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Toronto Sun
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Cadbury tees it up for fundraising to benefit food banks
Cadbury has teamed up with hockey stars Nazem Kadri and Marie-Philip Poulin for its "Let's Stick it to Hunger Together" campaign in support of food banks. Photo by Cadbury Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Sweet deal. Cadbury has teamed up with hockey stars Nazem Kadri and Marie-Philip Poulin for its 'Let's Stick it to Hunger Together' campaign in support of Food Banks Canada and local food banks across the country. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The chocolate-maker is donating $200,000 to Food Banks Canada and until the end of the year, will donate up to another $200,000 for every product sold. If the campaign hits its $400,000 target, that will mean an extra 800,000 meals for families across Canada fighting food insecurity, Cadbury said. Marie-Philip Poulin, of the PWHL Montreal Victoire, and former Toronto Maple Leaf Nazem Kadri have teamed with Cadbury to serve as food insecurity 'ambassadors.' Photo by Cadbury In addition, Kadri, a former member of the Toronto Maple Leafs and current Calgary Flame, and Poulin, who is the Professional Women's Hockey League leading goal-scorer this season with the Montreal Victoire, will be donating their time at food banks and leveraging their social media reach as food insecurity 'ambassadors.' 'Canada's need for food banks is at an all-time high with over 2 million people visiting food banks this month, the highest number of monthly visits in history,' said Erin Filey-Wronecki, the chief development and partnerships officer at Food Banks Canada. 'Cadbury's 'Let's Stick it to Hunger Together' initiative is crucial in helping us support communities across the country.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The campaign comes at a time when food bank use in Toronto has spiked almost three-fold since the pre-pandemic years, according to the Daily Bread Food Bank Who's Hungry 2024 report. RECOMMENDED VIDEO In 2024 alone, there were nearly 3.5 million client visits to Toronto food banks, almost 1 million more than the previous year. That 'widespread' need led hard-rockers Metallica to donate $40,000 to the Daily Break Food Bank last month after a pair of sold-out shows at Rogers Centre. Cadbury's parent company, Mondelez Canada, is also a long-standing champion of Food Banks Canada, having donated the equivalent of 22 million meals since 2013 to affiliated groups. 'We invite everyone to join us in making a meaningful impact by providing meals to those in need through the purchase of a Cadbury product,' said Chantal Butler, Mondelez Canada's marketing vice-president. Read More Toronto Blue Jays Crime Columnists Sunshine Girls Ontario
National Post
12-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
FLAMES RETOOL TRACKER: The state of the centre position
Article content It's a quiet time in the Calgary Flames' calendar. Article content Article content Their season ended a little less than a month ago and it's still roughly six weeks until the NHL Draft. Article content So what better time to dive deep into where they stand in their famous retool, right? How close are they to contention? Where are their strengths and weaknesses? What are their priorities going to be in the draft, free agency and the trade market? Article content Article content Over the next five weeks, our Flames beat reporters Danny Austin and Wes Gilbertson will be going position-by-position to look at the state of the Flames' rebuild. We're kicking things off this week by looking at centre and today's big-picture look at their roster, prospects and future needs. Article content There's no position on the ice where the Flames need to add more depth than at centre, but where do they actually stand? Let's take a look: Article content The sure things Article content Assuming the earth doesn't tilt over from its axis over the summer, we know Nazem Kadri and Mikael Backlund are going to be playing centre for the Flames this season. Kadri will be on the first line, leading the team's offensive charge and putting up numbers, whoever is on his wings. Backlund will be in the middle of the Flames' shutdown line, likely alongside Blake Coleman, quietly captaining his team, leading the penalty kill and doing all the other quiet things his team requires of him. Article content There can't be any complaints about the work either guy put in last season. They were important leaders in the locker room and had generally good years. It is, however, worth pointing out that Backlund is 36 years old and entering the last year of his contract. Kadri is 34, and while he hasn't slowed down, time eventually catches up to everybody. They're important pieces of the retool, but if the focus is on the future, they may not be around when the Flames are truly trying to contend for a Stanley Cup. Article content Article content Something to prove Article content Article content Hopes should still be high for Morgan Frost. Acquired alongside winger Joel Farabee in the deal that sent Jakob Pelletier and Andrei Kuzmenko to Philadelphia, the 25-year-old could be a fixture on the Flames power-play and a middle-six pivot for years to come … but the early returns didn't exactly blow anyone away. Frost had only three goals and nine assists in 32 games with the Flames and those numbers don't exactly fill you with confidence, do they? Were those numbers the result of a tough, confidence-draining end to his time in Philly under John Tortorella? Could a good summer and a full training camp with the Flames bring out the best in him? He's a restricted free agent this summer and it's going to be interesting to see how much the Flames are willing to offer him. How much do you pay for potential? Article content Zary's potential Article content Connor Zary has established himself as a full-time NHLer over the past two seasons while playing on the wing, but there has been persistent chatter about him playing in the middle and it can't be ignored. Injuries hampered Zary's production and games played this season, but there were stretches when he was one of the Flames' most eye-catching offensive players. If the team is planning for life post-Backlund and you factor in an inevitable decline for Kadri as he enters his late 30s, it might make sense to start transitioning the 23-year-old Zary to the centre of the ice. Even if they do draft a few centres this season, it'll be a little while before they're ready to contribute at the NHL level, so Zary could be useful in the middle for the next couple of seasons, at least.
