Easter Seals in Sudbury has organized a celebrity hockey tournament featuring some outstanding former National Hockey League players for a fundraising dinner and an all-star game.
The Celebrity Draft Dinner fundraiser, to be held on Thursday Oct. 20, will welcome NHL alumni Wendel Clark, Sudbury’s own Ron Duguay, Rick Vaive, Mike Krushelnyski, Al Iafrate, and Dennis Maruk. Participants will have the chance to draft these NHL legends as ‘captains’ for tournament play the next day.
Teams participating include Belanger Lincoln Ford, Civiltek, Chiseled Hockey/3rd Line Studio, Idywylde Golf and Country Club, Lake City Realty . And last but not least, said the organizers, an all-Indigenous team will be playing to honour truth and reconciliation and the Every Child Matters movement. This is another first for the tournament.
Easter Seals said the funds raised through the Sudbury Celebrity Hockey Classic will help provide children with physical disabilities the tools they need to reach their full potential and make their own positive impact on the world.