Media release
For Immediate Release
CBRMHA Blind Ice Hockey Event
Date: Monday, November 5, 2018
Time: 10:30am – 2:00pm
Location: Paradise Double Complex, 68 McNamara Road, Paradise, NL, A1L 1Y5
CBRMHA & Newfoundland Blind Ice Hockey are thrilled to be working with CNIB again this year to host a Learn to Skate and Try Blind Ice Hockey event! It will be a day of fun for all. Activities will include a sensory tour, goalball, free skate, and blind ice hockey!
Agenda for Monday November 5th
10:30 -1:00 in Resource Room A
- -Meet and Greet
- -Facility walk through
- -Introduction to Goalball
- -BBQ Hamburgers and Hot Dogs
1:00 – 2:00
- -On the Ice, there will be lots of helpers on and off the ice, we will section off the ice again this year 2/3 for skating and the other 1/3 for hockey.
Open to any visually impaired person aged 4 to 20 years old. Equipment supplied if needed. No cost to any participant. No on-ice experience necessary
Information on the Canadian Blind Hockey Program ran by CBRMHA will be posted over the coming days.
For further information contact Stephen Joy at newfoundlandblindicehockey@gmail.com
FOR YOUR INFO
Blind Hockey is the same exhilarating, fast-paced sport as Ice Hockey with only one main difference – all the players are partially sighted or legally blind.
The most significant modification is that the sport features an adapted puck that makes noise and is both bigger and slower than a traditional puck. Blind Ice Hockey is an excellent spectator sport as it is easily recognizable to the average hockey fan, with minimal rule adaptations to help with gameplay and player safety.
· Custom 3-foot-high nets are used rather than the traditional 4 foot nets to keep the puck low and near the ice so it can make noise and be tracked aurally.
· Teams must complete one pass prior to being able to score in the attacking half of the rink – this provides both the low vision defense and the goalie an extra opportunity to track the puck.
· The game is played with standard IIHF safety protocols including no-touch icing, and crease violations to ensure utmost player safety.
· All players must wear full protective gear including face mask.
For more information or to arrange an interview;
Name: Stephen Joy
Newfoundland Blind Ice Hockey
709-682-0362
