Luc Robitaille, an eight-time NHL All-Star, lived the dream every aspiring youth hockey player around the world imagines every minute of the day. Now, “Lucky’’ Luc is determined to give back by giving those in need an opportunity to live out their dreams.
Robitaille, whose career spanned 19 seasons with four different teams, will host the first Luc Robitaille Celebrity Shootout, presented by D.I.S.C. Sports and Spine Center, on Jan. 20 at the Park City Ice Arena in Utah at 3 p.m. .
The event, in partnership with Tom Bernard of Sony Pictures Classics, the National Hockey League, and the Los Angeles Kings, will benefit Robitaille’s charity, Echoes of Hope.
Echoes of Hope was formed to help nurture the lives of at-risk and emancipated foster youth by providing the necessary resources, skills and support they need to reach their potential.
”Following Hurricane Katrina (in 2005), my wife and I started our own foundation (Shelter for Serenity) and actually went to New Orleans, picked up a bunch of families and brought them back to live in our house in Utah,’’ Robitaille told NHL.com. “We wanted to provide them a chance to restart their lives. But during this process, we realized that the people most affected and in need of help were the children. The kids were the ones at risk since they came mostly from poor families.’’
'Lucky Luc' spreads around his good fortune (NHL) 
