Charity hockey game brings NHL stars Sean Monahan, Mark Giordano, Jeremy Roenick to Brampton

Three NHL stars including Brampton’s own Sean Monahan will drop the puck this summer to raise funds for healthcare projects in the city.

Hockey Night in Brampton returns this August and will see the Canadiens Monahan, Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mark Giordano and former Chicago Blackhawk Jeremy Roenick lace up their skates for a charity game in support of William Osler Health System’s youth mental health services as well as the new Brampton hospital.

The charity game runs on August 23 at Brampton’s CAA Centre and will have all-star coaches and former NHLers  Wendel Clark and Doug Gilmour leading two teams of hockey legends.

Hockey Night in Brampton was first launched in 2019 and in its first year helped raise $411,000 in support of the cardiology program at Brampton Civic Hospital.

The City says youth mental health services continue to experience a surge in patient volume, with more than 28,000 adolescents in Ontario currently waitlisted to receive mental health care.

Mayor Patrick Brown says he’s “incredibly excited” for the return of Hockey Night in Brampton.

“We need to get our second hospital built and this fundraiser will help us do that. Come see some of your favourite current NHL stars and hockey legends go toe to toe while we work towards supporting a critical healthcare need in our community,” said Mayor Brown.

Tickets are available now, and donations can also be made directly to William Osler Health Foundation.

Monahan was born in Brampton and attended St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School, and the City paid tribute to his Brampton roots with the renaming of a park in his honour last summer.