The captain’s causes

LAVAL – It was Max Pacioretty’s turn to step up for a pair of good causes on Tuesday.

Many of Pacioretty’s teammates and coaches, in addition to Canadiens staffers, alums, and local celebrities and businesspeople, took part in the inaugural Captain’s Golf Tournament at Islesmere Golf Club to raise funds for the Montreal General Hospital Foundation and the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation.

The 27-year-old left-winger first teamed up with the Montreal General Hospital Foundation to establish the Max Pacioretty Foundation following his recovery from a severe concussion and broken vertebra sustained during a game against the Boston Bruins in March 2011. He helped to purchase a state-of-the-art advanced High Performance MRI machine for the hospital’s Traumatic Brain Injury Centre, a world leader in the research and treatment of concussions.

“The coach had his tournament. Brendan Gallagher had his event. Now, I do. It shows that a lot of guys on the team have been stepping up and have been doing a lot for both the community and for foundations all over. That’s kind of the theme of our team right now,” said Pacioretty, referencing Michel Therrien’s Golf Invitational in Terrebonne on August 9th and Gallagher’s Celebrity Softball Classic in Vancouver over the weekend.

“I had a tournament four years ago and kind of lost touch with it. I was approached by [Ovation Medias president and publisher] Richard Beaudry, who was …

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