Worcester Railers help area students find their footing on the ice
Noise parade: Railers win as 8,000 area students roar at DCU Center Some flapped their arms and hurriedly glided to the safety of nearby boards while others dashed confidently across the surface at Worcester Ice Center.
Key points
- For us to be able to come out here and help them a little bit, it means a lot to us – and for them as well.” A key component to helping the youngsters is letting them know that skating isn’t as easy as the Railers make it look, yet the players started just as wobbly back in their first days on the ice.
- The Railers’ weekly Skate to Success program is off to another encouraging start, where fourth-graders from city’s 27 public schools take to the ice, some for the first time.
- Members of the Railers, fresh off the ice from practice at the WIC’s other ice sheet, stopped by to offer assistance and encouragement.
Whether accompanied by a large plastic seal skating aid, the paws of mascot Trax, the barks of chief pawsitivity officer Kelly Pup, or members of the Worcester Railers, dozens of new skaters were born Tuesday morning.
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- The program, started in 2017, annually reaches more than 2,000 students, who are outfitted with skates and helmets to go with a pizza lunch and a coveted hockey jersey to keep.
- Many skaters gingerly took the ice Tuesday, searching for the hand of a volunteer or a seal aid to get them going.
- “There’s a lot of kids out here; it’s their first time on skates and even their first time seeing hockey players.
- “Then when they got into it, they built confidence and then they were enjoying it.” Lincoln Street School and Tatnuck Magnet participated in separate sessions Tuesday to the soundtrack of Dua Lipa and Ella Langley, while screams, yelps and barks echoed throughout the rink.
- Even upon taking a tumble – they always tumble – and land on their bottom, there is always a smile on top.
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