Kraft Canada has cancelled its 2013 Hockeyville program due to the ongoing NHL lockout, the organization announced Tuesday. The Kraft Hockeyville 2012 winner announced last March was Stirling-Rawdon, Ont. The town received $100,000 in arena upgrade money from Kraft Canada and $10,000 in food bank donations. Stirling-Rawdon was supposed to host a NHL preseason game this fall between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets, but the lockout wiped out the event. There still was a celebration in late September, with the Stanley Cup on display for photographs. The town will get a chance to host a preseason game once the NHL and its players come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. Kraft Canada is investing in a new program called Kraft Hockey Goes On, which will award $1 million to Hockey Canada-affiliated minor hockey associations across the country.
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