Keanu Reeves has added “59-year-old hockey player” to his résumé, if just for a day.
The “Matrix” actor and musician shocked followers on social media Thursday when the Windsor Spitfires, a junior staff within the Ontario Hockey League, shared pictures of Reeves signing a one-day contract — and revealed why he briefly joined the staff.
“In a moment of happenstance, the Windsor Spitfires Hockey Club were finally able to add this former Ontario Hockey League goalie prospect, turned Dogstar bass player, to their roster with a one day contract!” they wrote on X, the platform previously generally known as Twitter.
The staff went on to elucidate that Reeves signed his contract after autographing a bunch of merchandise, which the Spitfires revealed could be auctioned off, with the proceeds benefiting the native chapter of the Canadian Psychological Health Affiliation.
Whereas he’s unlikely to hitch his short-term teammates on the ice, the 59-year-old actor performed hockey all through his childhood in Toronto after his household relocated from Lebanon. He as soon as even thought-about becoming a member of the Spitfires or Toronto Maple Leafs as a goalie.
The explanations for him pivoting to an appearing profession finally stay debated: Whereas the NFL’s official web site reported that Reeves’ potential draft was ruined by an harm, one his former teammates claimed in 2014 that Reeves actively declined an alleged supply.
The actor beforehand extolled his love of the sport in a wide-ranging Reddit AMA in 2013.
Momodu Mansaray through Getty Pictures
The actor is one among Hollywood’s largest philanthropists, and began his personal most cancers basis after his sister Kim was recognized with leukemia in 1991. He joined a celeb NHL recreation in 2003 to learn folks with spinal wire accidents.
Whereas his sister went into remission in 2010, a longtime household good friend instructed Web page Six in 2022 that Reeves has by no means forgotten the much less lucky: “Keanu’s given away a lot of money and done a lot more for people than most will ever know. He knows how lucky he is.”
“Unlike many Hollywood mega stars, he never takes any of this for granted,” they added.
