The Hawks give back to the latest Golden Night | theahl.com

Patrick Williamstheahl.com writer

If it was a parade in Colorado, there must be one Golden can.

The Colorado Hawks will host the annual Golden Raid Fundraising event tonight when they host Tucson tonight. The campaign began in 2012 and has raised more than $700,000 to help families try to manage the financial difficulties that can occur when children cope with medical conditions.

The recipient of this year is 9 years old Josh Mellon and his family, Tinmath from Colora.

Josh suffers from rare neuromotor disorders, dystonia in children, which affects the body’s muscles and causes involuntary painful movements. Doctors diagnosed Josh with KMT2-B-related dystonia, with only 39 cases in the United States. He showed his first sign at 5 and he couldn’t walk when he was 7.

Deep brain stimulation is a two-step surgical procedure where electrodes are implanted into the brain and connected to the battery in the chest, but there is no known treatment. This leads to difficulties in swallowing and eating and various daily life problems. Mellons took Josh to Texas for brain surgery because there was no one in Colorado who specialized in the procedure. Now, he will need ongoing treatment, which will involve four to six times a year.

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Therefore, Mellon and his family clearly need financial needs, including their mother AprilFather JustinAnd older siblings Ashley and Abigail. But tonight was also a night on the ice rink, and it was an opportunity to get rid of the daytime stress of patients and families with severe medical conditions.

The Hawks will do it in style for Mellon and the fans of the team and wear a specially designed Irish themed jersey for this game. These jerseys feature a special themed logo as well as abbreviation for the previous Golden Pot recipient. Fans will be able to bid for those worn jerseys this week, and all proceeds will be directly to Mellon. Fans can donate during the game or through the team-organized GoFundMe.

Tonight’s game is also Live in this week’s social AHL gamefree streaming on FloHockey’s social platform starting from September 6/6.

Night is an important cause, but it is driven by a sense of friendly competition and friendship.

“It’s a joint effort,” Eagles executive vice president Gavin’s wealthy explain. “Everyone wants to try to raise as much money as possible and the entire community sees it as ‘Hey, we want to beat last year’s phone number because it’s a great cause.’”

People today compete for their time, money and emotional energy, but the Eagles have been able to cut that down and connect their fans to the cause. To this end, the team’s video production director Reno Boyd His team prioritizes production of content that attracts fans’ attention. The team also linked the fundraiser to St. Patrick’s Day (a popular themed night in many AHL markets) to further increase the visibility of the event and relieve the mood of the very serious theme.

“They are tough stories, but we’ve turned it into a huge celebration,” Ridges said. “It’s not just about raising money in the game. It’s happy. As the game goes on, it’s fun, it’s fusing everything together…the game, really compelling content and a community of people who want to support it.”

Over the years, it was also the recipient, kids like Josh, who made the activity a special tradition. These children and their families are dealing with difficult and ongoing challenges. Body pain, medication, procedures, travel, overall disruption – it will affect people of any age. They have to endure all these years.

“He’s just a great kid,” Ridges said of Josh. “He kept smiling on his face. I think his mom would be the best thing to say, ‘Your day is not good because he never had a bad day.’

“It encapsulates him well. Sure, he faces physical challenges. But he deals with them with a smile. When I was with him, it was an explosion.”

Roster changes, players come and go, but Colorado players are also associated with the event. Jayson Megna,,,,, TJ Tynan,,,,, Jacob MacDonald and Calle Rosén Everyone returned to the Hawks as free agents last summer, highlighting the importance of the night to the team’s latest membership. So is the head coach Aaron SchneeklothHas been working with the organization since 2006.

“They told stories about children from the past,” Ridges said. “It feels organic.”

Riches explained that the Eagles have built one of the highest operations on the AHL ice, which allows them to offer programs like Gold fundraising.

“It’s not just dollars and cents. It’s also about what we can come back and we’re lucky to have the opportunity to say, ‘Hey, we can do things that don’t have to make money. We can give back to the community because the community gets incredible fan support every night.”

Combining this philosophy with buying from outside the organization, families like Mellon can get some much-needed relief during tough times.

“It’s almost beyond the team itself,” Ridges said of Golden Night. “It’s the team, the players, the fans, the company partners, the entire community in northern Colorado, gathering behind these amazing families.”

During the fifty years in the American Hockey League, Theahl.com writer Patrick Williams currently covers the NHL.com and Flosports leagues and is a regular contributor to Siriusxm NHL New Network Radio. He won the AHL’s James H. Ellery Memorial Award for his outstanding league coverage in 2016.