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Video: Marshawn Lynch Jokes Around During Hockey Training with Akim Aliu

Former NFL running back spent time Wednesday working on his hockey skills with NHL free-agent forward Akim Aliu.

Lynch, who donned a Colorado Avalanche practice jersey, didn't look quite as comfortable on skates as he did while rushing for over 10,400 years during his 12-year football career:

The five-time Pro Bowler has struck up a friendship with Aliu, a Nigeria native who co-founded the Hockey Diversity Alliance to address systemic racism within hockey.

"Dreamer X [and] Beastmode kickin' it and watchin' some football," Aliu wrote Sunday on Instagram amid the NFL playoffs.