Game On Magazine - April 2017 Game on Preview Edition | Page 118

FUND RAISING HOCK E Y
Duraco repeats as goals
for G.R.O.W. Champs
For many of the players, it was a nice Sunday skate at the Bell MTS
Iceplex. For others, it was chance to play against some of Manitoba’s
top professionals. For all of them, however, it was an opportunity to
raise money for G.R.O.W., or Gaining Resources Our Way Inc., a life
skills program for young adults with social and intellectual disabilities.
Sometimes we don’t realize how much money is raised for great causes
just by playing a hockey tournament. If nothing else, it certainly says a
lot about the state of the game here in Manitoba.
B y S c o t t Tay l o r
Photos by Laurie Anderson
Riley Stotts
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At first blush, it sounds
like the final of any other
recreational hockey
tournament.
Former Brandon Wheat
Kings winger, now University
of Manitoba Bisons forward,
Quintin Lisoway, had four
goals while former Winnipeg
Blues forward Brett Brooks
had two goals and two assists
and Toledo Walleyes (ECHL)
defenseman, Nolan Zajac
had a goal and four assists
as Duraco beat Serratus 10-4
in the final of the Goals for
GROW hockey tournament at
Bell Bell MTS Iceplex.
In the consolation final,
Mike Brown had two goals and
two assists while Swift Current
Broncos star Riley Stotts had
two third-period goals plus
an assist and Spencer Ferbers
scored the winning goal in
overtime as the Snipers beat
Team Benji 5-4.
Yep, put it that way and
it’s just another Beer League
hockey tournament on a
Sunday at Bell MTS Iceplex.
However, this one was
different, this one raised more
than $80,000 for G.R.O.W., or
Gaining Resources Our Way
Inc., a life skills program for
young adults with social and
intellectual disabilities.
“We enhance the potential
of young adults with social
and intellectual disabilities and
provide opportunities for them
to become more involved with
community life,” said founder
Karyn Lazareck. “When my
son Jordan, who has autism,
was born, not many people
were talking about it so I pretty
much had to make things up
as I went along. Jordan had
the opportunity to to go to
a program in New Haven,
Conn., which focused on life
skills and independence within
“
$80,000+
raised for
G.R.O.W. a
life skills
program
for young
adults with
social and
intellectual
disabilities
”