2024 Gordie Howe CARES Pro-Am

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MAY 24-26, 2024

CALGARY, ALBERTA

Welcome to the Gordie Howe C.A.R.E.S. Pro-Am

To our extended Hockey Family and Valued Sponsors;

Thank you for being a part of the 2024 Gordie Howe CARES Pro-Am weekend.

JAY HARALSON Event Chair

We cannot thank you enough for your kind generosity toward this event and more importantly this very worthwhile cause.

Every five minutes someone receives a new diagnosis of dementia that will change their lives forever.

Gordie Howe CARES primary mission is to ensure dignity, support and education are provided to caregivers of people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia related diseases so they are never alone on their journey.

For those providing the role of caregiver to someone affected by dementia, days can feel like they repeat themselves. The things you reminded loved ones of yesterday may be the same things you are reminding them of again today.

Through Gordie Howe CARES, caregivers can put themselves in a position to better support themselves and their loved ones. Now, days can have more wins than losses. It’s time to turn day one into day won.

Your generosity is helping Gordie Howe CARES fund a multi pronged strategy focused on Research, Education and Support.

Research:

We continue to invest in research including the CAN-PROTECT study, led by Dr. Zahinoor Ismail and others at the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute who are researching the physical and emotional needs of caregivers and those living with dementia. The advisory input from this study helps creates further educational support by reaching out into the dementia caregiver community, collecting stories and learnings from those who have experienced the caregiving journey.

Education:

Early in 2023, Gordie Howe CARES developed and launched an online engagement tool and community application for caregivers to share their experiences and ask questions. Ripples is a tool for caregivers that explores the many faces and experiences of caregivers. It helps individuals identify their role within a care team, and helps family members, friends, and co-workers learn how to better support themselves and those around them. Not only do we want people to acknowledge and recognize caregivers, our goal is also to empower them to take supportive action.

Support:

In addition to the above two areas of focus I am proud to report that we have been working on a Workplace support model that we will be launching at this year’s Pro Am Luncheon along with a groundbreaking wrap around support model for Patients and Caregivers in the Calgary Area.

This year we are thrilled to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boston Bruins along with Ray Bourque, Gerry Cheevers and Derek Sanderson at what promises to be a very memorable Luncheon.

Our volunteer board and volunteer committee truly appreciate your ongoing support to this major fundraising event and we thank you for joining us this afternoon and throughout what we know will be a memorable weekend.

Jay Haralson

Gordie Howe C.A.R.E.S. Pro-Am Hockey Tournament Chair and Gordie Howe C.A.R.E.S. Charity Chair

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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 Gordie Howe CARES.

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 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

GLENN HEALY

NHL Alumni Association

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Gerry Cheevers “The guy with the mask”

Gerry Cheevers was a professional athlete who filled his pool and allowed anybody he wanted to jump in. His thoughts were never on a need-to-know basis, and he never hung a do-not-disturb sign on his door.

Unless the topic was the 1972 Summit Series. Cheevers arguably was the best goaltender in the world back then, having won a second Stanley Cup championship with the 1971-72 Boston Bruins and etched out an NHL-record 32-game unbeaten streak late in that campaign.

But he jumped to the World Hockey Association that summer by signing a long-term contract with the Cleveland Crusaders. As a result, he was kept off Team Canada’s roster for its memorable eight-game series against the Soviet Union.

“I’ve never talked about this publicly,” Cheevers said. But Harry Sinden, my old Boston coach and Team Canada’s coach, told me to get ready to play. I needed time to get into shape, and he knew that.”

However, the NHL owners would not allow players who signed that summer with the fledgling WHA to suit up for Team Canada. So Cheevers, Bobby Hull and defenceman J.C. Tremblay decided to accept their fate.

With the late Tremblay and the late Hull, Cheevers did receive an opportunity to play against the Soviets as part of a WHA all-star team that took on Russia in a similar eight-game series in 1974. He also backed Rogie Vachon when Canada won the inaugural 1976 Canada Cup.

“In 1972, Sinden wanted to call a press conference,” Cheevers recalled. “He wanted to pressure the owners to let us play. After all, this wasn’t Team NHL, this was Team Canada. And all three of us were proud Canadians.

“But we decided it was best to not ruffle any feathers. So we stayed on the sidelines.”

Staying on the sidelines has never been easy for the sociable Cheevers. Even since he retired from hockey in 2006 after four decades as a player, coach, broadcaster, and scout, Cheevers has stayed busy, giving his time to charities close to his heart.

One of those causes is Alzheimer’s Disease. Cheevers, along with fellow Bruins Derek Sanderson and Raymond Bourque, is one of the featured luncheon guest speakers at the Gordie Howe Cares Pro-Am weekend in Calgary.

“I know many friends who have dealt with Alzheimer’s because family members have had this awful disease,” the 83-year-old Cheevers said.

“For me, I saw firsthand my old teammate Johnny McKenzie go through and eventually pass away after a battle with Alzheimer’s. It was not fun to watch such a good friend, a real character person, go through such a lengthy challenge.”

McKenzie passed away at 80 six years ago. He and Cheevers were critical members of the Bruins teams that claimed the Stanley Cup in 1969-70 and 1971-72. Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Cheevers, and Sanderson grabbed more headlines, but McKenzie was an important part of the team with his robust play.

