Bruins' Marchand, Maple Leafs' Marner design pingpong tables on new show

Table tennis, anyone? How about if you could play on a table designed and autographed by one of the NHL's top players?

Former NHL forward Dominic Moore, creator of the highly successful Smashfest charity pingpong tournament, is hosting a show called "Unveiled: Smashfest" that debuts on NBCSN on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
The show features current NHL players thinking up designs for their own customized pingpong tables, which are then brought to life by Canadian graffiti artist Alex Bacon.
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"We've been putting on the Smashfest event for nine years to great results," Moore said. "When quarantine started with everyone broadcasting from home, I thought this would be a good time."
The pilot episode includes Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand and Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner.
"I played with both of them and they are both great personalities, and that's what the show is about, those engaging personalities and showcasing that," said Moore, who played 13 NHL seasons. "Being able to share that with people is pretty cool."

Marchand's table was themed around his love of outdoor sports. Marner's was centered around the Greek god Zeus, which is both the name of his dog and the inspiration for one of his tattoos.
"Alex is amazing," Moore said.
Moore met Bacon, a huge hockey fan, at a Smashfest street event in Toronto and knew he would be a perfect fit for this project.
"It is a little surreal," said Bacon, a Maple Leafs fan who surprisingly said one of his favorite non-Toronto players to watch is Marchand. "You see these guys on TV and they're superstars, but when you start talking to them, they are just down-to-earth, regular guys with many interests outside of hockey."
The unique tables created during the show will be auctioned off with proceeds going to the Katie Moore Foundation's rare-cancer cell line project at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University as part of Hockey Fights Cancer, a joint initiative of the NHL and the NHL Players' Association. Moore established the foundation in the name of his wife, who died of liver cancer in 2013.
Killerspin, a major Smashfest sponsor, has promised to produce a replica table for each player to have in his home.
"It's always a lot of fun," Moore said of Smashfest, which has been held in Toronto each offseason since 2012. "Of course, it is disappointing to not be able to do it this year [due to the coronavirus pandemic], but this show, I feel, is content consistent with the event. It raises money for the cause and it really shows the players' personalities away from the ice."