The Winnipeg Sun passes along that Lance Cartwright, who works security at Whiskey Dix nightclub, has become acquainted with a number of the Jets, including Ondrej Pavelec. The goaltender from the Czech Republic offered to get him Jets tickets if he ever needed. Cartwright appreciated the gesture but didn't feel comfortable in taking Pavelec up on the offer.
When Cartwright isn't working as a bouncer or training for a mixed martial arts fight, he works with children, adolescents and adults with disabilities.
He was recently watching the Jets on TV and wished some of his mentally challenged clients could experience the thrill of a game at MTS Centre.
"They're all on subsidized living and could never afford to go to a game," Cartwright said. "So I phoned Ondrej Pavelec and told him my story — that I wanted these people to be able to experience a game."
Pavelec quickly responded, arranging for Cartwright and another support worker to take four clients to last Thursday's game against Washington.
"I know there were a lot of people who thought negatively about NHL players during the lockout, but here we've got a goalie from another country — he has no friends or family here — and he's making sure that some individuals with disabilities that he's never met are going to be able to watch a Jet game," Cartwright said.
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