The children of Danbury who play Ice Hockey or are interested in playing Ice Hockey should have the opportunity and privilege to continue competing in this great sport during their High School years. Unfortunately, many kids today who put so much into Youth Hockey or desire to play Ice Hockey have no option when they arrive at DHS. At the same time, all other High Schools in the Greater Danbury Area are able to offer an Ice Hockey Program to their students despite the fact that their enrollment is much less than DHS.
Couple this with the fact that at DHS today there are 28 other Athletic Teams approved by the Danbury Board of Education and when you count up the different levels there are 59 teams fielded and competing. In addition, there are various other organizations such as the marching band, choir, etc. successfully functioning. There is no reason Ice Hockey cannot come back to DHS and the School is open to partnering with us to make this happen! Regular meetings have been occurring with the HS over the last 7 months and we are jointly making outstanding progress.
In order to make Ice Hockey a reality at DHS we must continue to increase the number of Danbury children playing this great Sport and demonstrate to the HS that not only can a Program be established but more importantly we can sustain a competitive Program. As a means to accomplish this we have created the Danbury Hockey Booster Club which will serve many purposes.
 Our first goal was to help establish free Hockey Clinics for children of all ages in Danbury and thanks to the Danbury Ice Arena - 4 clinics were provided in the month of December and than again in the month of March. These programs were run by Cliff Gillman and the Danbury Ice Arena. If you know of anyone interested in learning to play Ice Hockey please encourage those folks to contact Cliff Gillman at 203-794-1704. The Ice Arena regularly has Learn to Play programs running at reasonable costs.
Now is the time no matter what age the future DHS Ice Hockey Player is to get involved. We are organizing and gaining support – please take the time to register with our Booster Club. It is important that we track the number of Danbury kids playing and no matter what age your Hockey Playing child is please register!
Please note - The clinics and Spring League In-House Programs are provided by the Danbury Ice Arena not the Booster Club and registration and paperwork with the Ice Arena must be completed prior.
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