New York Rangers centre Mika Zibanejad is promising to make a donation to women's hockey in Sweden. The size of the donation will depend on how many burgers he sells at his new restaurant in his home country. Zibanejad, his older brother and some of their friends have opened an eatery named Brödernas, which is Swedish for Brothers. The restaurant will focus mainly on burgers and pizza.
In a twitter video made over the weekend, Zibanejad committed 10 kronor, roughly $1 US, for every "Zibanejad Burger" sold to women's hockey in Sweden throughout this year.
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Translation: Last night we made a commercial about Zibanejad burgers. For each sold burger on all our units, we will donate ten kronor to the women's hockey throughout the year.
If you are not aware, there is quite a bit of controversy surrounding women's hockey in Sweden at the moment. The National Women's Hockey team in that country recently boycotted their training camp and refuses to take place in the Five Nations tournament, set to start Tuesday, in a bid for better compensation and playing conditions. The team (43 members in total) is using the hashtag #ForFramtiden (for the future) to gain support on social media.
The women claim they receive supplements that are past their “best used by date”, men's clothes instead of women's clothes, inadequate travel accommodations, and, according to reports, no daily stipends.
