Former New York Rangers captain Mark Messier supporting Hockey Complex in Bronx -NHL Update
Hockey is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States of America, but there are still many places which are backward to the concept of playing with a hockey stick on ice, but the Bronx in New York might be getting a hockey complex soon enough
with the right people supporting the proposal.
Mark Messier, for New York Rangers captain, is one of the biggest names behind the $275 million project, which will create a ice-sports center at the Kingsbridge in Armory. New York definitely has one of the most widely recognized teams in the world of sports
everywhere and now it seems like Messier is planning on using his reputation to give something back to where he earned it all.
The huge project will ensure that nine rinks will be available for play along with a seasonal outdoor rink for children and people from all areas of life, who not just enjoy the sport of hockey but want to skate and have fun while doing it.
"That's what interested me about this project, lending our hand to the kids in the community, using hockey as a metaphor for life, and providing these kids with skills for life, that no matter what they do, no matter where they go, they can take these lessons
with them," Messier told The Riverdale Press.
Keeping kids out of the streets and busy in other activities will make the community much better overall as well according to the NHL legend, but there is still much to do, such as having the proposes project accepted and begun.
"[The ice sports center] will open a new world of possibilities for the future generations of young people in the Bronx," Messier told the (N.Y.) Daily News. "This project is not just about building rinks, it's about creating opportunities for the kids in
the Bronx."
In a total of 1,756 games played, Mark Messier picked up 1,887 points (694 goals, 1,193 assists) to achieve one of the greatest feats ever in hockey. His name is still taken around the league nearly a decade after his retirement and is known by many to be
one of the best ever.
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