Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid, Milan Lucic and Leon Draisaitl team up with local junior high schools and charities to kick off the fourth season of Hockey Helps Kids.
Mary Butterworth School with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins as their captain have won season three of Hockey Helps Kids with Dogs with Wings as their charity.
The unique contest that supports local schools and charities launches third annual Charity Cup Challenge at Rogers Place.
The five team captains each went to their schools to brainstorm ideas for their videos and fundraising efforts with the students.
The third season of Hockey Helps Kids is officially underway after it launched at D.S. MacKenzie School with the help of 600 junior high students. This year there are five team captains, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Patrick Maroon, Milan Lucic and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
Hockey Helps Kids co-founders, Chloe and Harrison Katz, present the Charity Cup to Father Michael Troy Junior High School captained by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
Voting is now open until February 16, 2017 at midnight for the second annual Hockey Helps Kids Charity Cup Challenge. Nearly 2,000 students filled the seats at Rogers Place as each team launched their video highlighting their local charities.
Watch as each team starts to put together their campaign to try to win over your votes come the beginning of next year.
Take one final look back as we show you at the highlights from the successful inaugural year of the Hockey Helps Kids program in Edmonton.
Oilers TV’s Jessica Kent reports after the winning school for the Charity Cup was presented with their trophy and reward for the Zebra Child Protection Centre. In addition to the trophy and prize, Killarney School (Team McDavid) was able to attend the game and participate in a ceremonial puck drop.
