This is an exciting news for all hockey fans, the Philippines will be the1st to host a summit event for hockey, the big stage for learning and training for hockey will be at SM Mall of Asia Ice Skating Rink. The big decision came from the Asia Pacific Hockey League Commissioner, Mike Condon, he chose our country to host the 1st summit for hockey that will kick off on August 25-28, 2011. SM Mall of Asia already upgraded their ice skating facilities and added more equipment for those who want to train and learn to play hockey.
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They will going build and recruit more players to join in playing hockey, this will be a start of a new generation of players and also team that can join the Asia Pacific Hockey League and can compete to other teams from different countries. I felt excited that sports training camp style is back again, the summit is open for kids and adults who want to learn play ice hockey.
Other participants will fly here in the Philippines to take part of the hockey summit, all details are posted at www.asiapacifichockey.com on how to be part of the hockey summit.
At the pre event ceremony, they awarded the Minor Hockey League, a league that was organized by SM Ice Skating in support of the summit and for on ice exhibition tournament. We already have 3 teams on stand by,they are the Manila Hawks, Manila Saints and Manila Ice Hockey League, these teams are on an exhibition match happening this week in SM MOA Ice skating
There’s also another team – the Manila Predators who recently won the Asian men’s B division ice hockey 5s championship in Hong Kong, and the team just brewed our very own star player named LR Lancero, 15 year old hockey player from Bacoor, Cavite, he is also a the youngest Under18 division player for the North American Hockey League through the Boston Junior Rangers.
On August 25-28, all roads goes to SM Ice Skating in SM MOA for the 1st Asia Pacific Hockey Summit, the great part here is that pinoys will start to learn more about hockey and if we already mastered other sports like basketball, bowling, baseball, boxing, volleyball and the new trending sport – futball and rugby, we see that hockey is rising and it’s a great start that we are building new champs that carries our flags that the pinoys can do it and win in any challenge in every sport.
I play hockey during the times of my senior high school years up to college freshmen, it was just a street hockey game that we play every Saturday in the parking lot of SM North Edsa, we create our own set up there and even customize our own goal with net, and hockey sticks that are made of aluminum for the stick and chopping board for the wing, and we wrapped it around with tennis band stickers.
I’m glad that SM Ice Skating already promoting this kind of sport, it is the sport that I grew up with after aggressive inline skating and skateboard, because it is a different sport that is very uncommon to others, I love to be unique that time, and now I’m happy that many people are starting appreciate the sport that I play.
Kudos to all of you! hockey players, fans, SM Ice Skating and Asia Pacific Hockey League.
so let’s play some ice!
