Kimmett Cup honours young woman killed in 2008 car crash

CALGARY – A Cochrane family is honouring their daughter’s memory by reaching out to the community.

Lindsey Kimmett was killed in a car crash back in 2008.

“It happened just 700 metres from the gateway to our house. The final conclusions were that there was distraction and over reaction,” her sister Kelly remembers. “The car rolled to lindsey’s side, she was crushed and the driver walked away.”

The 26-year-old medical student loved hockey and that’s why her friends and family turned to the sport, creating the Kimmett cup to carry on her legacy.

“Nobody was beating Lindsey on the ice. Whether we were playing a pick up game or in a league in Calgary she wasn’t getting beat,” says her friend and former teammate Heather Ramsay.

The tournament is now in its fifth year and this year it has partnered with Hockey Quest 500, hoping to break a world record for the most people to participate in an exhibition match.

“Each player has to play ten minutes or more and you have to play a continuos hockey game, ” says Joe Mclellan, the organizer of the Kimmett Cup. “You can’t stop the game and put on new players and you have to follow the regular rules of hockey.”

Organizers are hoping to raise 100 thousand dollars for charity and to educate others about the dangers of distracted driving.

All the money raised during the game will be donated to “Right to Play”, an organization dedicated to providing sports to underprivileged children.

With files from Tracy Nagai.