A special "thank you" to the New York Rangers Alumni Program and ex-Rangers defenseman Tom Laidlaw, who spent the afternoon with our 10U Squirts (pictured), 12U PeeWees and 14U Bantams age groups. Tom shared some life lessons from growing up on his family farm in Canada to playing on Broadway to playing in Los Angeles with Wayne Gretzky. Set the bar high!
After years of effort, the new Graveyard facility is preparing to celebrate its grand opening. The Graveyard, a 120-foot rink with off-ice training options located in Long Island City on Review Avenue across from Calvary Cemetery, will serve as North Park's headquarters for Player Development.
North Park's Player Development arc starts with our extensive 6U + 8U Mites programming. It continues with specialty skill development across skating, stick-handling, goaltending and beyond at the 10U Squirts, 12U PeeWees, 14U Bantams and 16U Midgets levels, across both rostered and practice-only players. We look forward to integrating this new facility into our core programming in 2023, especially for some exciting 3-on-3 tournaments during our upcoming Spring.
Across the North Park program, it's been a season of memorable visits to iconic hockey settings, from Princeton University's Hobey Baker Rink to a behind-the-scenes tour of the Washington Capitals home ice.
This past weekend, Coach Aaron and Coach Matt and their 12U PeeWees Blue team visited West Point to watch their good friend, Blake Bennett, one of the leading scorers in NCAA Division 1 hockey, compete for American International College (AIC) against Army. North Park met the AIC team and coaches in a post-game locker room experience, and got autographs as well. Fun way to start off a busy weekend of games!
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Character-builder. North Park 12U PeeWees Black fought back from down 1-3 with nine minutes left in the third period to force a tie. Then in overtime, they rolled out the old Czech - Slovak "Number One" for an OT winner to advance to the New York State finals on Sunday at 12:15 pm in Buffalo / Amherst NY.
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