Mark DeMontis of Courage Canada in Raleigh for Courage Carolina during All Star Week
Sean Mitton, Canadian Expat Network
The Courage Carolina
Project in action
With all eyes on the sport of ice
hockey during the upcoming 2011 NHL All-Star Weekend hosted by the Carolina
Hurricanes, DeMontis will be in town raising funds and awareness for the Courage
Carolina Project throughout the week. The funds generated during his visit will
support the creation of prototypes that will be used to advance the quality of
play and growth of the sport. His involvement in a variety of events early
during NHL All-Star week will allow local fans and supporters to learn more
about Blind Hockey and how it will develop in the United States, starting in
Raleigh.
On Monday, DeMontis will meet with
the Courage Carolina Project work teams at NC State University to be briefed on
the Blind Hockey puck's development to date, and will later be the official
'siren sounder' at the Carolina Hurricanes game against the Toronto Maple Leafs
at the RBC Center. On Tuesday, he will lead a closed-skating session at the
AT&T Winterfest Outdoor Rink with students from the Governor Morehead School
for the Blind and later that night will be the featured guest at a social and
fundraiser function at the Capital City Club. On Wednesday, DeMontis will speak
at NC State University with the Courage Carolina Project team and be the special
guest at a late-night open skating function with NC State University students in
downtown Raleigh at the Winterfest Outdoor Rink.
The sport of Blind Hockey and
its future in the United States will have it roots in Raleigh and will create
opportunities for more to play the game than had been previously realized - all
thanks to DeMontis and his vision of "bringing the blind to the ice, one stride
at a time."
Peter Koutrompris is a
former Torontonian who writes for the Raleigh Sports Examiner and works for NC
State Campus Recreation.
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