Hatfield Ice Arena will be the setting next weekend when Philadelphia Blind Hockey hosts the inaugural Blind Hockey Youth Jamboree. The event will involve participants in the Philadelphia Blind Hockey program as well as visually impaired players from elsewhere.
There will be two games on Saturday, April 12th at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and a third on Sunday, April 13 at 8:45 a.m.
All three games will be streamed live on the Flyers Cup You Tube channel.
With the assistance of the Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Blind Hockey was launched in 2022 to provide visually impaired individuals access to hockey. The program is open to players of all ages with visual impairments.
Rick has worked in print and broadcast journalism for more than 35 years. He's covered golf in one medium or another for more than 30. He is the co-author of the book So You Want to Play Golf with PGA professional Kim Verrecchio and the host of the Women's Golf Report podcast.
Most recently, Rick served as an associate editor for The Mulligan Magazine. He also served as an associate editor for Philadelphia Golf Magazine and New Jersey State Golf from 2004-07.
Rick covered his first LPGA Tour event in 1986 and continues to cover women's golf for various media outlets. High on his bucket list is having the opportunity to one day play in an LPGA Tour pro am.
Rick is also a longtime correspondent for two suburban Philadelphia daily newspapers, the Intelligencer and the Bucks County Courier Times in Doylestown, PA. Over the course of his career he has coverzed a wide variety of sporting events.
He is also a veteran play by play and public address announcer, and handles the PA mic for the nationally ranked Delaware Valley University football program.
Rick is also a longtime contributor to Referee, a magazine devoted to sports officiating. He called his first baseball game at age 13 and continues to umpire softball and baseball today.
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