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Goalie bringing goodwill to Florida

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The Panthers are going to pay Tomas Vokoun a lot of money to stop pucks, with Vokoun earning an average of $5.7 million over the next four seasons. The goodwill he brings to South Florida is a bonus. In Nashville, Vokoun bought a luxury suite so the children with cancer could attend games throughout the season in a safe environment. After games, Vokoun played host to the children in the locker room and took time to visit and take pictures. Vokoun also recently bought one patient season tickets to Nashville games for the upcoming season. When Vokoun was injured last season, he chose to watch home games in his suite with the children. When he was in the hospital in 2006, the children created cards and had them delivered to his room.

Miami Herald

Tomas Vokoun , AP Tomas Vokoun , AP

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July 16, 2007  11:37 AM ET
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It's nice to hear these kind of stories of atheletes putting these ungodly amounts of money to special use...

July 16, 2007  12:04 PM ET
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kinda reminds me of cujo and his cloud nine back in the day

July 16, 2007  12:59 PM ET
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Great to hear. This is what professional sport should be about!!!

July 16, 2007  02:19 PM ET
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Yeah Real good man. Unlike Mo williams. And others who just care bout money.

July 16, 2007  06:02 PM ET
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nice to see the good guys getting some publicity for once

July 17, 2007  04:55 AM ET
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WELL DONNE BY THE CZECH, NOW PARENTS IN AMERICA, IF YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO BE LOOKING UP TO PEOPLE IN TODAYS SPORT, PLEASE TELL THEM ABOUT THIS GUY!!! YEA RIGHT, ITS TOO BAD THAT TOMAS HERE WILL GET LIKE 10 POSTS(MAYBE) BUT MR.VICK, PACMAN, KOBE, BONDS, TANK AND OTHER GANGSTERS WILL GET 200 .... PROUD TO BE CZECH TO HEAR ABOUT TOMAS.

July 17, 2007  09:09 AM ET
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Good to hear some atheletes do something good with their money as opposed to drugs, alcohol, and strippers a la NFL.

July 17, 2007  10:35 AM ET
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Good to hear some atheletes do something good with their money as opposed to drugs, alcohol, and strippers a la NFL.

dallasfanthickandthin | 07/17/07

Thats cause all the players are black in the NFL and have nothing else better to do. Everyone who getting aressted in the NFL are BLACK. They are not educated there all dumb monkeys.

July 17, 2007  12:01 PM ET
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Rut Roh....

July 17, 2007  01:53 PM ET
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Looks like Legacyy has his hood on today.... KKKool! (rolls eyes)

 
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