Elliot Lake hockey fans came out by the thousands on Sunday in Sudbury to see their NHL heroes up close. The Hockeyville event saw the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa senators hold morning practices and then a pre-season game in the evening.

ELLIOT LAKE, Ontario -- The Stanley Cup made a grand entrance to the Kraft Hockeyville Community Celebration at Collins Hall on Friday, completing a two-day tour. NHL director of youth strategy Andrew Ference sat atop a fire truck that entered a parking lot filled with a charity barbecue, live bands, entertainment, face painting and ball hockey.

Hours before their Kraft Hockeyville celebrations involving the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators, the Elliot Lake Centennial Arena was vandalized.