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rIChArd duguAY, BuSIneSS deVeLoPment

The Ottawa Senators Foundation is the fundraising and community arm of the Ottawa Senators

Hockey Club and works to promote physical and mental health among children and youth in

eastern Ontario and western Quebec. In 2014, the Ottawa Senators Foundation introduced to the

Ottawa market a new Signature Event – a one-day NHL Celebrity Hockey Tournament.

Last spring, following the success of the

second event, the Senators Foundaion

convened a small working session and asked

Richard to paricipate. Once again, Richard

provided not just valuable feedback but

valid and construcive suggesions to help us

enhance the event and guest experience as

we prepared for the 3rd Annual Event in 2016.

Now, in our 3rd year of the WSP Sens

Alumni & NHL Celebrity Cup, with Richard’s

support, one of his clients and guests from

the previous year has registered his own

team. Richard has successfully engaged with

his clients and partners and has created a

Richard with his NHL Alumni Draft pick,
within our event helping to strengthen his mini-rivalry

Wendel Clarke, and Sylvain Yelle from 2015
relaions while helping our event grow. In business

so doing, Richard has been a catalyst to the

success of our Foundaion’s fundraising event and ulimately
Richard Duguay was an invited paricipant in the irst
has contributed directly to the number of kids that will beneit
year as a guest of the Senators and was quickly ideniied as

a leader on the ice but moreover by his of-ice fundraising from our program investments in the I Love To Skate programs

and networking. In the second year of the WSP Sens
and Sens Summer Camperships.

Alumni & NHL Celebrity Cup in 2015, when asked if Tomlinson Richard has a keen understanding of client hosing, staf

engagement and the value of supporing a community cause
would support the event, Richard was irst in line and
through partnership with the Senators Foundaion. In so doing,
captained the Tomlinson Red Army to the top of the
Richard has helped to solidify the Tomlinson brand alongside
leaderboard among fundraisers.
the Senators and the Senators Foundaion and its posiion as
Richard individually earned a spot on the All-Star team as

one of the top fundraisers in the tournament but rather than a champion for giving back to the community. As noted, he

enjoying the rewards of his hard work, he ceded his coveted is a true ambassador for Tomlinson and the Otawa Senators

Foundaion (and not half bad as a puck-moving defenceman
All-Star posiion to one of his guests so that his guest would
with sot hands).
experience the thrill of playing against the NHL greats and Hall

of Famers.
Thank you Richard for your support!

- Jonathan Bodden, Sens Foundaion

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