Hockey Players Skate Blindfolded To Raise Funds For Blind Youth Team: 'Understand What It's Like For Our Players'

Hockey Players Skate Blindfolded To Raise Funds For Blind Youth Team: 'Understand What It's Like For Our Players'

Hockey Players Skate Blindfolded To Raise Funds For Blind Youth Team: 'Understand What It's Like For Our Players' Philadelphia Blind Hockey was founded in 2022 after students from the Overbrook School of the Blind partnered with the Philadelphia Flyers to give hockey a try.  The initiative was so successful that Kelsey McGuire, a teacher at the school, was asked by USA Hockey to start a regional blind team. The Philadelphia Blind Hockey youth team. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Blind Hockey Now, she’s the group’s executive director. Philadelphia Blind Hockey holds free weekly sessions for youth ages 4-17, teaching basic skating and hockey skills. Their work is possible thanks to fundraisers like the annual Blind Awareness Showcase, which raised $11,000 in 2024.  Players at the 2024 Blind Awareness Showcase. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Blind Hockey The event encourages skaters and hockey enthusiasts to wear low-vision simulators and blindfolds while they play, raising awarenes…