Hurricanes Captain Nominated as Humanitarian of the Year
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LETHBRIDGE – Lethbridge Hurricanes Captain Tyler Wong is being recognized for his work in the community.
Wong has been named as the Eastern Conference nominee for the Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy as the WHL’s Humanitarian of the Year. This is the second straight season that Wong is up for the honour. Jerret Smith from the Seattle Thunderbirds is the Western Conference nominee.
Prior to the start of this season, Wong created a program in which he vowed to donate $5.00 of his own money to charity for each goal he scored. After recruiting teammates Ryley Lindgren and Carter Folk to join him, other individuals and local businesses soon jumped on board to create the ‘Canes KidSport program that saw over $6,000.00 donated to KidSport this season. In addition, Wong spends an hour each Monday with a local atom hockey team as part of the Hurricanes’ Mentorship Program.
On his own time, the 19-year-old spends an hour and a half every Thursday he is available at Dr. Probe Elementary where he volunteers as a teacher’s assistant in a grade five classroom mentoring students and helping them with reading, math and science.
