Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog to host anti-bullying event.
All NHL players participate in charity, often at the behest of the team. However, sometimes a player comes across a cause on his own and decides to dedicate his time to it. That’s the case with Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog and the Friends group.
Friends is an anti-bullying organization that started in Landeskog’s home country of Sweden in 1997. Lars Arrhenius, secretary general of Friends, shared a story about how the organization came about:
There was this girl named Sara in a small town in the north of Sweden.