VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Hockey Canada Foundation (HCF) has launched the Pat Quinn Scholarship Fund to honour the long-time coach and Team Canada legend.

The fund will provide assistance to student-athletes in pursuit of a post-graduate professional designation. Applications are open to Canadian citizens from March 17 to June 30 of each calendar year. Successful recipients will be notified in August of each calendar year.

Quinn, who passed away in November 2014, left his mark on Hockey Canada; his decorated international résumé included gold medals at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship and 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship, and a World Cup of Hockey title in 2004.

“The ability to provide an opportunity to student-athletes in this nature is exactly how Pat approached his coaching and management roles,” said Doug Goss, chair of the Hockey Canada Foundation. “His dedication to teaching those around him about life and hockey was at the heart of why Pat was so successful, and the Hockey Canada Foundation is proud to offer this avenue to continue his legacy.”

“Dad was always an advocate of schooling to ensure he, and others, had a platform to succeed when hockey careers came to an end,” added Quinn’s daughter Kalli. “It took him more than 10 years to obtain his undergraduate degree in the summer when playing professional hockey before he went back to school at the age of 39 to obtain his law degree.”

For Jim Treliving, past chair and a current HCF board member, the scholarship fund was “consistent with the Foundation’s focus of providing educational opportunities to athletes for generations to come.”

Additional information regarding the Pat Quinn Scholarship Fund can be found at HockeyCanada.ca/Foundation or by contacting [email protected].

To donate to the Pat Quinn Scholarship Fund, please CLICK HERE and indicate your donation is to be directed to the Pat Quinn Scholarship Fund. For additional ways to give, contact the Hockey Canada Foundation at [email protected].

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About the Hockey Canada Foundation
The Hockey Canada Foundation is a registered non-profit operating to fulfill its mission to preserve, nurture and strengthen the bond between Canadians and hockey. The Foundation was established in 2000 as an agency to build secure, sustainable, long-term funding to support the development of the game and delivery of Hockey Canada programs. Caring Canadians who want to give back to the game can do so knowing their gift will have an impact for generations to come. Working with Hockey Canada, the Foundation puts gifts to work to help ensure Canada remains at the forefront in the development and promotion of amateur hockey.