunteer Support
Lend a hand during our annual events or behind the scenes. Every hour makes a difference!

🎁 Basket Raffle Donations
Contribute items, gift cards, or themed baskets to help make our raffle a success.

🏒 Dedicated Sponsors
Businesses and individuals can partner with us through sponsorships that directly support our mission.

Your support ensures Christian’s legacy continues to inspire and uplift others.
Thank you for being part of this community. 💙

Through our annual memorial tournament, fundraising efforts, and basket raffle, The Christian Ciskal Memorial Foundation proudly awards both hardship scholarships and high school scholarships. Our hardship scholarships are designed to support families within our community who may be struggling to afford sports activities or equipment for their child.
Our goal is simple: to help kids stay engaged in the sports they love, regardless of financial challenges.

We are excited to announce that the Christian Ciskal Memorial Foundation has awarded its first hardship scholarship to a family within the Cheektowaga Warriors community. Through this scholarship, we were able to cover a player’s ice bill, allowing them to remain active in the sport they love while easing the financial burden on their family.

We look forward to continuing Christian’s legacy by supporting even more young athletes in our community.

Thank you to all the teams that participated this year in the 2nd Annual Christian Ciskal Memorial Tournament.

All MVP pictures will be posted on our website as well as our page so keep an eye out for those.

Christian Ciskal Memorial Tournament

All proceeds made from the basket raffle and 50/50 raffle go to the Christian Ciskal Memorial Foundation and is dispersed via college scholarships for high school students as well as hardship scholarships for kids in the community who are in need of financial support related to hockey fees and/or equipment.

If you know any high school seniors looking to apply for a scholarship, I have attached the requirements and also the link to the website.

All applications are due no later than December 31, 2025.

https://www.christianciskalmemorialtournament.com/scholarship-information

If you are aware of any families in need of hardship support, please reach out to me via email at [email protected] or at (716)984-1550.

Once again thank you all for your continued support.

Scholarship Information | Christian Ciskal Memorial Tournament

2025 Division 1 8U Competitive Champions and Runner Ups

2025 Division 2 8U Competitive Champions and Runner Ups

2025 8U Recreational Champions and Recreational Runner Ups

On behalf of myself my wife Tammy, and my daughter Vicky we just want to thank all the teams returning or new for coming out to help us keep Christians name alive through his passion for hockey. Sitting there watching these kids brought back so many memories, I smiled, I cried. A lot of emotions this weekend. Christians story was stopped way too soon he had so much going for him not just as a son or brother but as a friend and teammate.
That is why we love handing the MVP pucks out the the kids who show Christians dedication, and love for the game. The look on there faces says it all.
The basket raffle, the 50/50 proceeds all go to a scholarship, we receive no profits. We need sponsors to maybe make some donations so maybe a child less fortunate can have a chance to play hockey ,buy equipment. We struggled financially where we almost took him out of hockey. But the team saw his skills and dedication they helped us out make it happen.
So in closing if you have any questions, want to know more please do not hesitate.
Thank you all!!!

Hello everyone,
The Town of Cheektowaga will be hosting the second annual Christian Ciskal Memorial Tournament this year the weekend of November 7-10, 2025.

For those who are not familiar with this tournament, it is something that is near and dear to my heart and something that I am grateful to the Town and Tony Pierino for supporting.

The purpose of the tournament is to celebrate Christian's life and his love for hockey, and most importantly to raise money for a scholarship program in the name of Christian Ciskal. Last year we were able to raise over $3K that will be given out this year in the form of scholarships as well as to families within our community that may have a hardship with ice fees or equipment. Our ability to raise money for this purpose relies on our Basket Raffle and 50/50 tickets sold at the event.

We ask that anyone that is interested in donating to this tournament as a give back to the local community please contact Brandy Claar @ (716)984-1550 or via email at [email protected]

We would like to collect all donations no later than the third week of October (10/17/25).

Last year the community really showed up to support this effort and for that I am beyond appreciative and looking to be bigger and better this year.

Thank you,
Brandy Claar