Hockey is a tough sport even when it’s for fun. On Friday night at Calgary’s Stampede Corral, a squad of rock stars played the fifth annual Juno Cup hockey game against a team of NHL oldtimers that included Doug Glimour, Lanny McDonald, Paul Coffey, Russ Courtnall, Bob Probert and Mike Pelyk.
Blue Rodeo’s Jimy Cuddy was the captain of the rock stars, a team that included Tom Cochrane, Craig Northey, Barney Bentall, Luke Doucet, David Francey, Andrew Scott (Sloan), Zack Werner (Canadian Idol) and Michael Hollett (publisher of Toronto’s NOW Magazine).
Nobody really kept score, but at the end of the game, the board overhead read 16-15 for the NHLers.
Unfortunately, there was one casualty during the game. Hollett broke his leg in three places and was sent to Calgary's Foothills Hospital where he was still awaiting surgery Saturday.
“He fell backwards during the middle of the game,” Jim Cuddy said. “He hit Mike Pelyk, a former Maple Leaf, and he fractured his leg in three places.”
The Juno Cup is held each year during the Juno Festival to help raise funds for MusiCan which provides musical instruments for school children across the country.
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