Buddy Skate 2013 will be held at the Dix Hills Ice Rink on Friday January 10th 2014. 

OK,  we know it's the 2013 Buddy Skate being held  in 2014.   

Mark your calendars all Rebels players (Peewee A and older), Jr Royals and Lady Islander players are expected to attend and help our visitors skate.

Below is a video from our 2012 Buddy Skate.

On a snow filled day, and in grand fashion, the Rebels unveiled a new, more comfortable coaching outfit, along with new staff additions for the holiday season. 

In a suprise move, Santiago Travis Clawsen (AKA San T Claws) agreed to a limited stay with the Rebels youth hockey club and spent the morning demonstrating his skating skills and discussing near term strategies with young Dix Hills skaters.  San T had his assistants show off the new Rebels coaching wear and announced the addition of skating coach Walter Edwards who will be available for instructions through the holiday season.

Below are a few candid shots taken during the public skate! After a public skate, San T and his Elves (I mean Staff) took some time to coach our Rebel PW Minor and Lady Islander 12 U Teams. 

Keep on the look out as Dan Talia said he will be the first to actually wear the new attire while on the bench!!! 

A great time was had by all today and the Rebels would like to thank San T and his staff for putting smiles on many faces !!!  We are proud of our players, families, coaches, and rink staff and would like to take this opportunity to wish all a very Happy Holiday Season!!! 

 

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March 15, 2014  West Islip High School

Heart Screen New York is providing free heart screenings for children and young adults between the ages of 12 and 24 years old that can detect risk factors and conditions associated with sudden cardiac arrest. It's safe, quick, non-invasive and painless! The heart screening consists of:

• Personal & family health history
• Blood pressure reading
• Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Echocardiogram for those with abnormal ECG or other risk factors
• Results reviewed by Board certified cardiologist
• CPR/AED education

Early detection saves lives!

Thanks to Dan O'Shea for bringing this to our attention.

In the past few days you have seen a lot of work in and around the rink with workers installing electronics.   The Rebels are pleased to announce we are near completion of the new multiple digital camera system being installed in the new rink.   There are multiple digital remote controlled cameras mounted in the rink that can be moved by an operator to video games from various angles.   The cameras can be rotated 340 degrees to any spot in the rink and zoomed in close enough to see if your skates are tied.   When a Rebels  game is video taped a copy will be provided to the team coach for team video review sessions.

Camera #1

Camera #2

Above are two screen grabs from a test video we did.