LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – Dozens of youth players took over Lorenzi Park’s street hockey rink Saturday after the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation donated $15,000 to host a series of clinics in the valley.

“Not only are we doing something for the kids and their well-being, but we may be creating a new group of hockey players,” said Sallie Dobbler, CEO of the Mayor’s Fund for Las Vegas LIFE.

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While these clinics are for everyone, they especially encourage girls to give the sport a try, as the VGK Foundation is also helping the city of Las Vegas establish a girls street hockey league.

“Hockey is not just a boys’ sport, which some people think and some people think it is, and I feel like the sport is for everyone – for boys and girls and for people with disabilities and non-disabled,” said Talya Perez, clinic participant.

The girls’ street hockey competition will start in November.