One of the highlights of many of Cape Ann Youth Hockey skaters’ early hockey careers is the opportunity to skate at the Boston TD Garden. Thanks to the Bruins and their own coaches, Cape Ann Youth Hockey Mites are sometimes afforded the phenomenal opportunity to play a short game in between periods of a real Boston Bruins game. The kids and their families are offered game tickets, usually meet up for dinner in the city, and then meet the Bruins staff for a debriefing of the plan of events. Part of the way into the first period the team heads to an elevator and is escorted into a locker room to get ready for their 3 Minutes of Fame.
The skaters get the VIP treatment from staff and even get to meet Blades…the Bruins’ mascot. As soon at the 1st period ends the young skaters take to the ice for a face off. All of the action is recorded by the Bruins and a couple of weeks later a video (the one below) is sent to the team’s coach.
Super special for the players to get to watch themselves skate on the Bruins ice….and for their parents too. Finn was sporting a GoPro during the short game, but the footage from the top of his head isn’t as professional as the movie the Bruins sent.
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