The San Jose Sharks helped fund a $500,000 upgrade to a local outdoor street hockey rink

BarDown Staff

San Jose Sharks rink , h/t Twitter/SharksCare

With the NHL community focused in San Jose for the weekend’s All-Star festivities, the Sharks are also making sure to give back to the local community.

In partnership with the NHL and SAP, they donated $500,000 to refurbish a street hockey rink in San Jose. Some members of the Sharks, including Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson, were on hand as the court was officially unveiled, and they were even joined by some NHL mascots from around the league who were around for the All-Star Game.

There’s a new rink in town! For the 2019 #NHLAllStar Legacy Project we, along with the @NHL, @SAPsv and the City of San Jose refurbished a local street hockey court at Roosevelt Community Center in Downtown San Jose. Thank you to everyone who helped make this vision come to life! pic.twitter.com/8Xbv1SMJIm
— Sharks Foundation (@SharksCare) January 25, 2019

Today, with our partners the @NHL, the @SharksCare and the @SanJoseSharks, we were pleased to present the the newly improved skating rink at #RooseveltCommunityCenter. We can’t wait to see future all-stars learning the sport right here in San José. #BuildingCommunityThroughFUN pic.twitter.com/ehORQULuPj
— San José Parks & Rec (@sjparksandrec) January 25, 2019

While Canadian hockey players might their nose up at a deck-hockey rink — it’s hardly what we think of when we think of the perfect ODR — the climate of San Jose can be a barrier for young hockey players trying to access the game. This rink will be part of an effort to continue growing the sport.

Now, with that said... The perfect ODR is still the perfect ODR.

Walking through the woods is so overrated... @bardown ••• (via Twitter/KellyCanuckTO)

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