LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Dozens of youth players took over the Lorenzi Park street hockey rink on Saturday after the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation donated $15,000 to put on a series of clinics across the valley.
“Not only are we doing something for the kids and for their well-being, but we’re potentially growing the next group of hockey players," CEO of the Mayor’s Fund for Las Vegas LIFE, Sallie Dobbler said.
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While these clinics are meant for everyone, they especially encourage girls to give the sport a try as the VGK Foundation is also helping the City of Las Vegas to start a girl's street hockey league.
“Hockey isn’t just a boy sport, which some people think and some people feel that is, and I feel like sports are for everybody — for boys and girls and people with disabilities and not with disabilities," clinic participant Talya Perez said.
The girl's street hockey league is set to start in November.