Voting for the winner of Kraft Hockeyville begins Friday, May 6 a.m. Pacific Time, and ends Saturday, May 7 at 2 .m.

Princeton鈥檚 chances are pretty good, according to Mayor Spencer Coyne.

鈥淲e have a lot of momentum behind us and I think people want to see something good happen to us,鈥� Coyne proclaimed.

Princeton鈥檚 arena desperately needs a new roof. It鈥檚 currently being held together with tarps weighted down by tires.

鈥淓veryone in town who has ever been in the arena knows we need a new roof,鈥� said Coyne. 鈥淪o let鈥檚 get ourselves a new roof.鈥�

Princeton is one of four finalists for the $250,000 Hockeyville prize. If the town wins it will also have the honour of hosting an NHL game.

The town is facing off against Sydney, Nova Scotia, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec and Douro-Dummer, Ontario.

Considerable publicity has been attached to the contest, and Coyne acknowledged that must be partly because of the November 2021 flood.

鈥淲e are the only community in Western Canada. That鈥檚 a big thing,鈥� he said.

鈥淎lso, we can鈥檛 ignore the fact of everything we have gone through in the last six months.

鈥淚t鈥檚 put attention on us, so anything in the forefront.鈥�

The mayor admitted he wasn鈥檛 quite prepared for the public relations marathon associated with the contest.

He鈥檚 been interviewed repeatedly by national, provincial and local media on the issue.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if everyone is getting this kind of attention.鈥�

The key to winning the contest is to simply get people to vote, he added.

鈥淕o to krafthockeyville.ca. You can vote and vote and vote. You can vote multiple times and that鈥檚 how we are going to win.

鈥淲e are a force to be reckoned with when we put our minds to it.鈥�

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