Tonight, Sheldon Kennedy will be honoured by the Swift Current Broncos hockey organization and inducted into the Bronco Hall of Fame.

Through his personal career with the club, Kennedy put up 134 goals and 287 points in 159 games, including leading the team to the franchise's sole Memorial Cup in 1989.

Outside the Broncos, Kennedy represented Canada internationally at the World Junior Championships in 1988 and 1989. He helped Canada win a gold medal at the 1988 tournament.

Today, Sheldon Kennedy is a global voice raising awareness on sexual abuse towards youth, and does so by way of his organization, the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre.

He also serves as spokesperson for violence and abuse prevention programs with the Canadian Red Cross.

The former Bronco spoke to SwiftCurrentOnline on his Memorial Cup days in 1989, saying winning became a way to tribute the four teammates lost during the regular season.

Tragedy struck the Bronco organization in late December 1989 when on a road trip to Regina, the team bus crashed approximately four kilometers out of Swift Current, killing Trent Kreese, Scott Kruger, Brent Ruff and Chris Mantyka.

"Part of it was the guys wanted to do it.. there was something to play for that year," says the former captain.

"There was a passion that was more than winning. It was about doing it for the boys, the guys. I think whenever that is in play, you get some inspirational leadership out of it. If you look at what happened, and going on to win the Memorial Cup with a number of players still on the team from the bus crash. I think the first thing that was said when we won the Cup was, "That was for the guys."

The ceremony begins at 7pm.

Kennedy with Mayor Jerrod Schafer and wife Kelly. Sheldon and Mrs. Schafer spoke to students during the afternoon prior to the 'Swift Current' documentary screening later that night. Kennedy and the Schafers are personal friends, with Jerrod appearing in the documentary.