The Kings have teamed up with a wide range of celebrities, former professional hockey players and first stakeholders as well as 17 sponsorship partners to organize a service event for the relief fund on February 23 at Crypto.com Arena.
“Skate for the Strong” will set out an exhibition tournament to four teams with participants fired by Will Ferrell, who is perhaps the closest thing that the Kings have a Jack Nicholson type figure among their fans . Vince Vaughn, Danny Devito, 80, Erin Andrews and Taye Diggs will also be part of the entertainment personalities taking the ice for the cause.
There will also be hockey pros in the middle of them, of course. The temple of fame like Teemu Senlanne, Mark Messier, Cammi Granato and even the director general of Kings Rob Blake will be lashed, just like the ancient Kings winnings of the Stanley Cup such as Jeff Carter and Jarret Stoll. First seven stakeholders of six different emergency entities will also participate in the action.
“We are overwhelmed by the support we have received from the NHL and our family of broadcasting … and by the will of so many friends, colleagues from the industry and so many people in the whole NHL family who we Consulting impatiently to create this platform to help those who have been decimated by this tragedy, “said the director of the Kings and winger of the temple of fame Luc Robitaille.
“We have seen so many things to do to help, but the work does not stop. We all think that we must continue to do everything in our power to help these victims and the families displaced to recover and rebuild their lives. We expect it to be a celebration of our city and an opportunity for us to continue to do everything possible to bring joy and light in the life of so many people who have lost so much. »»
In addition to the three-game exhibition tournament, which will take place in the afternoon after the return of the Kings of the current break from the 4 nations, there will also be live musical performances, whose details have no details not yet confirmed.
No tickets will be sold for the event. Instead, they are distributed to the first stakeholders and victims of seriously serious unprecedented fires which cost a record number of material damage and thousands of residents in January.
“We spoke to (the NHL) Commissioner (Gary) Bettman and said that instead of giving money, let’s do something that has (even more) an impact,” Robitaille told TNT. “The idea is to bring as many people into the building. We will try to bring the first stakeholders and their families as thanks, then evacuated from families … We will also bring them. »»
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