The Calgary Flames and Calgary Flames Foundation will stage the 45th Annual Calgary Flames Celebrity Charity Golf Classic presented by Scotiabank on Thursday, September 10. The fundraiser will be spread across two courses - Country Hills Golf Club and Cottonwood Golf & Country Club - and will bring together more than 400 golfers for 54 holes.
The event is part of the Flames’ season launch, with supporters of the Calgary Flames Foundation joining Calgary Flames players and hockey staff, along with CSEC management, alumni and local celebrities. After the round, everyone will head back to the Scotiabank Saddledome for the Western Energy Services Dinner Reception.
Country Hills Golf Club will feature a long list of participants, including Mikael Backlund, Craig Conroy, Devin Cooley, Matt Coronato, Andreas Englund, Joel Farabee, Curtis Glencross, Matvei Gridin, Joel Hanley, Jonathan Huberdeau, Dryden Hunt, Ryan Huska, Adam Klapka, Dave Lowry, Don Maloney, Lanny McDonald, Brian McGrattan, Mason Raymond, Yegor Sharangovich, Matt Stajan, Ryan Strome, Dustin Wolf and Connor Zary.
The Country Hills group also includes Perry Berezan, Jonathan Castagna, Trent Cull, Ben Dumaine, Eric Francis, Tyson Gross, Leland Irving, Ben Jones, Sean Kelso, Jason LaBarbera, Cail MacLean, Jacob Middleton, Brendan Mikkelson, Sam Morton, Simon Nemec, Alex Nylander, Joel Otto, Brayden Pachal, Brad Pascall, Martin Pospisil, Jamie Pringle, Owen Say, Arsenii Sergeev, Aydar Suniev, Maxim Tsyplakov, Carter Wilkie, Derek Wills and Kirill Zarubin.
At Cottonwood Golf & Country Club, the celebrity list includes Kevin Bahl, Andrew Basha, Mike Benning, Mike Board, Hunter Brzustewicz, Shawn Cable, Brett Carson, Rene Corbet, Mike Cvik, Theo Fleury, Morgan Frost, Samuel Honzek, Tim Hunter, Rory Kerins, Krys Kolanos, Yan Kuznetsov, Jamie Macoun, Dana Murzyn, Quinn Olson, Zayne Parekh, William Stromgren, Kyle Walker, Zach Whitecloud and Abram Wiebe.
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