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Terriers Varsity To Meet Current, Former NHL Stars

In Exhibition Hockey Game Sunday Oct. 24

 

10/24 Exhibition Game to Benefit Travis Roy Foundation & Mark Bavis Foundation

 

BOSTON -- The Boston University Terriers varsity hockey team will play a team comprised of current and former NHL stars, all BU alumni, in a benefit exhibition game at 1:00 PM on Sunday, October 24, 2004 at BU’s Walter Brown Arena. To purchase tickets, call 617-931-2000 or visit ticketmaster.com and search "Boston University Hockey."

NHL players who are expected to play in the game include:

  • Chris Drury (Buffalo Sabres)

  • Shawn McEachern (Atlanta Thrashers)

  • Tom Poti (NY Rangers)

  • Mike Grier (Buffalo Sabres)

  • Rick DiPietro (NY Islanders)

  • Jay Pandolfo (NJ Devils)

  • Shawn Bates (NY Islanders)

  • Dan LaCouture (NY Rangers)

  • Adrian Aucoin (NY Islanders)

  • Scott Lachance (Columbus Blue Jackets)

  • Scott Young (Dallas Stars)

  • Joe Sacco (NHL - retired)

Proceeds from the game will benefit the Travis Roy Foundation and the Mark Bavis Leadership Foundation. For more information, visit the Travis Roy Foundation web site at www.travisroyfoundation.org.

TRAVIS ROY: On October 20, 1995, only eleven seconds into the first shift of his college hockey career at Boston University, Travis Roy shattered his fourth cervical vertebra, severely damaging his spinal cord. He is now a quadriplegic, with no feeling below his shoulders and movement only in his right arm. With limited control of his right bicep, Travis is able to conduct simple yet key tasks such as operating the joystick of his wheelchair. Travis has faced his disability with the same sense of optimism and determination that distinguished his hockey career. A May 2000 graduate of Boston University with a degree in public relations, he is a popular motivational speaker and is actively involved in the activities of the Travis Roy Foundation. In 1998, he published a book, Eleven Seconds, based on his life. In 2004, he made his debut as a television college hockey analyst for WMTW-TV8 in Portland, ME.

TRAVIS ROY FOUNDATION: Since 1997 the Travis Roy Foundation has distributed more than $1.2 million in individual grants and to research projects and rehabilitation institutions across North America. The individual grant funds have been used to modify vans and to purchase wheelchairs, computers, ramps, shower chairs, and other adaptive equipment to help quadriplegics and paraplegics live their lives. The Foundation is also actively involved in efforts to build a state of the art spinal cord center in Boston that would treat patients from across the Northeast United States. Donations to the Travis Roy Foundation are tax-deductible to the full extent as allowed by law.

For more information about this event or Boston University Hockey, visit their web site at http://www.bu.edu/athletics/icehockey/index.html. To learn more about the Travis Roy Foundation, spinal cord injuries, or other upcoming Travis Roy Foundation events, please visit the Travis Roy Foundation online at www.travisroyfoundation.org.

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