NWHL Launch with Olympic medalists Dani Rylan,Angela Ruggiero, Hilary Knight, Erika Lawler Last Monday I had the honor of being present at the launch of the NWHL – the National Women’s Hockey League. The league will give women the opportunity to play competitive hockey and be paid for it. The first-ever all women’s professional paid hockey…
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NYC Women’s Hockey Team Heads to National Hockey Championship
Boasting a recent win at the Empire State Games, the Central Park Senior Lady Hawks women’s team is now preparing for the USA National Hockey Championships in Green Bay, WI March 26-30. The Senior Lady Hawks are a team of college-educated woman new to the working environment of New York City. They have played college hockey at D1 and D3…
Ice Making at Lasker Rink
NYPD vs NHL Alumni Game @MSG
My previous blog post was about this fundraiser game at MSG. http://bit.ly/11zzZe5 It sounded like such a great game that I took the family and here we are!! It’s a good atmosphere, we can watch affordable, good hockey and support some worthy causes….win-win-win. Funny….Ron Duguay is still not wearing a helmet and his hair is…
NYPD Hockey vs NHL Alumni Fundraiser
Sunday March 24 , NYPD Hockey will be playing NHL Alumni to raise funds for Hurricane Katrina relief and other charities. Great family event. Madison Square Gardens @ 12:00pm.
RBC Grant Helps Hockey in Harlem
Here is a story from USAHockey.com about a great New York City sports program – Ice Hockey In Harlem (IHIH) – that just received a $25,000 Royal Bank of Canada Play Hockey grant. IHIH is a non-profit organization based in Harlem, and for 25 years this program has been helping young kids mature through hockey. The organization accepts up to 225…
Central Park Youth Hockey: The Mighty Lady Hawks
THE MIGHTY LADY HAWKS AMONGST THE BEAUTIFUL BACKDROPAT THE TOP OF CENTRAL PARKTHERE’S A RINK THAT’S ALWAYS BUZZINGALL DAY AND THROUGH THE DARK IT’S HOME TO THE MIGHTY LADY HAWKSNO, THIS IS NOT A SPOOFITS LASKER RINK IN CENTRAL PARKAND THEY PLAY WITHOUT A ROOF OUTDOOR HOCKEY IS SO UNIQUEITS PURE HOCKEY FROM ITS ROOTSAND…
Making Ice In NYC
Lasker Rink administration is doing its best to get the ice made on the outdoor rink in Central Park, but with temperatures like yesterday’s it’s going to be a slow go!
NHL Play-Off Hockey
Nothing more exciting for a child wholoves hockey than to go to a play-off game! NY Rangers vs NJ Devils in NJ!!
Sunday at the Rangers Game
Today were celebrated a birthday at the NY Rangers game at Madison Square Gardens. Apart from the fun of visiting the Garden’s to mark an event, its a fun place to spend a Sunday afternoon. The Garden has been renovated bit by bit, so more and more sections have poly woven padded seats, and access…