March 19, 2024

RI Special Hockey program to Start

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About Special Hockey
The GPYHA/RI Special Needs Hockey program offers Learn to Skate/Instructional Hockey for children age 4 to young adult with Down Syndrome, Autism, or any other developmental disability.

Ice sessions are held Saturday mornings at Lynch Arena, Pawtucket in Pawtucket, RI, starting OCTOBER 13 and ending in March, 10:00-11:00 No previous skating experience is required; enrollment is open throughout the season.

The program is open to any boy or girl who is physically able to play, but would be unable to participate in any other organized program due to his or her developmental disability. Players must be free from any physical or medical condition that could cause them to do harm to themselves or to other participants during participation.

The minimum equipment required for the program will be skates (single blade hockey skates) and a hockey helmet with face mask. We have historically found that players who have elbow pads, knee pads, hockey pants (with the standard tail-bone pad) tend to get up smiling when they fall – a great motivator for new skaters!

For more information email: RISpecialHockey@aol.com
Check out our Facebook page: RI Special Hockey
Web Page: gpyha.org; locate us under Jr Bears House Program

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