This year, I’ll be stepping onto the ice for something much bigger than hockey.

I’m participating in a 24-hour hockey game to support LivFree — an organization dedicated to creating “Moments of Joy” for children battling cancer and for the families fighting alongside them.

As a physician, I spend much of my professional life caring for critically ill patients and walking with families through some of the hardest moments they will ever face. One thing I’ve learned — both in medicine and in life — is that hope matters. Small moments matter. Time together matters.

For families facing pediatric cancer, life can quickly become consumed by hospital rooms, treatments, uncertainty, exhaustion, and fear. LivFree helps give those families something incredibly important: moments where they can simply be a family again. A hockey game. A concert. A special outing. A memory that is about joy instead of illness.

That mission hit home for me.

Hockey has always been part of my life — as a player, coach, teammate, and parent. The game teaches resilience, teamwork, sacrifice, and perseverance. Those same qualities are lived every day by children fighting cancer and by the families standing beside them.

So for 24 straight hours, I'll keep skating.

Not because it will be easy.
Not because losing sleep or battling fatigue compares to what these families endure.
But because if pushing through one long day on the ice can help create even a few moments of hope and joy for a child and their family, then every shift is worth it.

I’m asking for your support.

Whether your donation is large or small, every contribution helps LivFree continue supporting children and families during the fight of their lives.

Thank you for supporting this incredible cause — and thank you for helping turn hockey into hope.

Every shift counts. Every donation matters.