I found this online while browsing the web – I am going to see if Mario Lemieux did match all of the donations, up to $500,000, that came through
http://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/mario-lemieux-announces-mario-match-500000-donation/c-319697384
- I checked the source. It seems to come from the NHL’s and Pittsburgh Penguins official website, but there can always be fakes.
2. I did a google search on the topic and checked the news tab, I found multiple sources that matched this article
3. Lastly I verified on Wikipedia that Mario Lemieux did create the Mario Lemieux Foundation.
This news ended up being real and not fake!