Abq Sled Hockey

The New Mexico Blade Runners came in third in their division at the National Disabled Hockey Festival held April 6-9 in San Jose, California. CONGRATS on a job well done!

Great news!!! The New Mexico Bladerunners are the recipients of a USA Hockey grant! The team will use this grant to purchase new equipment. Come and join us! :-)

Here's a website with some tips on how to beat the goalie. Know what to watch for and how to make the best move!

http://howtohockey.com/how-to-beat-the-goalie

How to Beat the Goalie As a coach and player I see this scenario all too often. A player gets a clean break, one on one with the goalie. They look down at their stick and shoot, or completely freeze up and then get too close to the goalie to do anything and jam the puck right into his pads …

NM Blade Runners will be off Saturday, July 2nd. Play will resume the following week. Enjoy your holiday weekend! :-)

There will be NO SLED HOCKEY Saturday, May 28th due to Memorial Day weekend. Play will resume the following Saturday, June 4th. Have a great weekend! :-)

USA Hockey page for sled hockey - includes Rule Book, Sled Hockey Basics and Equipment, event schedule, and MORE! Check it out! :-)

http://www.usahockey.com/sledhockey

Sled Hockey Sled (sledge as it's referred to outside the United States) hockey was invented at a Stockholm, Sweden, rehabilitation center in the early 1960s by a group of Swedes who, despite their physical disability, wanted to continue playing hockey.

Photos taken during scrimmage play.

All the votes have been tallied for our sled hockey team name. Thank you to everyone that voted and submitted all the imaginative team name and logo submissions.

I am excited to announce the official team name is the New Mexico Blade Runners (Logo attached)! Monique Curley, the team goalie, was the individual who submitted the team name and logo. As promised, Monique will receive the free set of carbon fiber sticks—or maybe a carbon fiber goalie stick as it were. Congratulations Monique! We will look at getting the logo printed on the jerseys at some point moving forward.

We are back on the ice next Saturday night at 6:45PM,

Happy Halloween!

I wanted to thank all of you that came out and skated in our Try Sled Hockey for Free event last night. I was a great success. We were able to get 10 individuals into a sled that had never tried it before and about 10 of our regular sled hockey players on the ice as well. Coach Tim Morelock came out and ran a great practice. Each player got a chance to work on some basic skating, stick handling and shooting techniques and everyone got some good touches on the puck.

We hope to see some of the new faces back out in the coming weeks. Feel free to pass along my contact info to anyone else you think may be interested. Our regular sled hockey sessions will be on Saturdays from 6:45PM-7:45PM at the Outpost Ice Arena. The cost is $10 per session. I will send out an email prior to each session to see who will be attending. **If you wish to be removed from the distribution list, just drop me an email.

I would also like to thank Coach Tim and all our volunteers who came out to help. We could not have pulled it off without you all. Thank you to the Outpost Ice Arena for donating the icetime. Lastly, I’d like to thank the Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation for supplying the post-skate food and drinks.

Got some of the jerseys in for the players. It is starting to look like a real hockey team... they are playing like it too.

We are gearing up for another "Try sled Hockey for Free" event!

Anyone can play and this is open to adults and kids alike. It will be held Saturday, September 26th, 6:45PM - 7:45PM at the Outpost Ice Arena. Hockey sleds and required hockey gear will be provided, as well as food and beverages.

Anyone that is interested should RSVP Joe at [email protected]