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Skatin’ For Leighton Continues the Legacy of Leighton Accardo

Devon Henry

On Sunday, skaters from across the valley traded in their ice rinks for the one-mile asphalt oval of Phoenix Raceway for a stroll. The festival honored the life and legacy of Coyotes Ring of Honor member, Leighton Accardo, in the second edition of Skatin’ for Leighton partnered with Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Leighton passed away from her battle with cancer in November of 2020 at the age of 9. Sunday’s event vyed to raise 149,000 to benefit the Leighton Accardo Memorial Fund to financially support the dreams and aspirations of youth female hockey players.

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Arizona native, Devon Henry, joined the Sports360AZ crew in 2018 after graduating from Arizona State's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Devon has avidly partaken in coverage of the Arizona high school sports scene since 2013 and has covered NASCAR and INDYCAR at Phoenix Raceway since 2017. Devon is also a play-by-play announcer, calling over a dozen different sports and hundreds of events.

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