SURREY, B.C. — The NHL in partnership with Pride Tape commenced the 2026 NHL Unites Pride Cup today for the third consecutive season \u2013 a celebration on the ice with Vancouver\u2019s The Cutting Edges and the Seattle Pride Hockey Association for three games in Surrey, BC.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the NHL, we believe the game is strongest when everyone feels they have a place in it \u2014 on the ice, in the stands, in the locker room, and in our communities,\u201d said Kim Davis, NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Social Impact, Growth Initiatives, and Legislative Affairs. \u201cPride Cup represents that commitment in action. It\u2019s a celebration of LGBTQ+ athletes, fans, families, and allies who make our sport better every single day simply by showing up as their authentic selves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senator Dr. Kristopher Wells, co-founder of Pride Tape, and Ernie Klassen, Member of Parliament for South Surrey-White Rock, dropped the puck following the national anthems performed by The Cutting Edges\u2019 Stephen Scaccia. Special guests Andrew Ference, Bill Randford, Bryan Richardson and Harrison Browne as well as guest coaches Dave Babych and Jyrki Lumme joined the action for Game 1 that saw The Cutting Edges defeat the Seattle Pride Hockey Association. Each organization will receive a $25,000 donation in support of their continued community impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cDriving out here today, it reminds you of when you used to play big games as a kid,\u201d said Kade Lacasse, forward for The Cutting Edges. \u201cIt\u2019s really special for the players who didn\u2019t experience that as kids to get to have that feeling, to have the announcer, the music and have the big stage, it feels nice. It\u2019s beautiful to see that the NHL is putting money into these events and they are showing us that we belong, we should play and we deserve the recognition.”<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really an honor to be able to play in the (Pride Cup) where the NHL is supporting not only our community, but all the fans and players who might be like us some day, all the little kids who look up to what the NHL is doing and what our organizations are doing in the hockey community,\u201d said Joey Gale, Vice President of the Seattle Pride Hockey Association. \u201cTo step on the ice in whatever capacity today was really such a dream, to be able to play with our friends from up north and to be able to celebrate pride together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SURREY, B.C. — The NHL in partnership with Pride Tape commenced the 2026 NHL Unites Pride Cup today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-506985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}