Vancouver Canucks players, coaches, management and alumni filled Surrey's Northview Golf Course during the 40th annual  (aka The Jake) on Monday, Sept. 9.

A light drizzle fell as hundreds of people arrived at the course for breakfast and a day of golf in a season-kickoff fundraiser for Canucks for Kids Fund and Vancouver Canucks Alumni Foundation.

The shotgun-style tournament salutes Jake Milford, the Canucks鈥� general manager in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1984.

This year, the fee for a single golfer jumped from $1,500 to $2,500, according to info on the event website (). The fee was $7,500 for a team of three to play with a "celebrity" at the popular tournament.

Presented by KPMG, 鈥淭he Jake鈥� tourney marks the start of the Canucks hockey season and will be followed by training camp for the team, Sept. 19-22 in Penticton at South Okanagan Events Centre. The team's first preseason game is Tuesday, Sept. 24 against Seattle Kraken.