Hawks fight cancer

NA3HL Sheridan Hawks raise $6,800 for Welch Cancer Center, Brings family

 

SHERIDAN — The Brings family have hockey running through their blood. Born and raised Minnesotan, Tony Brings was raised by parents who met in high school when his mother served as a cheerleader at high school hockey games and whose father played and coached high school hockey. Familiar since birth with the familial bond of hockey teams, Brings joined the North American 3 Hockey League Sheridan Hawks mid-December, and the Hawks quickly welcomed the forward into their hockey family. 

Off the ice, the NA3HL Hawks’ family — its fans, billet families, other volunteers and the greater Sheridan community — welcomed Brings and his family to Sheridan in a big way. 

As part of the Hawks’ cancer awareness night Jan. 30, the organization had planned to auction its specially-designed lavender jerseys to benefit Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s Welch Cancer Center. Then Jennelle Brings, Tony’s mother, learned she had breast cancer Jan. 13. 

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