The National Hockey League (NHL) has teamed up with a veterans service organization to help struggling former military members and their families.
Through a partnership with ForgiveCo, the NHL will erase $1.25 million of debt, dropping a lifeline to 1,025 veteran families.
On Tuesday, during Game 5 of a first-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars, forward Jason Robertson of the Stars hosted former Army Specialist Cesar Gonzalez and his family at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Gonzalez is one of many veterans seeing their debt washed away through the program.
Out of the $1.25 million debt being eliminated, $250,000 will go to veterans in the Dallas, Texas area.