The Molson Canadian World Hockey Summit kicked off last night at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, ON with a full house of hockey professionals, experts, enthusiasts and media. Over the next three days, the summit will dissect the current state of hockey to identify and address key concerns and issues facing the game today. Topics of conversation will range from an Agents’ Roles with Young Players to International vs. North American Hockey to 2010 Winter Games Evaluation and Women’s Hockey (and many more).
7th Generation Molson family member Geoff Molson dropped by yesterday and today to support the Summit, and we were able to sneak a couple minutes of his time to chat about hockey and Molson Coors with @MolsonFerg.
Rich and passionate conversations about all things hockey can be followed along with photos and videos on the Facebook page and Twitter
Behind the scenes photos at the Summit also on facebook, and more to come later this week. Cheers!
Molson Coors donates $10 000.00 toward the Star City Arena Geothermal project. The project will see a geothermal heating system installed in the rink enabling the creation of artifical ice. This will allow the arena to continue to provide the much needed ice time to the town’s residents and to the residents of the surrounding areas, thereby encouraging greater participation in winter ice sports.
Mike Tate, Molson Coors Sales Manager, Saskatchewan (middle) and Mark Sikorski, Molson Coors Sales Rep (right) present a donation cheque to Barry Petrie, Star City Arena fund raising committee member.
Withrow Park, Toronto – beautiful NHL-sized rink for the game
The cross-Canada road hockey tour that raises funds for local community food banks made its stop in Toronto yesterday! What a great way to spend a beautiful Canada Day afternoon. Sunshine, road hockey and over 270 lbs of food collected for Second Harvest Food Bank! Read the full re-cap of the game.
We’re thrilled to be a sponsor of Five Hole for Food – These guys are literally driving across Canada in two weeks, organizing 9 road hockey events, collecting a whole lotta food, and having a couple pints along the way Cheers to Richard and Vic!
Kicking off today in Montreal, the Five Hold For Food Cross-Canada Road Hockey trip begins…Road Hockey with a Purpose. Take a look at the video above to learn more and follow @fiveholeforfood for live updates on Twitter.
Since their inaugural year (2008), the CBC Hockey Night in Canada Presents Play On Calgary Program, has more than doubled with spectator numbers growing to +15,000. This year 393 teams registered for the event. The celebrity game on Saturday, June 19 featured 2 prominent Calgary residents, Cory Sarich (Calgary Flames) and Ric McIver (City of Calgary Alderman).
Mike Nicholas (right) presents cheque to Vern Gerhardt.
Here’s to celebrating hockey in it’s purest form…Cheers Sagree