Foligno Face-Off wraps up on Mother’s Day, raises more than $200K

Foligno, the Minnesota Wild ahead, would not know Jackie’s final identify, the place she’s from, the place she lives. The solely factor he is aware of about Jackie is she is a breast most cancers survivor, 5 years in remission, doing nicely, and that her husband and youngsters are fortunate to nonetheless have her.

Marcus, his brother Nick, additionally a Wild ahead, and sisters Lisa and Cara misplaced their mother, Janis, to breast most cancers almost 17 years in the past, in July 2009. Their father, Mike Foligno, a former NHL participant and coach, misplaced his spouse.

They have been lively in a shared mission to create consciousness about breast most cancers ever since. And now, impressed by folks like Jackie and her household, the various girls like her and households impacted by breast most cancers — now and sooner or later — the brothers have created the Foligno Face-Off.

Through the NHL, NHL Players’ Association, V Foundation for Cancer Research and Wild, the Folignos teamed up with Hockey Fights Cancer to lift cash and consciousness for breast most cancers analysis in honor of Janis Foligno this season.

The Foligno Face-Off is wrapping up Sunday, on Mother’s Day, after having raised more than $200,000 to fund a brand new breast most cancers analysis grant in Minnesota by the V Foundation and Hockey Fights Cancer. Every penny donated goes on to the grant.

Nick Foligno mentioned it’s particular to him and Marcus to wind up the Foligno Face-Off on Mother’s Day whereas they’re nonetheless taking part in within the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Wild path the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 within the Western Conference Second Round after a 5-1 win on Saturday. Game 4 of the best-of-7 collection is at Grand Casino Arena on Monday (8 pm ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC).

“We’re together in this fight and on the ice right now fighting to realize our dream, which is something our mother would want for us so much,” Nick mentioned, “and it is actually particular to wrap this up on Mother’s Day to nonetheless be taking part in and nonetheless proceed to lift consciousness.

“It never stops, and I think Marcus and I both understand that just because this campaign is over we’re going to continue to fight just like everybody else is. It’s a really proud moment with the money we were able to raise and the people we came across. The donations were one thing, but the stories and the messages we got, it was beautiful. On the website, https://vfoundation.donordrive.com/events/707they were able to write comments and how many people just appreciate that they’re not forgotten, that there is a hope and a faith that we are going to find a way to cure this thing one day.”