But these days kids, including those with Madison Square Garden's charity, the Garden of Dreams Foundation, get to ride shotgun between periods.

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Squad for the evening under the auspices of MSG's Garden of Dreams Foundation, which uses the Garden to create unforgettable moments for children facing obstacles in their lives.

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The crew is so busy during the game when they're not on the ice they're refilling the Zambonis with water or entertaining the Garden of Dreams kids they estimate they see no more than three or four minutes of the action.

WSJ: Ralph Gardner Jr.: The Sport of Zamboni

The team, the Knicks City Dancers and Madison Square Garden's Garden of Dreams Foundation hosted 400 children from Sandy Hook Elementary (now Chalk Hill Elementary) and their families at the Newtown Youth Academy in what was called a "Knicks Family Fun Day" event.

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It was as if the garden had become a sort of embodiment of the domestic dreams forever intrinsic to human consciousness.

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After all, if the web can help two isolated hearts find love, or connect the owner of an unwanted garden gnome with someone keen to buy it, surely it can help an editor find the freelancer of his dreams and vice versa.

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