Gritty In Pink: NHLers’ Sticks To Benefit Cancer Research

NHLers Tie Domi, Mats Sundin, Steve Yzerman, Sidney Crosby and others will use pink sticks this weekend in a “tribute to hockey moms and to raise awareness of breast cancer,” according to Yvonne Bendo of the CHATHAM DAILY NEWS. Each player will have his name “inscribed on the stick which will later be autographed and auctioned off to raise money for breast cancer research.” Sports equipment company TPS Hockey is paying C$50,000 for the initiative by covering the C$300 cost of each stick and its painting. The idea took root after Coyotes coach & Managing General Partner Wayne Gretzky’s mother, Phyllis, died from lung cancer in December. In addition, TPS Hockey Owner Paul Walker’s sister died of breast cancer, “so it was decided to focus on breast cancer” (CHATHAM DAILY NEWS, 3/16).