NHL, Matthew Perry Foundation team up for charity in preseason | NHL.com
$50 for every preseason goal will go to ‘Goals to Recovery’ in honor of late ‘Friends’ actor, hockey fan
The NHL and Matthew Perry Foundation will make every goal count this preseason.
In recognition of National Recovery Month, the NHL will donate $50 for every preseason goal scored to the Matthew Perry Foundation to help support addiction recovery, prevention and advocacy efforts across North America. With nearly 400 total goals typically scored during preseason, the campaign is projected to raise $20,000.
Perry, the star of the TV sitcom, Friends, spent much of his formative youth in Ottawa, and was a huge fan of the Senators. He attended multiple games over the years, usually donning a Sens jersey. He even took his love of the team onto the silver screen. For example, at the start of the movie The Whole Nine Yards with Bruce Willis, Perry's character opens the movie in an Ottawa Senators t-shirt.
Perry passed away at the age of 54 from an accidental ketamine overdose in 2023.