Hockey great Bob Pulford to appear at 2012 CRFA Show

TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Hockey great Bob Pulford, who won four Stanley Cups as a Maple Leaf forward in the mid-1960s, will appear at the CRFA Show in the Zing Zang International booth 1635.  The CRFA Show takes place March 4-6, 2012, at the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place.

As a personal friend of the owner, Pulford is a great supporter of Zing Zang International, which makes non-alcoholic cocktail mixes. Pulford will be in the Zing Zang booth on March 4 and 5, 1-4 p.m.

About Bob Pulford
Born north of Toronto, Pulford played with the Toronto Marlies for three years before joining the Toronto Maple Leafs. As a Leaf forward for 14 seasons, Pulford was an important member of the Leaf teams that won four Stanley Cups in the mid-1960s. He was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1971 and retired as a player two years later.

Pulford then became coach of the LA Kings for five years, where he won the Jack Adams award for best coach in the NHL in 1975. He joined the Chicago Blackhawks organization in 1977 as coach and executive for almost 30 years before retiring. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991.

About Zing Zang
For the past 15 years, Zing Zang International has created and distributed an award-winning Bloody Mary mix along with a full line of non-alcoholic cocktail mixes, including margarita, strawberry daiquiri mix and pina colada mixes. This is their first year exhibiting at the CRFA Show and the first time in Canada. Zing Zang is based in Chicago.

About the CRFA Show
With over 1,200 exhibit booths and ongoing chef demos, seminars and events, the CRFA Show offers restaurant and hospitality owners, managers, chefs and executives a variety of fresh ideas to help promote, grow and manage their business.

Registration is now open (trade only) at www.crfashow.ca. Those who register online in advance get $15 off the price at the door.

The CRFA Show is owned and operated by the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, one of the country's leading business associations with more than 30,000 members.

 

Prasanthi Vasanthakumar, Communications Specialist, 1-800-387-5649, ext. 4254 or [email protected].