Boston general manager Milt Schmidt often described McKenzie as a “mood setter.” McKenzie was born and raised in High River, just outside Calgary, and was just as comfortable roping a steer in a rodeo as he was going up and down his wing.

Gerry Cheevers

Cheevers also had his off-ice interests, including thoroughbred horse racing. He owned eight-time winner Royal Ski and challenged Seattle Slew for 1976 Juvenile Horse of the Year. Seattle Slew went on to win the 1977 Triple Crown.

Bruins coach Don Cherry loves to tell the story about Royal Ski winning a big race at Laurel Park near Baltimore on Oct. 30, 1976.

“We’re playing Montreal, and I told Cheevers that Royal Ski won that day. Cheevers went out and beat Montreal. That was the only home game they lost at the Forum that year,” Cherry said.

Royal Ski, who wore the Cleveland Crusaders colours of purple and gold, won the prestigious Remsen Stakes at New York’s Aqueduct a month later.

Cheevers developed his horse-racing passion working at Fort Erie Race Track, a 30-minute drive from his home in St. Catharines, ON.

“I played for the Bruins when we needed to work in the offseason,” Cherry said. I walked the horses in the morning. The pay was only $50 a week, but I got to know horses and started understanding them.

“Later, I worked selling mutuel tickets and then got a job in the publicity department of the Ontario Jockey Club.”

When Cheevers won his second Stanley Cup, shutting out the New York Rangers 3-0 in the series finale, he surprised a gathering of reporters by telling them he felt like Riva Ridge. Five days earlier, Canadian jockey Ron Turcotte had ridden the speedy racehorse to victory in the 1972 Kentucky Derby.

“You play the game to win the Stanley Cup,” Cheevers said. “So to win two was great and the highlight of my career.”

To finish the 1971-72 regular season, Cheevers was on a roll with an NHL record 32-game (24 wins, eight ties) unbeaten streak. The run came to an end in Toronto’s third-last game of the regular season.

“The streak didn’t get much attention until the end,” Cheevers recalled. “On the morning of the Toronto game, Johnson asked me if I wanted to play against in Toronto or our home finale a few nights later against the Maple Leafs. I told him it didn’t matter.

“Tommy started me in Toronto but didn’t tell me that although Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito would suit up, they would only play a little. Before I knew it, the Leafs had a 4-0 first-period lead.”

Toronto won the game 4-1, but Cheevers still made 40 saves in the one-sided outing.

Yes, Cheevers enjoyed quite the whirlwind tour in his hockey career. In addition to his two Stanley Cup championships, he also won a Memorial Cup with the 1960-61 St. Michael’s Majors and a 1964-65 AHL Calder Cup with the Rochester Americans.

Cheevers, nicknamed Cheesie, made his NHL debut at 21 with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Dec. 2, 1961, making 35 saves in a win against Chicago at Maple Leaf Gardens. He lost the next night in Detroit with another 29 saves in a 3-1 loss (Norm Ullman completed his hat trick with an empty netter).

However, Cheevers didn’t play in the NHL again until he joined the Bruins organization four years later. He went on to win a combined 385 regular season and playoff victories in the NHL and WHL.

He and his Boston teammate Jean Ratelle were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. Cheevers also coached the Bruins for 4 ½ seasons in the early-to-mid 1980s, steering them to the 1983 East final.

After a stint as a broadcaster, Cheevers remained with Boston as a goalie coach and scout for 11 seasons before retiring in 2006.

But despite all these accolades, the question he most gets asked about is his iconic mask. Back in the day, all the goalies sported bland white masks. A puck hit Cheevers in the face one day in practice, and he started rolling around the ice in pain.

“The truth was the puck just grazed me and likely would not have even made a mark,” recalled Cheevers, who is donating a replica mask for this year’s Gordie Howe Cares event this year. “But I hated practice and would do anything to get out of practice.”

So Cheevers retired to the dressing room and enjoyed a cigarette. The Bruins’ popular and colourful trainer, Frosty Forristall, took out a Sharpie and drew five stitches above the right eye hole, where the puck had struck Cheevers’ mask.

After that, a tradition was born.

“Wearing a white mask was driving me nuts,” Cheevers said. “And look what’s happened since, with all the creative mask painting in the game today.

“Even now, I’m introduced as the guy with the mask.”

– by Tim Wharnsby

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NHL Alumni

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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I am always humbled by all of the ways our employees show up for the community. Raising money for those impacted by Alzheimer’s and dementia related diseases is incredibly important to not only me personally, but all the players, our volunteers and our donors. We could not do this without your support.

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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.

Johnston helped Canada win gold at Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022. She recorded two goals and eight assists at the latter. She also earned silver at Pyeong Chang 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.

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Event Committee

Jay Haralson Event Chair

Bil Tillapaugh

Josh Marlatt

Brad Lohman Mark MacEachern

Nick Mohn

Chris Carlsen

Leslie Gallacher Power Play Event Consulting Inc., Event Director

Tim Garbutt Linx Marketing, Hockey Operations

Brett Chorney

Aaron Bishop Brian Boychuk

Ron Evans Jeff Foster

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