Georges Laraque

Georges Laraque is a 13year NHL veteran who has played for the Edmonton Oilers Phoenix Coyotes Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens He was known as The Rock acting primarily as an enforcer on these teams The son of Haitian immigrants Laraque campaigned for World Vision to help with Haitian relief and the rebuilding of the Grace Childrens Hospital in PortauPrince A committed believer in animal rights and a spokesperson for PETA he became a vegan in 2009 and has ever since contributed to the vegetarian movement in Montreal by becoming coowner of two raw vegan restaurants called Crudessence and Rise Kombucha A conscientious environmentalist Laraque stepped up in July 2010 to be the deputy leader of the Green Party Since his retirement Georges has been very active as a speaker He has been invited to hundreds of events and has spoken on various topics such as sports motivation racism bullying veganism business charities and politics