(Windsor) Two years ago, on February 18th, 2008, the Spitfires along with the Windsor and Essex County community experienced a loss which will never be forgotten as Mickey passed away suddenly at the age of 19 years old. To honour Mickey’s memory, the Windsor Spitfires today announced that the team will host tributes, in remembrance of their “Captain Forever” Mickey Renaud at the Thursday, February 18th 7:05 pm home game versus the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors at the WFCU Centre.
Prior to the commencement of the game, the Windsor Spitfires will be paying tribute to Mickey by way of a video presentation displayed on SpitsVision. The Spitfires will also recognize the inaugural male and female student winners of the Sutherland Global Services Mickey Renaud Scholarship Fund on-ice in a special ceremony before the opening faceoff.
The team will also be wearing specially made #18 jerseys for this game in honour of Mickey. The jerseys will be auctioned off on the Spitfires’ website at windsorspitfires.com, with the proceeds to benefit to be distributed from the Windsor Spitfires Foundation to a charity of the Renaud family’s choice. A start date for the auction will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
To further honour Mickey’s legacy, the Windsor Spitfires will also establish a “Leaders in Our Sporting Community” wall at the WFCU Centre and will induct one person annually from the local area whose efforts have made a difference within the Windsor and Essex Community. The first winner of this award will be selected on February 18th, 2011 and recognized at a subsequent Spitfires home game.
Windsor Spitfires President and Head Coach Bob Boughner said, “It’s been two long years since Mickey passed away and we still think of him on a daily basis. Since he passed away, we felt it was important to recognize him in our dressing room, within the WFCU Centre through a display case made in his memory and also in our local area. We hosted some community based events earlier in the week in Mickey’s honour and this Thursday’s game is an extension of this. We know that Mickey was with us last year and was a big part of our championship run. Mickey taught us so much about leadership both on and off the ice and his contributions to our team helped make us champions and still live to this very day. We are proud to honour Mickey’s memory and are also looking forward to remembering “Our Captain Forever” at our game on Thursday.”
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