A pastor who won $ 1.1 million after the Winnipeg Jets' 5-goal plan plans to splurge with new glasses

Winnipeg pastor Christopher Haley will cash big checks for the next 20 years, courtesy of Winnipeg Jets player Patrik Laine.

Christopher Haley was randomly selected to win the grand prize of the Safeway Sobeys Score & Win Contest, which offers winners important cash prizes when a single player scores three, four or five goals in a game.

Haley will receive 20 annual payments of $ 50,000, a total of $ 1 million, after Laine scored five goals against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.

In addition to winning a million dollars, Haley also wins the Wool Award with four goals in one game (a one-time payment of $ 100,000) and a $ 1,000 Sobeys / Safeway gift card, the prize for Wool with three goals in one.

Haley, a longtime pastor of the Berean Baptist Church, said that he and his wife Karen and Haley were still discussing ways to spend this money.

"Right now, we're both going to buy new glbades," Haley told reporters at his neighborhood's convenience store, the Safeway on Henderson Highway near Chief Peguis Trail.

$ 1.1 million reasons to love Patrik Laine:

He plans to continue working in his North Kildonan church, where he leads about 150 members.

"I'd like to thank God for that, you know, I'm aware that some people would not appreciate that, but I'm a pastor and I think it's a gift from God," he said. Haley.

The Safeway Sobeys competition spans Western Canada, including the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets.

Cash prizes and gift cards are awarded to randomly selected customers when local team players score points during the 2018-2019 season and during the playoffs.