Ticket number of C-110971 waas drawn at 1 p.m. on Monday in Saskatoon, with the holder taking home no less than $185,365 from the province-wide 50/50 lottery.
And who was the lucky winner?
None other than Lynn Moe, the mother of current Prince Albert Raiders forward Spencer Moe!
The lottery was sponsored by Great Western Brewing -- who seeded the draw with $75,000 to pique interest -- and began on Nov. 16, quickly becoming a hot item for those looking to land a massive pre-Christmas windfall.
Graduated players from all five Saskatchewan-based Western Hockey League teams took to social media to help promote the events -- with the likes of former Moose Jaw Warriors Torrin White, Brett Howden, Jayden Halbgewachs, Zach Sawchenko and Chris Twerdun among the local WHL grads who sent messages over Twitter to lend a hand.
And for good reason. The lottery was conducted in support of the player education funds for the province’s teams: the Warriors, Raiders, Saskatoon Blades, Swift Current Broncos and Regina Pats. The Warriors alone spent $98,501.43 on player scholarships to post-secondary institutions all over Canada and the United States in 2019-20, team’s player contract commitment where a year of education is covered for each season played in the league.
The Warriors education fund balance currently sits at $154,167.92 but will soon be receiving a nice boost of $37,073 as part of their share of the five-way team split from the draw.
Moe wasn’t the only lucky winner from the event. White City’s Trevor Sali claimed the early bird prize package on Nov. 28, winning a jersey from each of the five teams.
The 2020-21 WHL season was originally slated to begin on Jan. 8 due to the delay from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the increased number of cases throughout the western provinces and northwestern United States has put that plan further on hold.
No new start-up date has been announced.
