NEW YORK — The Nationwide Hockey League (NHL) and Vegas Golden Knights are celebrating the fast progress of youth hockey in Southern Nevada with on-ice and ball hockey clinics throughout the Las Vegas Valley forward of the 2024 NHL Awards and 2024 NHL Draft offered by Higher Deck in Las Vegas.
For the reason that Vegas Golden Knights’ first season within the NHL in 2017-18, the state of Nevada has seen progress in hockey participation, elevated hockey applications and growth into new communities, and new amenities to satisfy the excessive demand. The arrival of the Golden Knights resulted in a 268% improve in complete variety of hockey gamers, with 8U gamers seeing the most important improve. To this point, the NHL/NHLPA Trade Progress Fund has invested $3.6 million to assist the Golden Knights’ youth hockey applications. The workforce launched intensive learn-to-skate and NHL/NHLPA Be taught to Play applications, and constructed robust group partnerships with Clark County Faculty District, the Metropolis of Las Vegas, and the Boys and Women Membership to create larger entry to ball hockey. The Golden Knights additionally created LosVGK, a Hispanic/Latino group outreach program introducing hockey to individuals of all ages who’re new to the sport.
In 2016 when the Golden Knights have been granted a franchise, Southern Nevada had three group ice sheets. At the moment, with the addition of Metropolis Nationwide Enviornment and America First Heart, there are seven sheets of ice, greater than doubling the entry to ice for the group.
Group occasions and initiatives embody:
NHL High Prospects and Be taught to Play On-Ice Clinic
Wednesday, June 26 (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
Metropolis Nationwide Enviornment, Rink B (1550 S Pavilion Heart Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89135)
NHL High Prospects Zeev Buium, Macklin Celebrini, Artyom Levshunov, Cayden Lindstrom, and Zayne Parekh; Vegas Golden Knights alumnus Deryk Engelland; and NHL Participant Inclusion Coalition members Anson Carter, Julie Chu, Georges Laraque, Al Montoya, and Anthony Stewart will be a part of approx. 45 youth hockey gamers, ages 5-10-years outdated, for an on-ice clinic. The youth hockey gamers are from the NHL/NHLPA’s Be taught to Play program, 10U Women Jr. Knights, and Bauer Empowered Women groups. Media RSVP: Jasmine Ghafour ([email protected])
Vegas Golden Knights Youth Ball Hockey Clinic
Wednesday, June 26 (4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
Veterans Memorial Group Heart (101 Pavilion Heart Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89144)
Vegas Golden Knights alumnus Deryk Engelland, mascot Probability, and youth hockey coaches will host a clinic for approx. 50 women and boys ages 7-12-years outdated. This youth hockey group is supported by the NHL/NHLPA’s Trade Progress Fund. Media RSVP: Nate Ewell ([email protected])
NHL Participant Inclusion Coalition Ball Hockey Clinic
Thursday, June 27 (11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
James Boys and Women Membership (2530 E Carey Ave, North Las Vegas, NV 89030)
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman and NHL Participant Inclusion Coalition member Zach Whitecloud shall be joined by fellow members JT Brown, Anson Carter, Julie Chu, Mark Fraser, Jordan Harris, Georges Laraque, Al Montoya, Abby Roque, Anthony Stewart, and PK Subban. The group is donating $20,000 on behalf of fellow coalition member Ryan Reaves to supply 10 Boys & Women Golf equipment of Southern Nevada with road hockey gear and staffing for 2 months of hockey programming. The group may also donate to supply a 500 square-foot mural on the James Boys and Women Membership, leaving a long-lasting memento that shall be a tribute to youth hockey. This would be the eleventh group occasion hosted by the NHL Participant Inclusion Coalition this season, celebrating hockey with a whole bunch of girls and boys throughout North America. Media RSVP: Jasmine Ghafour ([email protected])
These clinics are open to the media however closed to the general public. Media are requested to RSVP.