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Hockey Diversity Alliance and Budweiser Canada Team Up To #TapeOutHate
Hockey Diversity Alliance and Budweiser Canada Team Up To #TapeOutHate The Hockey Diversity Alliance (HDA) and Budweiser Canada have partnered on the #TapeOutHate campaign in support of eradicating racism in hockey on and off the ice. Canadians can join the movement by using the hashtag on social media posts, sharing the campaign video or purchasing a…
NHL All-Star Game Jerseys Will Be Made Of Repurposed Marine Plastics
NHL All-Star Game Jerseys Will Be Made Of Repurposed Marine Plastics Toronto Maple Leafs 2019 All-Star jerseys — image providedThis year's National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star game won't just be a showcase for superstar talents like Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, Toronto Maple Leafs' Austin Matthews and Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid. It'll also be…
Public Invited to NHL Great Johnny Bower's Celebration of Life and to Support his Charities of Choice
Public Invited to NHL Great Johnny Bower's Celebration of Life and to Support his Charities of Choice Johnny Bower — photo credit: Toronto Maple Leafs FB In lieu of flowers, fans of legendary Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Johnny Bower, the founding namesake of the Johnny Bower Foundation and avid supporter of numerous charities, can make a donation…
Sheldon Kennedy Q&A: New Doc Shows Long, Damaging Trail Sexual Abuse Causes
Sheldon Kennedy Q&A: New Doc Shows Long, Damaging Trail Sexual Abuse Causes Sheldon Kennedy on the ice — photo credit: GAT publicitySheldon Kennedy's story is well-known, if only nervously whispered about in the ice rinks and community centres across Canada. A star junior hockey player for the Swift Current Broncos in the Western Hockey League in the…
Ex NHL Goalie Clint Malarchuk: Mental Illness Is Tough Opponent
Ex NHL Goalie Clint Malarchuk: Mental Illness Is Tough Opponent Clint Malarchuk pictured here from the 1986-87 Rendez-Vous All-Star series — photo courtesy of Harper Collins Canada.Former professional hockey player Clint Malarchuk almost died on the ice during a game between the Buffalo Sabres and St. Louis Blues on March 22, 1989. Malarchuk, the Sabres…
Kardashian, Barenaked Ladies, Bif Naked Contribute To Tattoo Project
Kardashian, Barenaked Ladies, Bif Naked Contribute To Tattoo Project Rob Kardashian's tattoo honours his late father, Robert, the famed O.J. Simpson attorney who died of cancer in 2003. Rob Jr. is among the people contributing to the Why We Ink coffee table book.The devastation caused by cancer is deep and everlasting. So it was fitting that one woman who…
Ex-NHLers Take On Police Nationwide
Ex-NHLers Take On Police Nationwide There will surely be no jabs hooks and uppercuts on the ice for these hockey tourneys. Taking place in cities across Canada, the ex NHLers take on police officers for charity. Players include Hockey Hall of Famers Glenn Anderson, Steve Shutt, Bryan Trottier, Billy Smith as well as Theoren Fleury, Igor Kravchuk, Gary…
On-Ice Tragedy Leads To Hockey For Heart
On-Ice Tragedy Leads To Hockey For Heart (L to R): Wendel Clark, Darryl Sittler, Dave Garland (H&S Board of Directors member), Rob Weir, Jim Cuddy — photo credit: Roger Hallett On any given weekend you might find Oshawa, Ontario's Rob Weir catching a pass from former National Hockey League legend Darryl Sittler, attempting to deke around hall-of-…
Inaugural Road Hockey Tourney Raises $2.4 Million To Fight Cancer
Inaugural Road Hockey Tourney Raises $2.4 Million To Fight Cancer They shot, and they scored! Over 1500 athletes — some, weathered NHL pros and others, regular Joes — laced up at Toronto's Ontario Place on October 1 for the first annual Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer and raised over $2.4 million in the process. Celebrity captains included ex-NHLers Jeremy Roenick, Johnny Bower, Scotty Bowman,…
Green Ice: NHL’s Andrew Ference Inspires Hockey’s Environmental Challenge
Green Ice: NHL’s Andrew Ference Inspires Hockey’s Environmental Challenge Andrew Ference: photo courtesy of NHLPASportsnet.ca describes Andrew Ference of the Boston Bruins as “Fearless. Displays terrific hockey sense. Can log a ton of icetime. Loves to hit.” He is a leader who takes care of his own end and looks out for his teammates. Off the ice, he…