Lady of Grace Catholic Academy, Howard Beach - Thursday, June 7th 2018

Sixth and seventh grade students at Lady of Grace Catholic Academy are completing their last week of Islanders Floorball this week. Students competed in 4 on 4 tournament style games. Each team showed excellent discipline in positional spacing, moving without the ball, offensive plays, goalie awareness, and communicating with teammates. "These kids play soccer almost every day during recess so when I introduced hockey it was an easy transition for them," said physical education teacher Mr. Castro. The Islanders Floorball Program concludes tomorrow for the 2017-2018 school year reaching over 100 schools! If your school is interested in implementing a new sport next year with the chance to keep Islanders branded equipment sign up today: https://newyorkislanders.formstack.com/forms/floorball or call 516-667-2120. Hurry, space is limited!

Islanders Street Hockey Update

Queens Community House - PS 86, Jamaica - Tuesday, June 5th 2018

The Queens Community House, a multi-site, multi-service settlement house that services the diverse neighborhoods of Queens, is the newest partner of the Islanders Street Hockey Program. Yesterday, QCH's Jamaica beacon program at PS 86 kick started the partnership with a mini-clinic provided by Islanders staff. Students were excited to begin learning more about the sport of hockey and the New York Islanders as they dived into the fundamentals of stick handling, passing, and shooting. The clinic wrapped with fun scrimmage play and the distribution of Islanders swag! "My favorite part of today was the cool t-shirt," said one player, "But I'm sure I like playing hockey as much too." The Jamaica beacon program is looking forward to implementing the Islanders Street Hockey Program throughout their summer programming as well.