Recently you might have seen a lot of NHL players, executives, and other members of the community doing something called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. What is that you ask? Well, it's an awareness/fundraising activity:
The challenge involves people getting doused with buckets of ice water on video, posting that video to social media, then nominating others to do the same, all in an effort to raise ALS awareness. Those who refuse to take the challenge are asked to make a donation to the ALS charity of their choice.
Beverly, Mass., resident Pete Frates, started the "Ice Bucket Challenge" with his family on the social sites Facebook and Twitter. Frates, 29, has lived with ALS since 2012, and he has worked with The ALS Association's Massachusetts Chapter. A former Division 1 college athlete with Boston College Baseball, Frates tirelessly spreads awareness of Lou Gehrig's Disease.
So far it's been fun and between friends however it took Nikolai Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski to make this challenge amazing. Let's hope Nonis and Carlyle play along and post a similar video.
You can see a larger collection of famous people participating here.
Twitter really, really, really loves this video btw
HE WAS WEARING HIS HELMET UNDERWATER!
— Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) August 11, 2014
*stands outside Grabovski's house* *clears throat* AND IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-EEEEE-IIIIIIIII WILLLLL ALWAAAAAAAAYYYYYYS LOOOOVE YOUUUUUUUUUU
— Mike (@50_MissionCap) August 11, 2014
GRABOVSKI IS THE GOAT I DONT GIVE A SHIT LMFAO HE CHALLENGED NONIS/CARLYLE TO THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE WITH KULEY IN THEIR ISLES JERSEYS.
— ren (@jvreims) August 11, 2014
Fuck, I love Grabovski.
— Vanessa Kaev (@VanessaKaev) August 11, 2014
I don't think I've stopped smiling since watching the Grabovski / Kulemin video.
— Owen K (@OwenKewell) August 11, 2014
Now that was a COLD ice bucket challenge from Grabovski. #TMLeafs pic.twitter.com/0b1QvpkZiP
— Graphic Comments (@GraphicComments) August 11, 2014
Grabbo forever! Randy Never!
— Adam (@ElSeldo) August 11, 2014