November’s a momentous month for ice hockey, and not just because it’s the thick of the season. It’s also when the National Hockey League goes all out for its annual cancer fundraiser and awareness campaign, Hockey Fights Cancer.

Done in partnership with the American Cancer Society, the Movember Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society, the campaign includes each of the 31 NHL teams holding a Hockey Fights Cancer night. These include purple jerseys being worn during warm-ups (auctioned off after to raise money for cancer) and, for some teams, coordinated light shows, “purple carpets” where survivors walk the runway and tons of purple hockey gear. Many games include survivors with cancer appearing on the ice.

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