Checking Account

By Kathleen Adams, Harriet Barovick, Tam Gray, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, David Spitz, Joel Stein, Flora Tartakovsky and Chris Taylor

TENDERHEARTED GOONS The NHL's enforcers also happen to be among hockey's leaders in charity work:

PLAYER ROB RAY

TEAM Buffalo Sabres

PENALTY MINUTES 172

FUN FACT --Suspended for four games this year for knocking the skates out from under a player

CHARITY WORK --Delivers food and toys on Xmas Eve to the poor; host of March of Dimes golf tournament; runs college scholarship; given $25K by NHL for charities

[PLAYER] STU GRIMSON

[TEAM]Anaheim Mighty Ducks

[PENALTY MINUTES] 127

[FUN FACT] --Suspended for two games for roughing

[CHARITY WORK] --Leads team holiday-toy drive; works with Make-a-Wish Foundation and Children's Hospital of Orange County; active in Disney Gold to raise money for after-school programs

[PLAYER] TONY TWIST

[TEAM] St. Louis Blues

[PENALTY MINUTES] 121

[FUN FACT] --Called "the toughest guy in hockey" by hockey mags

[CHARITY WORK] --Leads a Vancouver-to-L.A. motorcycle trip over the summer to raise money for Head First, an organization to get kids to wear helmets when they play sports

[PLAYER] KELLY CHASE

[TEAM] St. Louis Blues

[PENALTY MINUTES] 103

[FUN FACT] --Got into 19 fights last year

[CHARITY WORK] --Twice won the NHL's King Clancy Award for humanitarian contributions; runs programs for Gateway Special Hockey, teaching the sport to people with Down syndrome