Today, Kraft Heinz, in partnership with the National Hockey League (NHL\u00ae) and the National Hockey League Players\u2019 Association (NHLPA) announced their official NHL Pre-Season matchup celebrating Kraft Hockeyville 2025 winning community Saint-Boniface, Qu\u00e9bec. The Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens will face off on Monday, September 21, 2026, at Colis\u00e9e Vid\u00e9otron in Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, QC. Game broadcast timing is currently being finalized and will be announced at a later date, along with other important community event details.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Quebec, hockey is part of everyday life\u2014from local arenas to the pride fans have in their favourite team,\u201d said Simon Laroche, President of Kraft Heinz Canada. \u201cFor more than 100 years, Kraft Heinz products have been made by Canadians, for Canadians, which creates a deep connection with communities across the country. Kraft Hockeyville brings this commitment to life by supporting arenas that foster local pride and a sense of belonging. This pre-season game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators for the community of Saint-Boniface provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate hockey culture in Quebec as we mark the program\u2019s 20th anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the Kraft Hockeyville game will be played in a nearby facility due to logistical requirements, Saint-Boniface\u2019s local arena Ar\u00e9na de Saint-Boniface will be the beneficiary of the grand prize arena upgrade. In addition to their NHL\u00ae Pre-Season game for winning Kraft Hockeyville 2025, Saint-Boniface received $250,000 for upgrades to its local arena, Ar\u00e9na de Saint-Boniface, and $10,000 worth of youth hockey equipment from the NHLPA Goals & Dreams fund.<\/p>\n
Since its inception, Ar\u00e9na de Saint-Boniface has represented what\u2019s possible when a community rallies around a common goal. Located in the heart of the town, it serves as a gathering place where people bond over their shared passion for sports, music, celebration and, of course, Le Boum \u2013 Saint-Boniface\u2019s hometown hockey team. Built by a group of dedicated volunteers in 1999, their arena now needs tender care, and costly renovations are putting its future at risk. Winning Kraft Hockeyville 2025\u202fprovides the support needed to upgrade its infrastructure, ensuring the community has a happy home for the next wave of hockey players.<\/p>\n
This year, Kraft Hockeyville is proud to celebrate its milestone 20th anniversary, featuring an expanded contest format that recognizes a Provincial and Territorial Winner from each of Canada\u2019s 13 provinces and territories for the first time. This ensures regional representation and that even more communities from across Canada can benefit from repaired and restored local rinks. Of the 13 Provincial and Territorial Winners, the top two communities will advance to compete for the grand prize of $250,000 and an opportunity to host an NHL Pre-Season game. Canadians can nominate their local rinks now until March 1, 2026, by answering three questions at KraftHockeyville.ca.<\/p>\n
“It is always a privilege for our entire organization to be part of the great celebration of hockey that is Kraft Hockeyville. Having proudly participated in the very first Kraft Hockeyville 20 years ago in 2006, we are especially honoured to return for this edition. This year promises to be even more meaningful, as we have the opportunity to play in our home province and connect with the passionate hockey fans of Saint-Boniface and Mauricie. With deep ties to the region, our team is truly looking forward to engaging with the community and celebrating hockey together,\u201d said France Margaret B\u00e9langer, President, Sports and Entertainment of Groupe CH.<\/p>\n
“The Senators are always committed to grassroots initiatives, both in the Ottawa-Gatineau region and elsewhere in the country, and we are proud to once again participate in Kraft Hockeyville. Over the years, we have witnessed that hockey is part of the fabric of the communities that we visit. \u00a0We look forward to the opportunity to bring Ottawa Senators hockey to these areas as a celebration of our sport and the Canadian communities that continue to grow the game,” said Steve Staios, President of Hockey Operations and General Manager of the Ottawa Senators.<\/p>\n
The Senators-Canadiens matchup marks Kraft Hockeyville\u2019s return to Quebec for first time since Roberval was the winner in 2008. This will mark Ottawa\u2019s tenth time participating in a Kraft Hockeyville game (2006, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, two games in 2022, 2023, 2024) and this will mark Montreal\u2019s sixth time participating in a Kraft Hockeyville game (2006, 2008, 2019, two games in 2022). This will also mark the fourth time Ottawa and Montreal have played against each other in a Kraft Hockeyville game (2006 and twice in 2022). The matchup is almost exactly 20 years to date of the first Kraft Hockeyville game which took place on September 25, 2006, in Salmon River, NS and featured the Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators.<\/p>\n
Over the past two decades, Kraft Hockeyville has proven that hockey is more than a game\u2013it\u2019s the heart of Canadian communities, where local arenas serve as vital gathering places. Since 2006, the program has awarded $5.4 million to support 105 communities. For complete program details, please visit KraftHockeyville.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n ### (2\/27\/26)<\/p>\n NHL and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. NHL and NHL team marks are the property of the NHL and its teams. \u00a9 2026 NHL.\u202f All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n About Kraft Heinz Canada Kraft Heinz Canada is driving transformation inspired by Kraft Heinz\u2019s global purpose, Let\u2019s Make Life Delicious, by creating memorable community moments through local initiatives such as Kraft Heinz Project Play and, of course, the impactful program we\u2019re celebrating here, Kraft Hockeyville, while also supporting food banks across Canada through Kraft Heinz Groceries for Good program. Learn more about our journey by visiting\u202fkraftheinz.com<\/a>\u202for following us on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n NHL and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. \u00a9 2026 NHL. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n NHLPA and the NHLPA logo are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League Players\u2019 Association. \u00a9 NHLPA. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, Kraft Heinz, in partnership with the National Hockey League (NHL\u00ae) and the National Hockey League Players\u2019 Association…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-503149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Kraft Heinz Canada\u2019s heritage can be traced back over a century to when James Lewis Kraft of Stevensville, Ontario began selling cheese from a horse-drawn wagon in 1903. Heinz Canada was established in 1909 in Leamington, Ontario where its first products were pickles sourced from local growers. Following the 2015 merger between Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz Company, Kraft Heinz Canada became a subsidiary of the newly formed Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC). Now the country\u2019s second largest food and beverage company, iconic Kraft Heinz Canada products like Kraft Peanut Butter, Heinz Ketchup, KD, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Ren\u00e9es Dressing, Jell-O, Classico, Kool-Aid and Maxwell House are found in over 97 per cent of Canadian households.\u00a0<\/p>\n