July 09, 2010

Ex-Canucks goalie going Five Hole for Food

By: Hilary Atkinson, ctvbc.ca

Richard Loat and his wingman, Vic Lo, hit Vancouver for Five Hole for Food July 9, 2010.

Richard Loat and Five Hole for Food have made it to Vancouver.

After travelling on a 10-day road trip from Montreal to the West Coast, Loat and his road hockey-playing buddies are ready to drop the ball one last time on Friday.

The charity road trip was organized to raise money and donations for Canadian food banks.

“We’re going to have several hundreds of pounds of food before our game even starts,” Loat tweeted on Friday morning.

Loat and his wingman, Vic Lo, drove across Canada, making stops in nine different cities to play a little road hockey and help end hunger.

Vancouver fans, participants and spectators are encouraged to bring food donations to 800-block Granville Street between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. PST and watch the Five Hole for Food’s season finale live.

Loat also said people have been donating to the Vancouver Food Bank in their name because they can’t make the game in person.

Mascots from the Vancouver Giants and Abbotsford Heat will be in action tonight, as well as former Vancouver Canucks goalie Richard Brodeur.

Today’s game will be a duel of mascots: Jack the Giant takes on Hawkey.

“Road hockey on Granville, no better way to end this trip that’s been unbelievable so far,” Loat tweeted.

Five Hole for Food has raised 2,956 pounds of food since starting in Montreal on June 29, shattering the original goal of one tonne by 915 pounds.

Canucks Nation slaughtered Calgary Flames fans by already raising 956 pounds of food, and beating Calgary’s total of 640 pounds.

All proceeds from tonight’s game will be donated to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.