Our Mission

At Hockey Helps the Homeless (HHTH), we leverage Canada’s affinity for hockey to raise awareness and financial support for the homeless through education, fundraising, and by partnering with solutions-based local homeless support agencies.

We believe that every Canadian should have a safe place to call home and the supports that they need to thrive. To ensure all homeless and at-risk Canadians have a fighting chance, we host Pro-Am hockey tournaments across Canada where players raise funds to make a direct impact in their own community.

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HHTH is a not-for-profit hockey charity with over 20,000 donors, 3,000 players, and 1,000 volunteers that participates annually, and together, we “play with purpose.” 100% of net proceeds stay local in the city that we have our tournaments in and with your support, we are able to partner with over 50+ local homeless support agencies across Canada. Since 1996, HHTH has granted over $24 million to face-off against homelessness.

Hockey Helps the Homeless focuses on two main categories to assist our partners: housing projects and supports. Housing projects include emergency housing, renovations, furnishing, and men, women, youth & family shelters. Supports for clients include recreation, health & wellness, staff support, meals, mental health services, addiction services, storage, transportation, education, outreach, and skills building. With HHTH’s help over the years, hockey has brought together passionate leaders in the community who are dedicated to shutting out homelessness.


Audited Financials

Click below to view the 2022 Hockey Helps the Homeless' Audited Financial Statements
 

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For any previous Audited Financial Statements, please contact us at support@hhth.com.

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2019 - 2020 Annual Report

Click below to review our third Hockey Helps the Homeless Annual Report

For 2018 - 2019's Annual Report, please click here.

 

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HHTH Co-Founder: Gary Scullion

Gary, alongside friends and business associates founded Hockey for the Homeless in 1996.
In 2010, Gary left the corporate world to lead the now called Hockey Helps the Homeless (HHTH) full-time.
HHTH now hosts 17 Pro-AM Tournaments from coast-to-coast, raising over $24,000,000 since inception for local
homeless support agencies across Canada. Gary was awarded the first ever HHTH Hall of Fame award in 2017.  
 



Our History

  1. 1996

    1996

    In 1996, Hockey Helps the Homeless (HHTH) was born from a simple idea – use hockey to help Toronto’s most needy. A group of Toronto businessmen used donated ice time at then Maple Leaf Gardens to host a charity hockey Tournament for friends and colleagues. The inaugural Tournament, then called Hockey for the Homeless would raise just over $8,000.

  2. 1997

    1997

    In 1997, the founders would use the funds to create 300 survival kits. The men took to the streets to hand deliver the kits to Toronto’s most vulnerable.

  3. 1999

    1999

    In 1999, Hall of Famer Mike Gartner, friends of one of the HHTH Founding Members suggested the Tournament be turned into a Pro-Am. Mike would later become Honorary Chair of Hockey Helps the Homeless.

  4. 2004

    2004

    In 2004 the second HHTH Tournament was launched in Montreal, QC. Held annually at Sportplexe Pierrefonds, the Montreal Tournament continues today as one of the largest held across Canada.

  5. 2008

    2008

    In 2008, HHTH expanded to Calgary, AB, Vancouver, BC and the Nation’s Capital, Ottawa, ON. The Vancouver Tournament is the largest in terms of number of teams, gross revenue and net to charity.

  6. 2013

    2013

    In 2013, HHTH launched its second Tournament in Alberta and the Battle of Alberta raged on. Both Edmonton and the Bay St. Tournament share their inaugural year.

  7. 2014

    2014

    In 2014, the OHL markets came to play. Tournaments in Kitchener-Waterloo, Barrie and London launched in 2014 as well as the first ever HHTH Collegiate Tournament at Queen’s University.

  8. 2015

    2015

    In 2015, the University of Western Ontario followed suit and became the second ever HHTH Collegiate tournament.

  9. 2016

    2016

    In 2016, the Durham College Collegiate Tournament was launched in partnership with the Sport Management Program. It was also in 2016 that Hockey Helps the Homeless celebrated its 20th Anniversary and over $10,000,000 raised!

  10. 2018

    2018

    2018 will see the launch of a new tournament in Halifax, NS in support of VETS Canada in November. HHTH is now Coast to Coast across Canada! 
     

  11. 2019

    2019

    HHTH adds Tournaments in Brampton, ON and Winnipeg, MB, home of our National Founding Sponsor, Canada Life.

  12. 2022

    2022

    After considerable delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hockey Helps the Homeless makes its much anticipated debut in both Saskatoon, SK and Durham Region, ON.

  13. 2023

    2023

    Hockey Helps the Homeless made its debut in Ottawa and Kingston.

LOCAL CONTACTS

BARRIE

Dave McCullough - Committee Chair

burr@rogers.com

BAY ST. (TORONTO)

Erik Luczak - Manager, Hockey Operations, HHTH

erik@hhth.com

CALGARY

Michael Tseng - Committee Chair

michael.tseng@canadalife.com

DURHAM REGION

Steve White - Committee Chair

steve.white@me.com

EDMONTON

David Dionne - Sr. Operations Coordinator, HHTH

david@hhth.com

HALIFAX

Don Murray - Committee Chair

don.murray@canadalife.com

LONDON

Tracy Marino - Committee Co-Chair

tracy@hhth.com

LONDON

Chip Allan - Committee Co-Chair

cgallan55@gmail.com

MONTREAL

Corry Kelahear - Committee Co-Chair

corrykelahear@gmail.com

MONTREAL

Michael Coughlin - Committee Co-Chair

mcoughlin@redbourne.ca

PEEL REGION

Erik Luczak - Manager, Hockey Operations, HHTH

erik@hhth.com

SASKATOON

Bob Fawcett - Committee Chair

lr.fawcett@gmail.com

VANCOUVER

Ewan French - Committee Chair

ewanfrench23@yahoo.ca

WATERLOO REGION

Rob Way - Committee Chair

rob.way@hhth.com

WINNIPEG

Scott Sullivan - Committee Chair

Scott.Sullivan@canadalife.com

YORK REGION

Erik Luczak - Manager, Hockey Operations, HHTH

erik@hhth.com