2024 Alzheimer's Face Off Pro-Am

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Welcome to the 2024 Alzheimer’s Face Off Pro-Am

MARC POULIN Board President

Welcome to the 2024 Alzheimer’s Face Off Pro-Am. Being here shows how strong and united we are, just like a hockey team that knows all about working together, pushing through tough times, and helping each other out.

In Alberta, we’re up against a tough opponent— Alzheimer’s and other kinds of dementia. These diseases are challenging for more than 62,000 people in our area, not just affecting those who are sick but also their families and friends. It’s something that hits close to home for many of us.

DR. GEORGE ANDREWS, DBA President & CEO

This weekend, we’re here to strengthen our team and ensure nobody faces this challenge alone. Your help lets us provide important services like support groups, learning materials, and wellness programs to help people keep living their best lives and get the support they need.

But we’re not just stopping there. We’re also thinking about the future. Working with Campus Alberta Neuroscience, we plan to spend up to $5 million on new research over the next four

years, right here in Alberta. Your support helps this important work, giving us hope and making progress in finding ways to prevent, detect, and treat these diseases.

A big thanks to all of you—our players, sponsors, NHL Alumni Association, the team putting this event together, and our amazing volunteers. Your excitement and hard work help make this event more than just a game; it’s a way to really make a difference.

Thanks for being part of this important cause. See you at the rink, where we’re playing for much more than just a win.

Fighting To Bring Awareness

Thank you, captains, players, sponsors, NHL Alumni, and volunteers for making the 15th annual Alzheimer’s Face Off Pro-Am hockey tournament a huge success!

I would like to recognize, with gratitude, everyone involved, for the time, money and energy that you have contributed to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories.

GLENN HEALY NHL Alumni Association

The NHL Alumni Association is once again proud to take part in the Alzheimer’s Face Off Pro-Am Hockey Tournament which raises much needed funds for the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories.

We would like to start by thanking all the participants, volunteers, and valued sponsors for their incredible commitment to this amazing weekend. You each play a vital role in making this event a success and your time, dedication and efforts make a real tangible difference in the lives of so many. To each of the participating NHL

Nearly everyone in our community is affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, either directly or indirectly, through family or friends. The goal for all of us going forward should be to have compassion, be strong, and support each other as best as we can.

Brent Trimming Event Chair

Alumni, thank you for making this event so special and continuing to be great team members. We are extremely proud to have our members champion this cause.

Our team looks forward to this event every year.

Let’s continue to play together, as one team.

Glenn Healy Executive Director NHL Alumni

Stanley Cup Champion

BRENT TRIMMING Event Chair

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Event Committee

JORDAN RICE Player Relations

LESLIE GALLACHER NHL Alumni

DARRELL FRIESEN Past Chair

MARY AWAD Player Relations

TIM GARBUTT Tournament Director

JASON STRUDWICK Co-chair, NHL Alumni

ERIN MARTYSHUK Tournament Lead

GREG CHRISTENSON Lifetime Member

CAM JOHNSON Player Relations

JAN VANDERHEYDEN Player Relations

BRENT TRIMMING Event Chair

AGOSTA

Meghan Agosta

There are daily reminders in Meghan Agosta’s life about her decorated championship past.

The recently retired Canadian national team standout lives in Vancouver. Her job as a Vancouver Police constable and busy role as a mom often has in her driving past places of fond memories from her golden performance at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

“It’s really cool to drive around and see B.C. Place where the opening and closing ceremonies took place, then go past Rogers Arena, where we won gold and through the Athletes Village,” said Agosta, a four-time competitor with three gold medals and World Championships in 2007 and 2012. “It brings back such great memories. It was a crazy time.”

She is no stranger to Alzheimer’s.

“Alzheimers has touched me and my family in many ways with family and friends,” Agosta said. “So to be able to be a part of something even bigger than gold and silver medals, to be able to give back and raise money for such a great cause and just knowing and understanding what other people are going through to be able to be a part of something like this is so special.

“It’s something I want to continue doing. You’re leaving that legacy and being a part of something you want to shed some light on.”

