Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs get ready for opening night with some of our Virginia Today team

ROANOKE, Va. – Ice Hockey returns to Roanoke this weekend with the Home Opener for the Rail Yard Dawgs.

The team’s first home game will take place on Oct. 21 vs the Fayetteville Marksmen.

If you can’t make it out on Friday, the next home game will be on Nov. 11, then Wednesday the 23rd, and Friday the 25th.

10 News Anchor Japhanie Gray and Reporter Brittany Wier joined some of the players on the ice to learn what it takes to be a Dawg.