NHL offering Florida Panthers face masks as part of new initiative benefiting food banks
Add the NHL to list of sports leagues selling team-branded face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Masks featuring the logos and branding of all 31 teams, including the Florida Panthers, are now available for purchase, with proceeds going to food banks in the United States and Canada.
The NHL has partnered with FOCO to sell face coverings for each of the league’s 31 teams starting Tuesday. Masks are available in packs of three at NHLShop.com and FOCO.com for $24.99. The Panthers three-pack includes a red mask with “Florida Panthers” written on it, a blue mask with a series of miniature team logos scattered across it, and a red-and-blue mask with the logo blown up front and center. The face coverings, which are not intended for medical use, are available in small and large sizes.
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Proceeds for the masks will go to Feeding America in the United States and Food Banks Canada in Canada.
“The health, well-being and safety of our fans and all communities across Canada, the United States and around the world, is our number one priority,” said Kim Davis, the NHL executive vice president of social impact, growth initiatives and legislative affairs. “We’re committed to assisting in the effort to support the face covering guidelines from the CDC and Health Canada with the important benefit and outcome of helping food banks across the U.S. and Canada in their efforts to feed people in need during this unprecedented time.”
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Health Canada both now the use of simple, cloth face coverings to cover faces while in public. On April 17, the NBA announced a similar line of face masks with the proceeds also going to Feeding America and other food banks in Canada.
NHL play has been suspended for more than a month because of the coronavirus outbreak and no return plan is in place. Florida entered the extended hiatus sitting three points out of the third and final playoff spot in the Atlantic Division.
