Reserve your spot for Inside Edge off-ice training by RSVP-ing to Joanne Collins at ppmick@aol.com. This week's session will be held on THURSDAY, MARCH 12 from 5:15 - 6:05 pm upstairs at Hockey Town. Training focuses on a combination of hockey functional conditioning and hands skills (stickhandling, shooting, passing). Each session will include training aspects with a focus on proper mechanics and techniques to prevent injury. $10 per player per session. Bring your stick and gloves!

Last Saturday night, the Mite 4 team got to experience one of Boston's fiercest hockey rivalries first-hand, taking in the BU vs. BC game at Agganis Arena and getting to play a scrimmage between the second and third periods. In addition to skating before a sell-out crowd, the players got to meet with Rhett the BU terrier and were even interviewed on camera by Agganis staff!  Thanks to BU, Agganis Arena staff, and especially Spencer Dalby for helping to arrange.

After a hard-fought battle that came up just short in their district championships, the Squirt 2 team has received an invitation to participate with their division in the Massachusetts Hockey State Championship. The tournament will be played in Springfield the weekend of March 6-8. Good luck players and coaches!

Our Learn to Play skaters already have two scrimmages under their belts thanks to Tier-1 Hockey and the Burlington Youth Hockey program. On February 2nd, the Wakefield Learn to Play players and I-Mite Grey team traveled to Burlington to play a friendly scrimmage, and on February 16th LTP and the I-Mite Red team made the trip down 128. Both events were well attended, and it was a first chance for Learn to Play skaters to play in a game against another town. Parents and players had a blast. Special thank you to Jaime Boyle and Tier-1 Hockey for setting up the events. Tier-1 Hockey runs skills and learn to skate/play programs for both Burlington and Wakefield Youth Hockey, and this is the fourth year they have hosted this type of crossover event.

This year’s fundraiser event was a record-breaker, bringing in more than $16,000! 100% of the money raised goes right back into the program to help ensure we are providing Wakefield with a top-quality youth hockey program at an affordable rate.  This event could not be possible without the tireless efforts of our Fundraising Chair, Kara Simoneau, and the dedicated parents and family members helping to make the event come together. Special thank you to Lindsay Rocca, Christina Morris, Joanne Collins, Angel Defeo, Laurie Sillari, Jenn Baldwin, Cheryl Sartori, Lisa Van Dorpe, Kerrie Casey, Sara Eriksen, Saritin Rizzuto, Jackie Timmins and Michelle Harrington.