Fans young and old in Estevan were very excited yesterday for the appearance of Lanny McDonald and they weren't disappointed as the man with the famous mustache
McDonald started his day by visiting the Spruce Ridge School speaking to kids from Grade 3-8, McDonald explained the benefit of playing sports to kids and being a good role model. After his speech, McDonald answered questions from the kids and signed some autographs.
Last night McDonald visited Spectra Place for the first time and he was blown away by the rink and especially the Bruins dressing room. He gave the Bruins a motivational speech and McDonald says that the message he was trying to give was that there's nothing bigger than the team and that there is no stronger bond than the one that's shared with a junior hockey team.
McDonald signed autographs for fans before the game, during the intermissions and after the game. During the first intermission the Bruins auctioned a pair of autographed Lanny McDonald jerseys that raise 5,000 dollars for the Bruins scholarship fund. In the second intermission McDonald took part in the shoot to win contest.
After the game, McDonald spoke at a reception at the Days Inn Plaza and answered questions from the audience.
Earlier in the afternoon McDonald spoke to the media.
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The game itself didn't turn out the way the Bruins didn't want to as they were defeated by the La Ronge Ice Wolves 6-4. The Bruins opened the scoring an had a 3-2 lead before the Ice Wolves scored three unanswered goals to give them a 5-3 lead, Cole Olson scored with 3:35 left to cut the lead to 5-4 but the Ice Wolves scored on the next shift to give them the win.
Matthew Dochylo scored a pair and Matt Brykaliuk also scored for the Bruins.
After the game I spoke to Dochylo.
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