The Riverton Rifle is coming to Orillia to help ensure Rama children can play hockey.
Reggie Leach, an NHL legend from Riverton, Manitoba who scored almost 400 goals in his storied 13-year NHL career, is well known and well regarded in Rama and to native hockey players Canada-wide.
Leach, an Ojibway from Berens River First Nation in Manitoba, is best known for his prolific scoring seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers where he helped lead the team to the Stanley Cup in 1975 and led the NHL in scoring in 1976. He is also the only non-goaltender to win the Conn Smythe trophy as playoff MVP while playing on the losing team.
This year’s annual Friends of Rama Little Native Hockey League fund-raising golf tournament will be held June 22. The morning of the tourney, beginning at 7:30 a.m., Rama First Nation is hosting a Breakfast with Reggie Leach event at the Hawk Ridge Golf and Country Club.
“This is our fourth year and we keep growing each year,” said Rama First Nation Coun. Ted Williams. “Once again, our friend Reggie Leach will be among us and there is still room to join us at the breakfast and to hear Reggie’s story. He is a real, genuine hockey hero.”
To book your ticket for either the golf tournament or the breakfast event, you can pick up tickets at the Rama First Nation administration office or call 705-238-9766.
Williams said the event, which raises money to send local teams to the annual Little NHL tournament, could not occur without the "generous support" of local sponsors who ensure the event is a success – and raises lots of money.
Platinum sponsors ($2,000 or more) for the golf tournament and breakfast include Jim Wilson Chevrolet, Rama Moccasin and Smoke, MultiCare Group, Steenhof Building Services Group and Hydro One.
Gold sponsors ($600 to $1,500) include Morning Star Hospitality Services, Lincluden Management Investment and 4Front Capital Partners, while silver sponsors (up to $500) are Max’s Smoke Shop, Deliotte (Coldwater Trust), CSI Leasing Canada Ltd., TE Wealth Aboriginal Services, Mawer, Linx Contracting, Mac Lang Orillia, Sunshine Flooring and Carpet and BDO.
