*Boston Bruins press release*

BOSTON, MA – Marco Sturm and the Boston Bruins Foundation announced today that they will host the first annual “Sturmy’s Poker Party” on Wednesday, September 15, at the Liberty Hotel (215 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114) to benefit the Franciscan Hospital for Children. Sturm will be joined at the tables by his teammates Patrice Bergeron, Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Mark Recchi, Marc Savard, Dennis Seidenberg, Mark Stuart, Tuukka Rask and Blake Wheeler. Also attending will be Toucher and Rich from 98.5 The Sports Hub, Kathryn Tappen from NESN and Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys. Participant check-in begins at 6:30 p.m. with the official tournament beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Festivities include a fun filled reception, silent auction and an evening of Texas Hold’em poker ($4,000 in chips/15 minute blinds). A limited number of tickets will be available for $250 each.

For information, call Erin Perron at Blue Sky Sports & Entertainment (617) 951-3799 x336 or eperron@blueskyse.com or Erin McEvoy at the Boston Bruins Foundation 617.624.1955.