Try Hockey for Free Day for
boys and girls is Saturday, Nov. 4, from 1-3 p.m. at the UMass Mullins
Center Community Rink. Children ages 4 and up are encouraged to experience ice
hockey for the first time and learn the basic skills in a fun, safe
environment.
No skating experience
required; free skate rentals available. All skaters must have helmets (bicycle
or hockey) and gloves (winter gloves are fine). Used equipment sale plus UMass
Hockey giveaways. Save time at the door by registering in advance: www.amhersthockey.org
Registration for our Learn
to Skate and Learn to Play programs for ages 4-8 is open at www.amhersthockey.org, with practices
November through mid-March. Learn to Skate practices are Saturdays from 1-2:20
p.m.; the cost is $135.
Learn to Play practices
are Saturdays from 2:30-3:50 with cross-ice games on Sundays beginning in
December; the cost is $340. There is an additional $48 USA Hockey registration
for ages 6 and up; skaters age 6-8 who attend the November 4 Try Hockey for
Free receive a free USA Hockey registration.
The Girls’ House
Team for ages 8-18 begins in November and is geared toward newer skaters
with practices through mid-March. The focus is on fun with games and skill
building. Cost: $340 plus a $48 USA Hockey registration.
The Amherst Hockey
Association is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization serving over 300
Hampshire valley families. For more information, visit www.amhersthockey.org or contact Dan
Feldman at mbedan@comcast.net. The
Amherst Hockey Association also fields coed and all-girls travel teams
available to all ages of children.
