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Bob Probert Ride features two stops in Amherstburg By Jonathan Martin Between 1,500 and 1,800 motorcycles thundered through Amherstburg Sunday for the ninth annual Bob Probert Ride. The event raises money for cardiac care in Windsor-Essex and this year organizers celebrated reaching $1 million in donations. The event’s namesake, Bob Probert, played hockey for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks. Probert died of a heart attack in 2010. Probert’s widow, Dani Probert, along with Zack Kassian of the Edmonton Oilers and retired NHL player Darren Banks, attended the event in Probert’s honour. The event takes a “tremendous amount of planning and a great number of logisitical issues need to be addressed,” said Hotel Dieu-Grace Healthcare spokesperson Bill Marra. There were a near-record number of riders roaring down the streets. “It seems to get a little bigger each year,” Jamey Daehn said. Daehn has volunteered at the event every year since its founding in 2010. “We were super lucky with the weather this year. It seems like every year that’s a big concern. It seems like this is the first weekend in forever that it hasn’t rained.”
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Ron and Susan Harris pose in front of motorcycles at the ninth annual Bob Probert Ride in Amerstburg last Sunday. Both Continued on Page 24 have volunteered at the event since its inception. The two are wearing the Detroit Red Wings jersey of the event’s namesake.
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