The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association are celebrating 10 years of the Industry Growth Fund , which was established to create opportunities to help grow the game at all levels, both on and off the ice.
The fund has directed over $180 million to develop programming, create initiatives, host events and provide education that drives awareness and brings hockey communities together.are celebrating 10 years of the Industry Growth Fund, which was established to create opportunities to help grow the game at all levels both on and off the ice.
Created in 2013 as part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the IGF was forged to accelerate the development and support the NHL and team initiatives and projects with the goal of long-term fan development and increase participation at all levels.to NHL Club grant applications that fund over 230 hockey and ball hockey programs, along with rink development, fitness, education, life skills, virtual reality technology and other initiatives.
The IFG has invested $45 million in diversity, equity and inclusion programming, including girls hockey, the Hockey Is For Everyone initiatives and special projects; $33 million to support Learn to Play and First Shift programs. “Grassroots were so important to kids enjoying the game, bringing kids into it at an early age, I thought it was important,” said Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby. “I just knew the impact it had on me as a kid, and I knew how important the volunteers and coaches and everyone that was around growing up was to me and my family…it really was a sense of community.”
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