Edmonton Journal
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Sam Honzek at centre? Calgary Flames could see sneak-peek during world championship
Article content 'There's going to be lots of eyes on the tournament, so it's going to be really, really good for me,' Honzek said. 'I think this can open up lots of eyes and kind of set me up for the future, for next season.' Could the next couple of weeks alter exactly where Honzek, who was a first-round draft pick in 2023, fits on the Flames' future depth chart? It's a good question. 'I talked to the GM of the Slovak national team and he said I might have to play centre,' Honzek revealed after his exit interview with the AHL's Calgary Wranglers. 'So that is going to be definitely a big challenge for me, but I think I can handle it.' Wouldn't that be a welcome wrinkle for the Flames? It's well-documented that the organization is short on centres, especially in the 25-and-under age range that they are targeting to form the nucleus for an eventual contender. Their top two pivots — leading scorer Nazem Kadri and captain Mikael Backlund — already are in their mid-30s and there are not any sure-things in the prospect pipeline.
National Post
07-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Sam Honzek at centre? Calgary Flames could see sneak-peek during world championship
Article content Sam Honzek sees this as an audition — and in more ways than one. Article content He hopes, with a stellar showing at the world championship tournament, that he can start to build his case to be a full-timer with the Calgary Flames next season. Article content The 20-year-old forward also is aiming, in his first appearance with Slovakia's senior national team, to showcase why he should be on the roster to represent his country at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Article content Article content 'There's going to be lots of eyes on the tournament, so it's going to be really, really good for me,' Honzek said. 'I think this can open up lots of eyes and kind of set me up for the future, for next season.' Article content Article content It's a good question. Article content 'I talked to the GM of the Slovak national team and he said I might have to play centre,' Honzek revealed after his exit interview with the AHL's Calgary Wranglers. 'So that is going to be definitely a big challenge for me, but I think I can handle it.' Article content Wouldn't that be a welcome wrinkle for the Flames? Article content It's well-documented that the organization is short on centres, especially in the 25-and-under age range that they are targeting to form the nucleus for an eventual contender. Article content Their top two pivots — leading scorer Nazem Kadri and captain Mikael Backlund — already are in their mid-30s and there are not any sure-things in the prospect pipeline. Article content Could Honzek, a potential power-forward presence at 6-foot-4 and 195 pounds, be part of the solution at this crucial position? Most envision him as a long-term left winger, but he played a fair bit of both as a rookie in the minors and skates well enough to handle the extra responsibilities up the middle. Article content Article content Remember, when the Flames opened training camp this past fall with Martin Pospisil at centre, part of the rationale from head coach Ryan Huska was that he had received positive reports about his performance as Slovakia's 1C at the world championship. Article content Article content Huska is serving this spring as an assistant on Canada's bench staff, so he'll have a see-for-himself opportunity with Honzek. He was on the flank for a tuneup against France, but any shifts at pivot will offer a valuable sneak-peek for the staff at the Saddledome. Article content Would that sway the Flames to give him an extended look at centre as soon as next season? The experiment didn't work with Pospisil, whose crash-and-bang style makes him more of a menace on the wing, but that doesn't mean it's not worth a try with another guy.
Edmonton Journal
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Adam Klapka re-joins Wranglers for playoffs after impressing with Flames
Article content It was a breakthrough season for the Czech winger, and he wound up skating in 31 games for the Flames, scoring six goals and four assists. Those numbers don't tell the full story, though. Klapka seemed the find his feet at the NHL level down the stretch and even was elevated from a fourth-line role to playing alongside star centre Nazem Kadri as the Flames fought desperately for a playoff spot. In the Flames' last nine games, Klapka recorded three goals and three assists, as well as a team-leading 32 hits. 'Adam's situation is to be very direct with his game, go to the net hard, finish your checks. When you play that way his skill-set will come through,' Flames head coach Ryan Huska said at exit-day interviews. 'At the end of the year, once you start to start to see him understand what we're looking for from him on a consistent basis, his game started to come around.' Klapka had scored 14 goals and added 12 assists in his time with the Wranglers this season and last year proved to be one of the most impactful players on the team's playoff roster when he recorded seven points in six post-season games. Klapka will join the Wranglers in time for Game 2 of their Pacific Division first-round series on Saturday night.
