Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto and the town board are once again welcoming the LI Blues, as well as three other hock
ey teams, to the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage for the sixth annual LI Blues Winter Classic. This special event showcases hockey players with special needs enjoying a game they love. The public is welcome to attend and admission is FREE. Faceoff for the first of four games is at 3:30 p.m. The fourth and final game is expected to conclude at approximately 7:30 p.m. The Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center is located at 1001 Stewart Avenue, adjacent to Bethpage Community Park.
“The LI Blues is an inspiring hockey program in which children and young adults with developmental disabilities play ice hockey in an accommodating setting,” said Venditto. “It is a terrific program that brings all the fun of playing ice hockey to athletes with special needs. Three other teams, the East Coast Jumbos, the New Jersey Dare Devils and the New York Raptors will be participating and the Town Board and I welcome these teams to the Town of Oyster Bay. We also invite our residents to come to this event and cheer these players on. Their commitment and dedication to the sport is very uplifting.”
“The LI Blues organization is pleased to again be partnering with the Town of Oyster Bay to present the LI Blues Winter Classic,” said Michael Russo of LI Blues Special Hockey. “We are very proud of our program which adapts the game of hockey to make it fun for players with special needs. The LI Blues Winter Classic is an outstanding piece of that program and we are thrilled to have it at the state-of-the-art Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center.”
Venditto noted that the LI Blues Winter Classic is just one of the many special events held at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center.
“This fabulous facility is the home to many hockey and skating organizations, including the LI Blues. Throughout the year, there are championship high school hockey games, special programs such as the New York Rangers Try Hockey for Free and the town’s annual Holiday on Ice Show,” said Venditto. “In addition, there is the town’s highly acclaimed youth hockey program and other special events. The town board and I are very proud of this facility, which so many residents enjoy at public skating sessions, and all of us are happy to have the LI Winter Blues Winter Classic in the Town of Oyster Bay.”
For more information about the LI Blues Winter Classic and other programs at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center, residents can visit the town’s website at www.oysterbaytown.com, or call the rink at 516-433-RINK.
