Avery to play for TIFF Festival Cup

 Like him or not Avery brings LOTS of media attention to the Stars; so much so that Mark Stepneski over at Andrew's Stars Page has been tracking him this summer with a series he calls Searching for Sean Avery.  Now maybe he is driven to this due to the lack of hockey (oh how we loathe the summer months), but it has led to some interesting tidbits.

I'll say this, I don't have the same google search pattern Mark does, but in my DALLAS+STARS search that I track the information listed in the subject came up from the Tornoto Sun:

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The inaugural Festival Cup will see hockey stars such as the Ottawa Senators' Jason Spezza, Dallas Stars' Sean Avery, Joe Thornton from the San Jose Sharks, goaltender Curtis Joseph and fellow Maple Leafs player Matt Stajan among others playing in the event with proceeds going to the international humanitarian organization Right To Play, a group which uses sports as a means of promoting health, education and development in children around the world.

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The Festival Cup is being put on by the Toronto International Film Festival (get it?  festival?) and Right To Play on Sept. 5th at the Air Canada Centre.  Mark Brender, deputy directory of Right To Play's Canadian office, is hoping to make this an annual fund raising event.

Interestingly enough I just read something about Celebrity Games over at Yahoo's Puck Daddy as part of their summer filler "5 ways" where they ask both fans and league members alike to come up with new ways to improve the league.  What a fantastic idea ... and really, who wouldn't want to watch Tim Robbins take a slapshot at Martin Brodeur?

NOTE: I just realized that Wyshynski actually linked from the post that included celebrity games to the TIFF link I'm talking about ... guess I should more carefully read my blogs, eh?

--jay