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A CANADIAN FORMER ICE HOCKEY GOALTENDER IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE AND FORMER GOALTENDING COACH FOR THE ARIZONA COYOTES.  FUHR WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME IN 2003.   HE IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR A DECADE OF STELLAR PLAY FOR THE EDMONTON OILERS IN THE 1980s.  HE WON A TOTAL OF FIVE (5) STANLEY CUPS AND WAS A SIX (6) TIME ALL-STAR.  IN 2017 FUHR WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP '100 GREATEST NHL PLAYERS' IN HISTORY.   HE SET A NUMBER OF FIRSTS FOR BLACK HOCKEY PLAYERS IN THE NHL, INCLUDING BEING THE FIRST TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP AND BEING THE FIRST INDUCTED INTO THE NHL HOCKEY HALL OF FAME.

GRANT CURRENTLY WORKS WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY FIREBIRDS AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE LOCATED IN PALM DESERT, CA., CO-HOSTING ALONG SIDE GINO LAMONT BROADCASTING LVE TELEVISION PRE-AND POST GAMES , IN ADDITION TO COLOR COMMENTATING RADIO GAMES ALONG SIDE EVAN PIVNICK

GRANT & HIS WIFE LISA CURRENTLY SPEND THEIR FREE TIME TRAVELING TO NUMBEROUS CHARITY EVENTS IN SUPPORT OF VARIOUS CAUSES.                                                     

GRANT ESTABLISHED HIS OWN FOUNDATION IN 2019, THE GRANT FUHR FOUNDATION, A NON-FOR PROFIT 501 (C)(3) CHARITY.  

TO DATE, THE GRANT FUHR FOUNDATION HAS RAISED ALMOST $300, 000.00 FOR THE HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION IN RANCHO MIRAGE, CA, IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST FAMILIES EFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION. 

IN 2025 THE GRANT FUHR FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH ONE VALLEY FOUNDATION, THE OFFICIAL FOUNDATION OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY FIREBIRDS AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE.

OUR MISSION THIS YEAR IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY, HELPING EXPAND ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL KIDS THROUGH THE POWER OF SPORT.