Irish American Hockey Association

Although the Irish Tourney has been silent for a few years ( we WILL be back Bigger & Better in 2022) one of the very BEST of all time (Freddy Nee) needs a little help in a tough time. Pleas dig deep and push Tommy & Teddy's effort over $20K... With all the Irish Love to Freddy!

Fred Nee of the Murphy Rink Fundraiser, organized by South Boston Community Fred Nee has been a rink manager at the Murphy Rink for 20 years and mai… South Boston Community needs your support for Fred Nee of the Murphy Rink Fundraiser

A few more day 2 photos of the 11th annual Irish American Ice Hockey Classic: South Boston 2017.

Day 1 of the 11th annual Irish American Ice Hockey Classic: Boston 2017 is in the books. Updated standings can be found at www.IrishHockey.com. All are welcome to attend games at the Murphy Rink in South Boston. Happy St. Patricks Day!

A few teams are looking for individual skaters for the 11th annual Irish American Ice Hockey Classic being held March 16-18th at the Murphy Rink in South Boston.

If you're interested in skating in this years Irish Classic; please send an email to: [email protected] and we'd be glad to connect you with a team looking to fill out their rosters.

All game times and schedules on this years Irish American Hockey Classic can be found at: www.IrishHockey.com

Registration will be closing soon for the 11th annual Irish American Ice Hockey Classic: South Boston March 16-18, 2017.

If you're interested in skating in this year’s Irish Ice Hockey Classic over St. Patrick’s Day week-end, please go to www.IrishHockey.com to register yourself or your team.

View highlights of the 2016 Irish Hockey Classic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1sivUP-jAA

Feel free to email for additional information on this year’s Irish Classic: [email protected]

REGISTRATION is now live for the 11th Annual Irish American Ice Hockey Classic! Please click on the link attached for registration information regarding our 2017 flagship event!

http://www.irishamericanhockeyassociation.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3577&leagueid=12751&page=78109

1st batch of photos from the 10th annual Irish American Ice Hockey Classic: Boston 2016.

Thanks to all of the players and fans for such a great week-end.

Special thanks to the Celtic Clovers from Dublin, Ireland... The Jolly Rogers from St. John's New Brunswick, the U10 and U12 hockey teams from Kilkenny, Dublin and other parts of Ireland and Edmonton Police Hockey Team from Alberta, Canada for making the voyage to Boston.

As always, thanks to Teddy Cunniff, Tommy McGrath and Bobby Sweeney for being so great day in and day out.

Special Irish American thanks to Aaron Guli and Ger Duffy from Dublin, Ireland for all of their hard work in getting the teams from Ireland to Boston for this year’s Irish American Ice Hockey Classic.

This is the 1st batch, we will post others as well as Irish Hockey videos shortly….
Registration is now live for the 2017 Irish American Ice Hockey Classic: Boston, March 16 – March 18th at the Murphy Rink in South Boston, MA

Schedule posted TODAY for the 10th annual Irish American Ice Hockey Classic: Boston 2016 !!!

After having received $4 Million + dollars in renovations over the past 12 months, including 8 new locker rooms all with showers, a new lobby, new pro shop, new viewing stand area, a new snack shop and completely new team benches, the Murphy Rink in South Boston will re-open its doors for the 10th annual Irish American Games on March 17th, 2016.

Irish Hockey Players from around the Globe are set to descend on Boston over Saint Patrick's Day week-end for 3 days of Irish Music, Irish Pub Festivities, Irish Hockey and most of all, to enjoy the sights and sounds of all Boston has to offer during the most sacred of Irish Holidays: St. Patrick's Day week-end: 2016!

The Irish American Hockey Association is honored to host new teams for this years Irish Classic including the Celtic Clovers from Dublin, Ireland as well as the Edmonton Police Hockey team and the Jolly Rogers from New Brunswick, Canada in addition to many local and other teams throughout the United States.

The Irish American Hockey Association is even more proud to host to a group of U10 and U12 Youth Hockey Players from various parts of Ireland who arrive in Boston tomorrow, March 9th and stay and play through Monday, March 13th.

Mr. Aaron Guli, President of Irish Ice Hockey in Ireland, will be traveling with the youth hockey players from Ireland to Boston for 5 days of on ice instruction, skill sessions and scrimmages of local teams throughout the Boston area courtesy of the Irish American Ice Hockey Association and its volunteer hockey families.

Former Boston College and NHL great Bob Sweeney, one of the founding members of the IAIHA, has arranged a full week of skating for the kids from Ireland as well as tours of the Boston Garden and Bruins Practice facilities in Wilmington as well as skates on many college campuses throughout the city of Boston.

The schedule will be posted online by 5PM this evening and can be viewed at: www.IrishHockey.com

Players: Please visit the password protected “Players Only” section on the website which will detail the various “Off Ice” activities and pub/ transportation schedules.

Lastly, in addition to raising monies for many causes, schools and hockey programs affiliated with the Irish Hockey Classic, we have a special request for a young 21 year old who was paralyzed in a car accident from the neck down this past September in Maine.

Ben Damon has spent 150 days in 4 different hospitals and rehabilitation facilities throughout New England after his C6 vertebra was shattered and he sustained severe spinal cord injury.

He now begins the difficult stage of transitioning to life back home and the challenges associated with such a move.

Even the smallest of donations add up to help Ben in a big big way and we ask the Irish Hockey Community in New England to lend Ben a hand.

We respectfully ask that you visit Ben’s page to view his story and make a donation of any size to help improve circumstances for Ben and his family going forward: https://www.gofundme.com/backingbigben

Cheers from IAIHA-

Irish American Hockey Association

Game Jerseys are in! The official Irish American Ice Hockey Classic Game Jerseys arrived in Boston today for the 10th annual Irish Hockey Classic: Boston 2016. Pucks will drop and the shillelaghs will start to fly March 17th at the newly renovated Murphy Rink in South Boston. All tournament events and details can be found at: www.IrishHockey.com . We’ll see you there!

Teams from around the Globe head to Boston for the 10th annual Irish American Ice Hockey Classic: Boston 2016.

After having received $4 Million + dollars in renovations over the past 12 months, including 8 new locker rooms all with showers, a new lobby, new pro shop, new viewing stand area, a new snack shop and completely new team benches, the Murphy Rink in South Boston will re-open its doors for the Irish Games in March 2016.

Irish Hockey Players from around the Globe are set to decend on Boston over Saint Patrick's Day week-end for 3 days of Irish Music, Irish Pub Festivities, Irish Hockey and most of all, to enjoy the sights and sounds of all Boston has to offer during the most sacred of Irish Holidays: St. Paddy's Day: 2016!

The Irish American Hockey Association is honored to host the Celtic Clovers from Dublin, Ireland as well as the Edmonton Police Hockey team and the Jolly Old Timers from New Brunswick, Canada in addition to many local and other teams throughout the Unites States.

Join over 500+ players from around the Globe for three days of Great Irish Hockey and all that it brings, Irish Music, Blarney, "Irish Craic" and all that Boston has to offer over the Saint Patrick's Holiday week-end: click on the REGISTRATION icon on the right side of the home page to reserve your spot in the 10th annual Irish Hockey Classic: Boston 2016

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