The scholastic hockey season will kick off on Friday, October 3rd when representatives from 10 high-school teams will converge at Hatfield Ice to take part in a fundraiser for Philadelphia Blind Hockey.
The players will wear goggles which replicate various visual disorders. Goaltenders will be blindfolded.
Two teams of adults will get the evening started at 6:30 with the high-school skaters scheduled to take the ice at 7:40. This year’s event will utilize a full-ice, five-on-five format.
The Orange Team will include players from Holy Ghost Prep, Father Judge, Central Bucks East, Pennridge, and Central Bucks South.
The Black Team will feature players from Malvern Prep, North Penn, Haverford High, Penncrest, and the Conestoga girls.
Admission will be five dollars.
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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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