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\nThe San Jose Sharks have apologized after a message that seemed to support ICE was displayed on the scoreboard during their Hispanic heritage night on Oct. 18The team said it “deeply regrets” the message and said it does “not meet our organization’s values” in a statement after the incidentThe message said, “SJ SHARKS FANS LOVE ICE!! GET\u2019EM BOYZ!”<\/p>\n
The San Jose Sharks have apologized after a message in seeming support of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was displayed during the team’s Hispanic heritage night.\n<\/p>\n
The message shown on the scoreboard at the Sharks’ SAP Center in San Jose as they hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, Oct. 18, left fans “appalled,” CNN<\/a> reported.\n<\/p>\n “SJ SHARKS FANS LOVE ICE!! GET\u2019EM BOYZ!,” the sign read, according to local news outlet ABC7<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Sharks fan Jessica Clark told CNN the Sharks are her “favorite team” but the pro-ICE message “was something that should’ve been caught” by the team.<\/p>\n After the game, the Sharks issued a statement apologizing for the insensitive message.\n<\/p>\n “During the first intermission of tonight\u2019s game, an offensively worded message which had been externally submitted was inadvertently displayed on the in-arena scoreboard,” the team began.\n<\/p>\n “Sharks Sports & Entertainment deeply regrets that this message, which does not meet our organization\u2019s values, was not detected during our standard review process. The Sharks organization sincerely apologizes for this oversight, and we are actively working to determine the origin of the message.”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Fans noted that the message was shown on a night where the Sharks promised fans they’d be celebrating \u201cthe team\u2019s commitment to the Bay Area\u2019s vibrant Hispanic community,\u201d per their website<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n PEOPLE contacted the San Jose Sharks for comment, but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n San Jose Sharks stadium.<\/p>\n Kavin Mistry\/NHLI via Getty<\/p>\n The incident at the Sharks game comes just one week after a Milwaukee Brewers fan lost her job after threatening to call ICE on a Dodgers fan<\/a> during the teams’ playoff series. The Brewers fan, identified as Shannon Kobylarczyk, was seen telling the man in front of her, “you know what, call ICE,” after the Hispanic Dodgers fan was taunting Milwaukee fans as Los Angeles dominated the game.\n<\/p>\n