NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League once again will host the Boston Bruins Academy Learn to Play Hockey Program.

 

This program takes place in two parts: Registration and fittings in August/September, and the four-week on-ice program at Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink starting the first weekend in October.

 

For a registration fee of $140, the program includes: a full set of CCM equipment to keep ($500 value); a professional personalized fitting led by Pure Hockey’s fit experts; four weeks of on-ice instruction led by certified coaches.

 

Sign up at learntoplay.nhl.com/bruins.

 

Skating lessons are highly recommended before the start of the Bruins Academy Learn to Play program. In addition, this program is intended for children who have not participated in an organized hockey program or Bruins Academy Learn to Play before. Children must have been born between 2010-14 to take part.

 

Additionally NBYHL will offer Bruins Academy participants 16 additional weeks of hockey in their Learn to Play hockey program. All participants are required to register with USA hockey ($54 cost).

 

For questions, please contact NBYHL at nbyhlwebmaster@gmail.com.

 

Celebrating 50 years of hockey. Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey (NBYHL), founded in 1969, has promoted and developed the game of hockey among the youth of Northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts and Southern Vermont.  Our league has travel teams (Black Bears) for children age 6 years through high school. We also boast a recreational house league (Bear Cubs) for ages 4-12 years, including a session which teaches children how to skate. 

 

The purpose of the league is to provide the best available instruction to teach the game of hockey, stress the importance of physical fitness, and provide the core values of USA Hockey: sportsmanship; respect for the individual; integrity; pursuit of excellence as an individual, team and organization; enjoyment; loyalty; and teamwork.