— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) January 31, 2018
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The Canes started their support for the initiative on Jan. 30, after facing a Canadian team at home in the Ottawa Senators. Carolina is just one of numerous NHL teams that’re showing support for the cause today. The Kings, Minnesota Wild, and Buffalo Sabres contributed to Bell’s donation.
For every retweet, @Bell_LetsTalk will donate 5 cents to Canadian Mental Health Programs and Luc Robitaille will match it ❤️ #BellLetsTalk
— LA Kings (@LAKings) January 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/958708118388699136
This day also touched home for some current and former NHL players. Auston Matthews and Morgan Rielly of the Toronto Maple Leafs saw their tweets get a few thousand people retweeting them later. Former Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Paul Ranger also spoke out about his story with TSN.
ICYMI: In 2009, Lightning defensemen Paul Ranger vanished from the NHL. The reason for his departure was a mystery. @DarrenDreger sits down with Paul in this revealing and deeply personal TSN Original - The Mystery of Paul Ranger: https://t.co/ndHf3vxaEY #BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/cmY7kP82Ue
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 31, 2018
TSN’s James Duthie also shared all the methods where Bell will donate five cents to mental health groups and organizations. As a result of all this awareness in 2017, Bell ended up with $7 million in donations to mental illness groups and also saw more than 700 billion social interactions that opened up the discussion on this important issue.
You are not alone. #BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/HQcYB5mfYc
— James Duthie (@tsnjamesduthie) January 31, 2018
From the Canes themselves, rookie defenseman Haydn Fleury sent out a tweet that gained some steam from support all around the league. A few other Twitter pages that support the Canes showed their backing for the cause.
Sick not weak! Can happen to anyone! #KW46 #BellLetsTaIk #BellLetsTaIk #BellLetsTaIk
— Haydn Fleury (@fleury96) January 31, 2018
#BellLetsTalk is a very important cause to me. I'm shooting for a realistic goal this year. I want 1,000 retweets.
— The Canes Stats Brand™ (@CanesStats) January 31, 2018
1,000 retweets is $50.00 to raise awareness for mental health.
I will personally match up to $50.00 as well. Maybe @TDCanes will match this as well? LET'S GO!