Girls Hockey Day was created in 2017 with the goal to promote growth, encourage participation, and celebrate girls' hockey and the athletes who compete in it. Over 400 hockey players across New England will participate in Monday's event, with all ages and skill levels included. The one-hour clinics, which run from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m., will feature Learn to Play public skates and ice sessions for teams including those from Charlestown, Belmont, and Norwood.
Team USA Olympians Alex Carpenter and Caroline Harvey, both of New England, will be in attendance to help facilitate Girls Hockey Day. Carpenter, a North Reading, Massachusetts native and Boston College Hockey alum, has won five Women's World Championship gold medals and two Olympic silver medals at both the Sochi and Beijing Olympic Winter Games. Harvey, originally of Salem, New Hampshire, was the youngest player on the U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team in Beijing. She has taken home silver at both the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2021 Women's World Championship.
Additionally, Bruins alumni and NESN host Andrew Raycroft will be on hand from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to help facilitate clinics. NESN host and Bruins rinkside reporter Sophia Jurksztowicz will be on-ice to cover Girls Hockey Day as part of NESN's coverage for Tuesday's Women in Sports Night at TD Garden.
Wasabi Technologies has donated $10,000 to the Boston Bruins Foundation, all of which will benefit the Brianna Decker Endowment for Girls Hockey. Founded by 2018 Olympic gold medalist Brianna Decker, the fund provides grants to female hockey programs to help develop and increase female youth participation in hockey by alleviating costs around the sport.
"We are excited to collaborate with the Boston Bruins Foundation to empower girls through sport across New England and nationally," said Julie Barry, Vice President, Global Brand and Communications of Wasabi Technologies. "Girls Hockey Day is an opportunity that can change the lives of young girls everywhere through memorable on-ice lessons with Olympic stars, and through initiatives like the Brianna Decker Endowment for Girls Hockey that open new doors for future players."
"The Boston Bruins Foundation strives to make a positive, constructive impact on the New England community, and partnering with Wasabi Technologies to donate to the Brianna Decker Endowment Fund is a great way for us to do that," said Boston Bruins Foundation PresidentBob Sweeney. "We are excited to help grow the sport and girls' hockey with this donation to a great cause."
About the Brianna Decker Endowment for Girls Hockey:
The Brianna Decker Endowment for Girls Hockey was established in 2019 through the USA Hockey Foundation by three-time Olympic medalist Brianna Decker. The fund provides grants to 8U and 10U female hockey programs across the United States. Grants are exclusively used to develop programs to increase female youth participating in hockey by alleviating costs around ice and equipment, advertising and marketing, and overall development.
About Wasabi Technologies:
Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at a fifth of the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has been recognized as one of technology's fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston.
