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Special Visit by the Dryden Brothers

It was a great evening at Ron Hughes condo. Dave and Ken dropped by and stayed for over an hour. They talked about the '72 series, Ken's involvement in the Humber Valley league as a kid. Ken played for the Hornets that were the Canadien's colours at the time.

Ken spoke of playing in the King Clancy at the time and years later learning that he had played against Brad Park in the tournament where they had won 2-1 and Brad had scored the one goal against Ken.

It was a terrific opportunity to talk together... and the inscription on the stick is;

To Ron,
H.V. Hornets #30
with best wishes,

Dave Dryden

Ken Dryden
H.V. Hornets #1
58 years later!
 
   
   
Buffalo & Montreal jerseys that Dave and Ken signed to Ron's sons


Sleeping Children Charity Article


"Humber Valley hockey league keeps children charity going strong with donations"
Chanelle Seguin
SPORTS REPORTER - Humber Et Cetera
PHOTO BY CHANELLE SEGUIN // Mike Kurnik, president of the Humber Valley Old Timers league, at the rink on Oct. 26/11
 
Since their start 23 years ago, the Humber Valley Old Timers’ hockey league has donated approximately $50,000 to the Sleeping Children Around the World organization.

Mike Kurnik, league president, said a portion of each player’s registration fee is given to the charity, which distributes bed kits to children in developing countries.

“We have 90 guys that are in the league and each season we have been doing this,” said Kurnik. “Everyone is big on supporting charity and especially this charity because it was started by Murray Dryden.”

Murray, father of Hall of Fame goaltender Ken Dryden, died in 2004 and co-founded the Old Timers’ league and the Sleeping Children organization.

Dave Dryden, son of Murray and now president of Sleeping Children, said his father got the idea when he visited India and Pakistan.

“He saw the conditions that kids were living under there and he decided a bed is a very important thing for children to sleep on,” he said. “A lot of these kids didn’t have beds so he said he was going to do something about it.”

On top of taking funds from the registration fee, the league also has an annual golf tournament that raises around $1,000 for the Sleeping Children organization, which receives just over $2 million per year in donations.

“We distribute 70,000 bed kits per year to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Togo, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Philippines,” said Dryden. “One thing my dad always focused on was that every single cent of that went overseas.”

Linda Webb, executive director for Sleeping Children, said the Old Timers’ league has been a faithful donor to the organization since the start.

“Even with many of their players passing on, they continue to support our organization,” said Webb. “We even have some of the players from the league who volunteer for us now.”
 
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