Green Marketing Preds
Press Release: April 5, 2007
By: Doug James

Ian Green has been promoted to the position of the director of marketing for the Port Hope Predators.  "Ian Green has been a big supporter of our hockey club since day one when we purchased the hockey club some seven years ago," stated Team Governor Sandy Smith.

"Ian's appointment as our director of marketing is well-deserved and a positive community step forward for our hockey club. We believe, with Ian's hands-on local guidance, that the Predators are truly ready to make the next step forward in the Town of Port Hope. We truly look forward to Ian sharing his energetic enthusiasm for Predators throughout the community as we strive to an entirely new level of Port Hope Predators Jr.

Ian, known to his friends as Greener, is Port Hope's number one sports aficionado. He can quote sports trivia, explain in detail the history of his favourite teams and can organize any team for any tournament occurring in the province.

During the Predators' off-season he can be found supporting his friends on Monday and Tuesday nights at Wladyka Park while they play in the men's slo-pitch league and on Wednesday night he is on the home team bench at Town Park keeping score for the Port Hope Senior Flyers. Ian's weekends are kept busy during the summer months organizing baseball teams for tournaments played throughout the province as well as travelling with the Flyers.

The marketing plans for the Predators are three-fold at this point in time according to Ian. He plans to put together advertising packages for businesses and fans that are more community friendly and customized to their needs and plans. Schools will be given special nights at the Complex and will be visited by the team mascot, Bullseye. The players themselves will take a more active role in the community by participating in cleanups and offering their services to seniors by helping around homes of the elderly doing chores such as raking leaves.

"We want the guys from out of town to feel that they are more part of the community," Green said.  Ticket packages have not been finalized yet but that is in the works. He feels that there will be no increase in ticket prices.  "Come out and support us," concluded Green. "We will support you and we will all work together."

Next on the agenda for Ian is helping to promote the spring training camps.