Agosta joined the Vancouver Police Force shortly after the 2014 Games. Growing up in Ruthven, ON (just outside of Windsor), she had two passions: chasing the sirens of fire trucks, police cars and ambulances and playing street hockey on the backyard rink her father Nino would build each winter.

Nino felt Meghan should figure skate like her sister Kara. But young Meghan went to her mother, Char, and begged her Mom to cajole

Nino to let her try hockey. Meghan wanted to be like her brother Jeric, who was a year older and later earned a hockey scholarship at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Meghan scored 19 goals in her first organized game. She earned a scholarship to Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA, where she graduated with a criminal law and justice degree. She burst onto the international scene as the youngest Canadian women’s team member at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy, the country her father grew up in. Meghan marked the occasion by scoring a hat trick on her 19th birthday in Canada’s second game against Russia.

She was the MVP at the Vancouver Games and completed her hat trick of three golds at the Games four years later.

Meghan has four children with her husband Jason: two stepchildren, Jaden, 14, and Jackson, 11; daughter Chance, 5; and son Rylan. Despite her busy schedule, she returns to her hometown each summer to run a hockey school. At home in Vancouver, Rylan already plays mini-sticks hockey, and one of his first words was Zamboni. Chance is developing into a young standout and future international athlete.

“Watching her play brings a smile to my face,” said Meghan, who added that Chance wears sweater No. 2, just like her Mom. I look at my little girl, and she’s my inspiration. She made me a Mom first and now a hockey Mom.

“I’m excited to be her Mom and give back to my kids like my parents gave back to me. I’m forever grateful.”

- Tim Wharnsby

2024 NHL Alumni

KEITH ACTON

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MEGHAN AGOSTA

Meghan Agosta has been a member of the Canadian Women’s National Hockey Team since 2004. She has played in four Olympic Winter Games, winning gold in Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and recently won a silver medal in Pyongchang, South Korea.

With nine goals and six assists, she was the top scorer at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and was voted Most Valuable Player and Best Forward as well as being named to the Media All-Star Team.

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DAVE BABYCH

MATTHEW BARNABY

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Profiles & Autographs

KELLY BUCHBERGER

SHAYNE CORSON

CHRIS DINGMAN

GARNET EXELBY

2024 NHL Alumni

REBECCA JOHNSTON

CHRIS JOSEPH

MIKE KRUSHELNYSKI

She also earned silver at PyeongChang 2018 where she was among the team’s leading scorers. Johnston is among the top-10 all-time in scoring for Canada’s National Women’s Team.

A member of Canada’s National Women’s Team since 2007, Rebecca Johnston has competed at 10 IIHF Women’s World Championships as well as four Olympic Winter Games, helping Canada win gold at Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022. She recorded two goals and eight assists at the latter. AUTOGRAPH

MATT KASSIAN

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CRAIG MACTAVISH

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WAYNE MCBEAN

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DEREK ROY

BEN SCRIVENS

LADISLAV SMID

GRANT STEVENSON

Profiles & Autographs

JASON STRUDWICK

RICH SUTTER

PIERRE TURGEON

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Thank You For Your Support

Thanks to your support of the Alzheimer’s Face Off Pro-Am hockey tournament presented by Christenson Communities Ltd., the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories can continue to provide help for today and hope for tomorrow.

The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories is working to change the face of dementia in our region. We improve the quality of life for people living with the disease, offering a network of educational and support services for people diagnosed with dementia and their care partners. We build partnerships with health professionals and the community and fund ground-breaking research into effective treatments and finding a cure for this devastating disease.

Over 62,000 Albertans live with dementia; almost 1% of the total population. By 2050, if nothing changes, it is expected this number will increase by nearly 300%.

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s and other dementias—but that doesn’t have to be the end of the story. Through our partnership with Campus Alberta Neuroscience, we are investing up to $5 million dollars in innovative research right here in Alberta over the next four years. With your help, researchers are finding new ways to prevent, detect, and treat dementia, giving hope for tomorrow for the people who live with these diseases every day.

Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories

Suite 306, 10430-61 Avenue

Edmonton, AB T6H 2J3

Toll-free: 1-866-950-5465