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SlapShor Radio - Assist Dog Fundraiser Tonight!

May 30, 2012, 11:09 AM ET [6 Comments]
Paul McCann
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Should be a fun day in Smashville as we have a fundraiser and SlapShot Radio happening tonight. First off… SlapShot Radio will get you ready for the Stanley Cup Finals tonight with a preview of game one. Our guests include Jeremy Roenick from NBC Sports Network, the radio voice of the New Jersey Devils, Matt Loughlin and the man behind HockeyNomics, Darcy Norman. SSR drops the puck at 6pm on 102.5 the Game. You can listen online at 1025thegame.com

Then I will be heading over to the Tin Roof on Music Row to host a fundraising event.

I’ve been tracking the progress on this blog for the past few weeks on an effort to raise money for a Diabetic Assist Dog to help the Game Operations Producer for the Predators, Ron Zolkower. Ron is the completely twisted individual that is behind what goes over the speakers and on the megatron at Bridgestone Arena for Pred games. Ron was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of two and has managed the disease successfully for quite awhile however, he is losing the ability to sense when his blood sugar is going to high or too low. An assist dog is able to alert him of blood sugar issues 30 minutes before a meter will catch it. These dogs are specifically trained to wake a patient up if their sugar has gone too high or low and to bring needed supplies to the patient. Really neat stuff that honestly, before Ron told me about it, I was not aware such a thing existed.

The effort has been incredibly successful, as of this writing Pred Nation has donated $7,370, a simply amazing outpouring of support. We bringing the effort home tonight with a benefit concert at Tin Roof on Music Row featuring Sixwire and Small Time Rock Stars. Both bands are well known to Pred fans as STRS is the house band for most Predator game intermissions. Like some games, STRS is welcoming a few special guests to join them tonight, Danielle Lauderdale, Teea Goans and very special guest, John Elefante (lead singer of Kansas!)

Things get going at around 6pm... There is a suggested donation of $5 for admission and there will be a silent auction of a few signed Predator jerseys. Tin Roof is donating 5% of their sales during the event to the effort, and are offering 50% off bottles of wine and $5 frozen drinks. Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals will also be on the Tin Roof TV’s so come on out and support this great effort, and have a great time with a bunch of Pred fans!

If you can’t make it, you can still support the effort… Click on the link to contribute.

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Random Notes

- The voting has begun! Pekka Rinne and Clude Girouz are the finalists in the EA Sports Cover Vote for NHL13… vote early… vote often.

- Interesting topic to be discussed at the GM meetings in New York… carry over penalties in the playoffs. Detroit GM Ken Holland is proposing this. The example everyone is pointing to would be Shea Weber’s penalty at the end of game one of this year’s Detroit series. I think it is a pretty good idea.

- A interesting tidbit about the two Stanley Cup finalists… it is the first time in league history that the captains of both finalists are American born.

- The Predators are looking for a new coach in Milwaukee as Ian Hebers has left the team to take the head coaching job at the University of Alberta. A curious move. The next head guy in Milwaukee will be the third head coach of the Admirals in the last year...

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