{"id":34119,"date":"2011-01-06T21:30:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T03:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=34119"},"modified":"2011-01-08T21:56:14","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T03:56:14","slug":"saves-for-a-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2011\/01\/06\/saves-for-a-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Saves For A Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"
Todd Sheridan’s playing days at Brockport may be over, but that hasn’t slowed him down when it comes to his charitable foundation, Saves For A Cure. In fact, he is expanding the effort.<\/p>\n
A cancer survivor himself, he got a second chance to play college hockey as the goaltender for Brockport. He rewarded the team with some of the best hockey years ever seen at the school. He didn’t forget about his illness, especially those of the children he saw going through treatment.<\/p>\n
“These kids are some of the toughest people I have ever met,” Sheridan, who is now the goalie coach at Brockport, said.<\/p>\n
Thus, he started Saves For A Cure, not just to help battle cancer, but to help ease the experience as much as possible for children fighting the disease. He got people and companies to pledge money for each save Brockport goalies made. For the past two years, a game at Brockport was designated to raise funds. Special uniforms were made up, and they were auctioned off afterwards.<\/p>\n
Now, Sheridan has gotten other teams to commit to the effort. This year, there will be three SUNYAC schools who will host a Saves For A Cure game, wearing special uniforms to be auctioned off. Naturally, Brockport is one of them, which will be on January 29 vs. Neumann. Morrisville has also signed on for their February 5 game against Plattsburgh.<\/p>\n
First up is Oswego this weekend on January 8, as they host Curry. It’s no surprise Oswego jumped on board as their assistant coach, Mark Digby, used to play with Sheridan at Brockport. Digby then became the assistant coach for the Golden Eagles before moving to Oswego.<\/p>\n
“With the help of the Oswego Athletic Department and coaching staff, assistant coach Mark Digby made this early expansion of Saves For A Cure happen,” Sheridan said.<\/p>\n