The Connecticut Northern Lights Girls Hockey program was the first hockey program in Connecticut to offer girls a fun, encouraging and supportive place to learn the basics of ice hockey in an all girls environment. Today at the Northern Lights we continue to offer the same girl-friendly developmental atmosphere today that we began to offer in 2002.
In the Northern Lights Foundation Program, our goal is to teach girls the fundamentals of ice hockey -- skating, stick-handling, passing, and shooting -- while emphasizing skill development, self-esteem, cooperation, fair play, fitness, safety and, most importantly, fun! We develop the foundation of not only ice hockey skills, but the foundation of self-confidence a girl needs to develop into a successful, self-assured and strong woman.
Based on the tremendous success of the Foundation Program in Simsbury, starting in the 2008-2009 season the Northern Lights Foundation Program expanded into South Windsor Arena and Newington Arena at the request of rink management and parents alike. Due to the success of the program last year, we will continue to offer our Learn to Skate prgrom at all locations for the 2009 - 2010 season. If ice hockey was too far from home before, Northern Lights brings the program to you. Now your daughter can participate in a sport she will grow to love with only a short drive from home to the rink. Give your daughter the chance to learn to play ice hockey and she will develop skills she will employ for a lifetime both on and off the ice.
í Skill Level: No experience required!!
í Age: For girls age 5 thru 9, born between 2000 and 2004.
í Location: Three locations throughout Connecticut:
í Simsbury: International Skating Center of Connecticut
í South Windsor: South Windsor Arena
í Newington: Newington Arena
í Date/Time: Varies by location to fit your busy schedule
í Simsbury - International Skating Center:
Saturdays from 2:30 to 3:30pm
Sundays from 8 to 9am
Starting October 17, 2009
í South Windsor:
South Windsor Arena: Tuesdays from 5:10 to 6:10pm \
Starting October 13, 2009
í Newington Arena:
Thursdays from 6 to 7pm
Sundays from 9:30 to 10:30am
Starting October 15, 2009
í Sessions run from the middle of October to the end of February
í Offer No Other Learn-to-Play Program Can Make: While the program is designed for your daughter to participate twice a week in the location closest to your home, if for any reason you want to take advantage of a Lights Foundation session at another rink that can occur at NO additional cost.
í Cost:
í Girls born in 2003 and 2004: Registration FREE. A $50 fee for Jersey and USA Hockey Insurance.
í Girls born between 2000 and 2002: $495
í Child’s Birth Certificate is required for registration in the Learn-to-Play/Learn-to-Skate program
í Contact:
Kate Dixon
Foundation Director South Windsor and Newington
