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Former Red Wings player Darren McCarty shares his story of how he become a big cannabis advocate. Detroit Free Press

Red Wings hockey star Darren McCarty already has four Stanley Cups under his belt, but that’s not enough.

He wants a fifth cup with a new team that won’t require him to lace up his skates.

McCarty has formed a partnership with Pincanna, a cannabis company that is building a massive marijuana grow and processing operation along I-75 in Pinconning, north of Bay City. And McCarty hopes one day to win a Cannabis Cup — a marijuana competition that is held all over the United States to rate different pot products — with his own strains of legal weed.