Bluelines: Right To Play Athlete Ambassadors

Published: July 31, 2007, 10:56 am

Tags: bluelines, nhl, nhl center ice, new jersey devils, ottawa senators, prudential center, right to play, stan fischler, the maven

The NHL Network is preparing a documentary on the recent Andrew Ference-Steve Montador humanitarian trip to Tanzania. The two defensemen spent a week there as part of "Right To Play." That's an international charitable organization using sport to improve the lives of children and communities affected by war, poverty and disease."We were told that 65% of these Tanzanian kids either had HIV/AIDS or had parents that died from it," says Ference. "One moment you're hugging these kids, dancing with them, laughing with them, and then you realize, 'God, how many of these kids have a death sentence on them?' It makes you so sad and angry at the same time."Ference and Montador are among ten Right To Play athlete ambassadors from the NHL, joining Wayne Gretzky, Alex Ovechkin, Daniel Alfredsson, Joe Thornton, Alex Steen, Matt Pettinger, Robyn Regehr and Georges Laraque. Wasn't that Bryan Murray behind Ottawa's bench during the Finals? Of course it was! Then how come

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