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Five
Young People Perish in Warwick
Fire
Tragedy hit
the EJHL this past weekend. The Rhode Island and Massachusetts Hockey
community
was stunned to learn of one of the EJHL’s own who lost his life in a
tragic
house fire in Warwick, Rhode Island; February 6, 2010. Nicholas
(Nick) M. Jillson, 24, of North Smithfield
was among the five who perished in the fire was. “Jilly”
formerly played for the Walpole
(Mass.) Jr. Stars of the Eastern
Junior Hockey
League and the Salem (Mass.) State
Vikings. His older brother,
Jeff, was also a hockey star at Mount St. Charles
and played
professionally for the National Hockey League’s San Jose Sharks, Boston
Bruins
and Buffalo Sabres. He is currently playing in the Czech Republic.
Besides his hockey fame, Jillson was the son of Joel and Linda Jillson;
he is
the North Smithfield,
Rhode Island
Fire Chief.
Nick Jillson
Also killed
in the fire were: Amanda L.Villeneuve,
20, and her seven-month-old daughter Annabelle, both of whom had been
living at
the Buttonwoods Avenue house; Villeneuve’s fiancé and
Annabelle’s father, Daniel Janik, 20, of Woonsocket;
and Tayla D. Lackey, 20, of Glocester. A
fifth adult, Neil S. Leardi, 21, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts,
got out of the house and called 911. He was hospitalized after the fire.
Tayla Lackey
Tayla
Lackey,
another victim of the
fire, was a
talented female athlete and played on the 2007 champion Mount
St. Charles Girl’s Rhode Island Interscholastic League hockey
team.
On behalf
of the South Shore Kings organization, we want to offer our sincerest
condolences to the Jillson family. We also want to extend our thoughts
and
prayers to the Lackey, Janik and Weeden families for their loss. Words
cannot
convey how we feel of this loss at this point in time.
For
more information:
http://www.projo.com/news/content/FIRE_FOLO_02-08-10_OLHCK09_v37.3cf6165.html
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KINGS TO HOST MATT BROWN FUNDRAISER
The South Shore Kings organization will be holding a fund raiser
weekend, to help cover some of the costs associated with Norwood High
School hockey player Matt Brown's rehabilitation. Matt was injured on
Saturday, January 23rd, when he fell into the glass during a game
and broke the C4 and C5 vertebra. Since his injury Matt has undergone
surgery to stabilize those broken bones, the surgery was
succesful.
Matt and his family now have a long road of recovery ahead of them.
This weekend, the South Shore Kings are hoping to raise funds to help
defray some of the costs for Matt and his family.
The Kings will be holding youth events
during their games against
the New York Apple Core on Saturday, at 5:00 PM and on Sunday, at 11:50
AM. Saturday's game will feature a 50/50 raffle and "Noise Night" where
the youth hockey teams that are present will have a chance to win a
practice and a pizza party with the EJHL South Shore Kings team.
The Kings players and organization will also
be selling raffle
tickets with the chance to win great prizes that include 2 tickets to
the Beanpot final, 2 tickets to a Bruins game with a parking pass, and
the grand prize: 4 tickets to the "Boardroom at the Garden", for the
Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs game on March 4th.
The Kings players will be selling raffle
tickets at the Foxboro
Sports Center starting Friday night at 5:00 pm and tickets will be sold
through the end of the Apple Core game, on Sunday. The winners will be
drawn after the Kings vs Apple Core game on Sunday, and they will be
notified by phone.
If you can not make it to The Foxboro Sports
Center this weekend,
but would still like to donate to this great cause, your donations can
be mailed to the address below. Additionally, if you would like
to
keep up on Matt's condition, you can join his fan club on Facebook at:
(cut and paste the link into your browser)
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Norwood-MA/PRAY-FOR-MATT-BROWN-3/286037576868?ref=ts
Brownie Points
PO Box 398
Norwood, MA
02062
Many thanks to Paul Wagner
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