Sports Celebrities Festival 2011

Cory was invited to participate in the Sports Celebrities Festival last week, which is a major fundraiser for Canuck Place and for Special Olympics British Columbia. This was the second time he's participated in this event. Each member of the Vancouver Canucks was paired with a Special Olympics athlete and this year, Cory was paired with David Booth, the newest Canuck who had just arrived via a trade a few days earlier.

Before dinner, Cory played video games with a couple other members of the Canucks, and here he is in serious competition against Cody Hodgson...




A couple of days later, during a Hockey Night in Canada telecast, David Booth was interviewed and he talked about the event and meeting Cory....




But now, with less that 3 weeks to race camp at Loveland, Colorado, it's back to serious dryland training to prepare not just for the 11,000 feet of altitude there, but also to get a great head start to Cory's race season.