Fantasy hockey

We try to get the youth of 808 and 812 interested in new things to broaden their horizons a bit. One of the things we've introduced them to is the sport of hockey, an activity they'd heard of before but didn't know much about.

After playing some street hockey last year and watching the Bruins go all the way to the Stanley Cup championship, the kids were interested in doing some more hockey-related things this year, especially with their favorite sport (basketball) temporarily shelved due to the NBA lockout.

We decided to create a kid-friendly fantasy hockey league, where the kids chose players for their teams and will follow their progress throughout the year. Mike has created a way of keeping score, and posts new standings every Wednesday. So far, the kids are pretty into it, and they loved choosing their players during the draft we had in the Activity Room.

Lists of players and goalies were posted on the walls, and the kids were able to browse and ask questions about the players before making their picks. Some of the kids have even taken to looking up their players during their time in the Computer Learning Center!

To make things even more fun and unique, Dan created some original team logos for the kids, and even printed some of them out on sticker paper so the kids could show their team pride! Some of those logos are included below, along with pictures of the kids during the draft. We hope the kids' interest increases as the hockey season goes on.

Above and below: The kids browsing the player and goalie lists before making their selections during the draft.

Above: Sirak's team, the Coyotes.
Below: Shahir's team, the Cobras.

Above: Nebil's team, the Zombies.
Below: Feldano's team, the Eagles.

Above: Adem's team, the Tigers.
Below: Abdullah's team, the FireHawks.