A Callout to Hockey Fans Worldwide: Fight a Good Cause For Eagle Eye Borsheim

I know that I usually run my mouth and go off about everything, but this time it is different.

This isn't just a situation about me. This is a situation about a great hockey player whose career was cut short due to a motorcycle accident during the offseason. I'm talking about Colorado Eagles forward/defender Les Borsheim.

Earlier this past summer, Borsheim was riding his motorcycle when it veered off the road and launched Borsheim off, before coming to a stop before crashing on its own. I'm making this short and sweet, mainly because this is a very touching and very touchy subject to discuss around the water cooler of the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, where the Eagles play their home games.

Last Wednesday night, the Eagles and Rocky Mountain Rage opened CHL preseason play with a charity game in honor of the fallen CHL All-Star. At the beginning of the game, the parents of Borsheim dropped the puck as almost 3,000 fans stood up and applauded in honor of the native of Saskatchewan, Canada. During the second intermission, the Eagle Eye himself made an appearance to accept a check for $100,000 to help in his recovery.

His surgery did go successfully, but it's obvious that he left an impact on the cities of Loveland and Windsor. Before the accident, he, as well as several other Eagles players were assisting in the cleanup of Windsor, following the tornadoes that thrashed through Weld County.

Borsheim was a dangerous, sick, and twisted beast on the ice, and had no problem getting his hands bloodied for the good of his team. But off the ice, he was a man who had no hesitation in giving his time and energy to Northern Colorado.

Which is why I'm bringing this information to the entire Bleacher Report Community. I feel that a man who brings me to tears—and considering that I've only known him for seven days—deserves to know that everyone would do whatever is necessary to help him get back to the groove he once had.

As we speak, I myself have already started creating a hockey jersey to permanently honor Borsheim, in the hopes that this attire will catch on and that it will help show him just what kind of impact he left on all of us in the Colorado Eagles Organization, the Budweiser Events Center, and the Central Hockey League.

So with that being said, I'm asking everyone who is within earshot and drops through to see this editorial to please go to www.teamborsheim.com and leave thoughts, donations, e-cards, prayers, and comments. Whatever you can show, show. This is just a start. Do what you can for our Fallen Eagle.

I'm sure that Eagle Eye Borsheim will appreciate the outpouring of support for a quick and great recovery from those who love hockey...from those who love tough as nails players who also have hearts of gold...from guys who played just to give the fans what they wanted...from people who love sports and the players that keep it sports instead of money.

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