LOCAL LEADING BUSINESS OWNERS LAUNCH A HOCKEY COMPLEX & NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
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ocal leading business owners Jason and Stacey Laricchia of The Birthday Suit, with 3 convenient locations have some exciting news on their all new ventures; including “The Yard Hockey Training Center” and “The Pass the Puck Foundation”.
The Yard is a 10,000 square foot training center that will allow the hockey players of Las Vegas the ability to advance their skills when they do not have access to their local rink. The Yard will feature the Can-Ice synthetic ice surface and house a mini-rink, goalie pad, and 5 shooting lanes. The goal of The Yard is to give coaches and players a chance to connect away from their rinks and get as much practice as possible to help grow the talent of players coming out of Las Vegas. The Pass the Puck Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by 3 local hockey families. “Our mission statement is ‘to assist local hockey families towards a common goal," states Laricchia. He adds: “Hockey is an expensive sport and sometimes, situations arise where a player may miss out on an opportunity to play in a tournament or high-level clinic because of financial reasons. We want to see the sport of hockey grow in Las Vegas and also see the talent level coming from Las Vegas rise. To be able to help families with expenses related to travel hockey or house leagues means the world to us. We have also chosen to assist the Vegas Golden Knights youth sled hockey program as well. These families do so much for their children and help in the community and we want to make sure they have all the equipment they need and the strain of travel expenses for tournaments is lessened.” The 2 ventures will obviously be able to work hand in hand with donations of rink time to sled program practices and also players who Pass the Puck is assisting.
FACEBOOK:
@theyardhockeytrainingcenter @passthepuckfoundation
INSTAGRAM:
@theyard_hockeytrainingcenter @passthepuckfoundation
