[Hoody]

I may need the help of others to complete the story, but here is the gist of it.

Every year the team here in the QC had a charity auction game, usually held in Feb. or March to raise money for a local charity (Gilda's Club, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Genesis Medical Center, Etc.). It started , I believe, or first year of having hockey, in '95. They would always have a special jersey made up for the event, and after the game, have a local auctioneer come in and auction them off. The players would dance, sing, do skits, etc. One year we had guys bring one of the players trucks out onto the ice during the auction, start up a charcoal grill, and cook burgers, dogs, and eat while they watched the sales. They broke out the coolers and had a few while they cooked. It was great. They would do just about anything to get their bids up. At first, the jersey were throwback style jerseys, then it moved to themed holiday sweaters, (Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's day), but were usually still normal jerseys in the themed colours. Then it started getting bad, and started turning into "printed" style jerseys, (disco, Hawaiian floral), then came the cartoons. That's were the cowboy came from, along with a pirate style jersey, complete with ruffles. I'm sure DS has a complete catalog of the different jerseys we have had over the years. They were all picked by, I think, our GM at the time, Howard Cornfield. We managed to bring in obscene amounts of money for those jerseys every year (I believe 1 year we brought in over $100,000.). Others will probably be able to add to the story.

Hoody