Michael Labay

Ukrainian Canadian and proud of it!🇺🇦🇨🇦

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

@oldhockeycards He's Ukrainian (his father's side)

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

Слава Україні!

[Dominik Hasek @hasek_dominik]

My message to ice hockey fans and especially to those who value human life above an athlete’s career.
Maybe this or next month Wayne Gretzky’s all-time @NHL goal record will be equaled and broken, and a Russian citizen will become its new owner. Under normal circumstances, it would be completely irrelevant where the person comes from or what country he is a citizen of, and every hockey fan would celebrate this significant historical event. Unfortunately, however, this historical milestone is approaching at a time when the country of which this Russian hockey player is a citizen has been waging an imperialist war against a sovereign democratic country, Ukraine, for more than three years. And within the framework of this aggressive war, the Russian state is committing the most terrible crimes, including genocide against Ukrainian children.
In this context, it should be noted again that every citizen, unless he is a dissident who condemns the crimes of his country, is always, without exception, an advertisement for the actions of his country. That is simply a fact. Therefore, in the case of Russian citizens, every athlete who gets the opportunity to perform publicly is the best advertisement for the Russian imperialist war and all the crimes against humanity associated with this war.
If someone advertises this terrible war, it automatically means its escalation and many more people killed and maimed. Unfortunately, it is the NHL that provides this advertisement for insane atrocities. This is the reality of the current NHL, which in the world of sports, along with tennis, is the best advertisement for the Russian war. Yes, the current NHL is responsible for a huge number of lost and maimed lives. These are the facts.
And now I will return to the probable breaking of the scoring record by a Russian citizen. During the more than three years of Russian aggression, the NHL has consciously allowed all Russian hockey players to perform publicly. And this includes the player who is most likely to break this record. It is through this letter that I would like to ask you to realize that if you clap and applaud when a record is equaled or broken, then know that you are applauding not only the breaking of a given historical milestone, but also the most horrific Russian crimes, in which many hundreds of thousands, or rather more than a million people, were killed and maimed!
If the lives of people you do not know and with whom you probably cannot identify as much as the players of your beloved club are more important to you than the career and record of one athlete, it is very important that you act accordingly. Each of you, whether you are a smaller or larger NHL fan, can help the NHL stop spreading advertising Russian war and Russian crimes with your attitude.
By doing so, you can save many human lives. That is what I want to ask all of you. (Continue)

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

@BrettChestley Fireworks are also terrible and are a waste of money. And also extremely unsafe if done by people who don't know what they are doing

[Murat Ates @WPGMurat]

Updated #NHLJets regular season stats in games preceded by a Hoosli anthem:

Winnipeg's record: 10-2-1
Total score: 64-34

Score by period:
1st: 25-7
2nd: 14-15
3rd: 24-11
OT: 1-1

Today vs. #LetsGoPens: 6-3.

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

@hockey_samurai He's not Soviet or Russian - he's Ukrainian, born in Kyiv, Ukraine

[Winnipeg Jets @NHLJets]

Meet Andrii Sobchuk, the designer of our Ukrainian Heritage Night logo 💙💛

Andrii was born in Lusk, Ukraine and relocated to Canada with his family to continue his graphic design career with True North Sports + Entertainment after the war began in 2022.

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

Дякую

[Dominik Hasek @hasek_dominik]

New members will be inducted into the @HockeyHallFame in November. Among them will be Russian citizen and former outstanding hockey player Pavel Datsyuk. With his excellent performances and everything he has done for hockey, Pavel undoubtedly deserves a place in the HHOF. Induction into the HHOF is public and it is customary for each inductee to be present at the induction into the HHOF. Here it must be said that every public appearance of a Russian citizen who has not officially condemned the Russian imperialist war and other crimes connected with it (including the genocide of Ukrainian children) is automatically a huge advertisement for the Russian war and other Russian crimes, including the genocide of Ukrainian children. I don't know if Pavel plans to condemn the Russian war in the coming months and, above all, if he is able to do it. However, it must be said that if he doesn't, his appearance at the award ceremony (since he is a Russian citizen) will be a huge advertisement for the Russian war and Russian crimes. And it will have the effect of escalating the war, delaying the victory of Ukraine and delaying the achievement of peace. And so it will automatically have an effect on a much larger number of human lives lost and maimed. Both on the Ukrainian side and on the Russian side. Canada and the HHOF must decide what is more important to them. Is it the presence and public appearance of the Russian citizen and new HHOF member Pavel Datsyuk? Or are they human lives that you can save by making the right decision and not allowing a Russian citizen to appear publicly on your territory? Canada and the HHOF, by your decision you will make it clear to the world what is more important to you and how important human life is to you, even if it is on another continent. The decision is yours.

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

UBC is coming to Winnipeg! #ukrainianbanduristchorus

[The Burt @theburtwpg]

JUST ANNOUNCED: The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America returns to Winnipeg on October 1 with their brand-new concert program, "Все буде Україна -- Ukraine Lives!"
🎟️ Tickets go on sale Friday, June 7 at 10am!

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

@JoshDudych204 @KalenQually Are you sure? That could be any fat bald guy that worked for TNSE 🤣

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

Слава Україні! Героям слава!

[IIHF @IIHFHockey]

DIVISION 1B CHAMPS 🙌 #mensworlds

[Winnipeg Jets @NHLJets]

The countdown is on ❄️

[Winnipeg Jets @NHLJets]

Bundle up, a WHITEOUT is coming ❄️

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

@DimFilipovic

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

@FriedgeHNIC Nope - WNE and VVE

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

@JoshDudych204 Congrats fellow Uke - Мноная Літа to your future endeavours

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Ukrainians are stronger than cold and darkness.

Ukrainians are stronger than intrigues, falsehoods, psyops, pain, despondency, despair, and discord.

Ukrainians are stronger than fear.

Ukrainians are stronger than terror.

Ukrainians are stronger than evil.

Ukrainians are stronger than this war.

Ukrainians are stronger together.

Happy New Year 2024, Ukraine!
Glory to Ukraine!

[Michael Labay @mjtl80]

@WPGMurat

[Murat Ates @WPGMurat]

Winnipeg's record with Hoosli singing the anthems improves to 8-3.

Goals for and against improves to 52-28

First period score is now 24-6

[Murat Ates @WPGMurat]

Looking forward to the national anthems tonight, performed by the Hoosli Ukrainian Male Chorus.

There will also be a delegation from Lviv, Ukraine, at the game tonight, hosted by Winnipeg City Council. Lviv and Winnipeg are sister cities. This is the 50th year of that agreement.