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kevinweekes1com NHL Players Association celebrates 10th anniversary of Goals & DreamsHome Golf Classic About KevinBiography Mentors & Heroes Charities Kevins AList The AthleteCareer Stats Shutouts Masks Tips & Advice Kevins Blog Fan ZoneGuest Book Q & A Cards Wallpaper Press Box MultimediaPhoto Gallery Game Highlights NHL TV Shop Contact NHL Players Association celebrates 10th anniversary of Goals & Dreams Canadian Press By Chris JohnstonTORONTO Rob Zamuner and PJ Stock are heading out on a road trip unlike any they ever experienced during their NHL careersStarting Friday in Ornskoldsvik Sweden the former Boston Bruins teammates will visit 10 countries in as many days to hand out hockey equipment on behalf of the NHL Players Association Goals & Dreams fund Theyll be joined by program chairman Devin Smith and program manager Matt Langen along with several former NHLers for individual stops along the wayThe itinerary will see the group travel around Europe before making the final two stops in New York (Nov 21) and Toronto (Nov 22) a journey that will span more than 19600 kilometres Even though it will involve more than 30 hours of commercial air travel Zamuner isnt counting on getting much sleep during the flightsPJ and I were roommates in Boston he said this week I think I have to keep one eye open with (him) aroundA CBC film crew will document the journey for a piece that is expected to be aired on Hockey Night in Canada in December Over the 10 days the group will donate 360 sets of equipment valued at over $180000Among the former NHL players that will be present for stops in individual cities are Pavel Bure Adam Graves Arturs Irbe Jyrki Lumme Jaroslav Modry Markus Naslund Martin Rucinsky Martin Straka Esa Tikkanen John Vanbiesbrouck and Kevin WeekesZamuner will be there for the entire ride and is most looking forward to visiting Moscow where theyll hold an event in Red Square and Sarajevo Bosnia where theyll unite with a young boy that will be brought back to TorontoAll along theyll be spreading one messageThe goal is simple to help kids play the sport of hockey said Smith On this tour every day were going to see smiling kids The same look on the face youre going to see on Ornskoldsvik Sweden youre going to see in Bosnia and youre going to see when we get back to TorontoSince being launched in 1999 the NHLPAs Goals & Dreams fund has contributed $17 million worldwide and reached more than 40000 kids The money comes entirely from the members of the unionSmith is the driving force behind the program and has spent roughly a year planning the current trip He thought it was important to undertake a big project to celebrate the programs 10year anniversaryI just had this idea that we had to do something significant we had to do something that makes an impact we have to go back and visit where this program had benefit...