Northwell’s Girls Elite Hockey wins scholarships

Fourteen girls from the Girls Elite Hockey team from the Northwell Health Ice Center in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow have won scholarships courtesy of National Grid.

The program has a partnership with National Grid at Northwell Health Ice Center. As a result, the girls received financial aid scholarship funds.

Northwell Health Ice Center is not only a place to ice skate but it is the official practice facility of the New York Islanders. It is also home to many youth travel hockey programs such as the PAL Junior Islanders, Girl’s Elite Hockey Program, and Long Island Mavericks as well as public and private local high school varsity hockey teams, Long Island University, Men & Women’s Hockey program and many adult hockey leagues.

The Center is approximately 175,000 square feet in size and offers hockey development classes, hockey skills and skating clinics, ice skating classes, freestyle figure skating sessions and public skating sessions. The state-of-the-art facility also offers a gym/training center, hockey and figure skating equipment, skate sharpening, sports therapy and rehabilitation services, Allstar Children’s Center, and the New York Islanders pro shop.

For program information, contact alexis.moed@newyorkislanders.com.