Prince’s Charity Raising Money For Children’s Hospital

Thank you to @ShanePrince18 for visiting our patients today and bringing some smiles to their faces! #ROC pic.twitter.com/SGhtTcjDKq

— Golisano Children’s (@URMed_GCH) July 8, 2016

Before Patrick Carr passed away at the all-too early age of 11, he left a lasting impression on Shane Prince.

Carr was an aspiring young hockey player who trained with Prince and his father at Prince’s hockey camp in Rochester, New York. He suffered from Neuroblastoma, a form of cancer commonly found in the adrenal glands, but never let his condition get in the way of his passion for playing hockey.

“He would go to chemo in the morning and most kids would be out of commission for a day or two, but he’d show up for practice an hour later,” Prince said. “He wouldn’t let his mom keep him home and it was just amazing. He didn’t want anyone else to know what he was going through. He just wanted to be a kid and he loved the game more than anyone I’ve met.”

Seeing what Carr went through every day just to lace up his skates inspired Prince and he wanted to do something for the young hockey player. Prince and his dad planned the now-annual Beach Hockey Classic, a day of hockey on the …

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