Flyers Launch New Learn-To-Play Youth Hockey Program
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Flyers have partnered with nine hockey rinks in the region to launch the Flyers Rookie Program.
The program is six weeks long to teach first-time youth hockey players how to play the game, while also focusing on skills like teamworks, responsbility, and respect. Participants will get free Flyers-branded equipment that they can keep.
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The program is open to boys and girls ages four through eight-years-old.
Those families interested in registering their child for the program can visit PhiladelphiaFlyers.com/RookieProgram.
Participating rinks and available course dates are as follows:
Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone at Voorhees, 601 Laurel Oak Rd. Voorhees, NJ 08043
Oct. 1-Nov. 5; Nov. 12- Dec. 23; Jan. 7-Feb. 25
Ice Line, 700 Lawrence Drive West Chester, PA 19380
Oct. 15- Nov. 19
IceWorks Skating Complex, 3100 Dutton Mill Rd. Aston, PA 19014
Nov. 5-Dec. 17; Jan. 7-Feb. 4
Aria Health Flyers Skate Zone at Northeast Philadelphia, 10990 Decatur Rd. Philadelphia, PA 19154
Nov. 5-Dec. 17; Jan. 7- Feb. 11
Virtua Health Flyers Skate Zone at Pennsauken, 6725 River Rd. Pennsauken, NJ 08110
Nov. 5-Dec. 17; Jan. 7-Feb. 25
Oaks Center Ice, 100 Pennco Rd. Oaks, PA 19456
Nov. 5- Dec. 17; Jan. 7-Feb. 25
The Pond Ice Arena, 101 John F. Campbell Rd. Newark, DE 19711
Nov. 5-Dec. 17
Grundy Arena, 475 Beaver St. Bristol, PA 19007
Nov. 6-Dec. 18; Jan. 15-Feb. 26; May 8-Jun. 19
Flyers Skate Zone at Atlantic City, 501 N. Albany Ave. Atlantic City, NJ 08041
Nov. 12-Dec. 17; Jan. 7-Feb. 18
