{"id":169483,"date":"2025-08-24T19:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/169483\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:36:14","slug":"saratogas-fan-appreciation-week-led-by-local-hoops-hockey-head-coaches-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/169483\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga&#8217;s Fan Appreciation Week Led By Local Hoops, Hockey Head Coaches Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                      Sunday, August 24, 2025 at 2:34 pm |<br \/>\n                        Back to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/shared-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shared News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top News<\/a>                          <\/p>\n<p>Updated: August 24, 2025 at 2:34 pm<\/p>\n<p>Head coaches from two Capital Region sports programs will be available for photo and autograph opportunities at Saratoga as part of Fan Appreciation Week festivities (Aug. 27 \u2013 Sept. 1), according to a New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) release Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Siena Men&#8217;s Basketball head coach Gerry McNamara and Siena Women&#8217;s Basketball head coach Terry Primm will visit Saratoga on Wednesday, Aug. 27, while newly appointed Adirondack Thunder head coach Sylvain Cloutier will make an appearance on Friday, Aug. 29. Both meet-and-greets will take place from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the Jockey Silks Porch.<\/p>\n<p>McNamara and Primm will present a trophy in the Winner&#8217;s Circle following Wednesday&#8217;s fifth race entitled, Siena Saints MarchOn!, while Cloutier will follow suit during Friday&#8217;s fifth race, Adirondack Thunder Skate into Saratoga!<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The coaches&#8217; appearances coincide with Fan Appreciation Week festivities at Saratoga which will include the season&#8217;s final premium giveaway, a Saratoga quarter zip sweatshirt, free with paid admission while supplies last, on Sunday, Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase tickets for Fan Appreciation week, click here.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit www.nyra.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=001emHU8ZhrsEajJ7wAchg-Q0BVk4IZqcgudN44sPgrKIw215QhAC5sOZpiX2mrUIPZV0h_h2A4HEEvukxvIEvpdYgT6ykDs9chd4YAtYY2nZzhd0K6eEyx2zOnhVYTOI5e5sP3SaMDOnutKM6JHYKayGwukK-TLM2vL2HpHR34Q_n7wQDJg1T7y03OUFUnvNn_vWUsgwpBZ_I%3D\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #D3132F;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/saratogas-fan-appreciation-week-led-by-local-hoops-hockey-head-coaches-signing\/\" id=\"copyLink\" onclick=\"copyToClipboard(event)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Copy Article Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-tags\">\n              This story was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/shared-news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shared News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top News<\/a> and tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/fan-appreciation-week\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fan Appreciation Week<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/gerry-mcnamara\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gerry McNamara<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/saratoga\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saratoga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/sylvain-cloutier\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvain Cloutier<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroughbreddailynews.com\/tag\/terry-primm\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Primm<\/a>.            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, August 24, 2025 at 2:34 pm | Back to: Shared News, Top News Updated: August 24, 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[29309,29310,5,29311,22445,29312],"class_list":{"0":"post-169483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-fan-appreciation-week","9":"tag-gerry-mcnamara","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-saratoga","12":"tag-sylvain-cloutier","13":"tag-terry-primm"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115085428953207465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}