Youth Skating & Hockey

Franklin is fortunate to be have the Staff Sgt. Robert Pirelli Veterans Memorial Rink, a state-owned ice skating rink.

The presence of a large public ice skating rink in town helped establish Franklin as the home of a number of youth hockey and skating organizations and businesses. 

So youngsters in Franklin enjoy an unusual number of opportunities to develop hockey and skating skills and engage in hockey league play.

The posts in this section will give you a good overview of hockey and ice skating in Franklin, MA!

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Skating & Hockey

The Franklin Youth Hockey Association (FYHA) of Franklin, MA is a volunteer organization of parents and staff which helps administer and guide the youth hockey program in Franklin, MA. The FYHA operates a Learn to Skate program and a Learn to Play Hockey program while also overseeing the competitive Team Youth Play League.  Much of [...]

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Several other instructional organizations are active at the Staff Sgt. Robert Pirelli Veterans Memorial Rink in Franklin, MA or at their own separate facilities in Franklin. http://www.baystateblades.com/ http://www.baystatehockey.com/index.asp http://www.franklinblades.com/ http://www.slapshotsha.com/ Slapshots Hockey Academy is located at the Grove Street Business Center in Franklin, MA (157 Grove Street).  This facility uses a synthetic surface instead of [...]

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The Franklin, MA High School maintains a strong ice hockey athletic program for both boys and girls. http://www.franklin.ma.us/auto/schools/fhs/athletics/ghockey1/default.htm http://www.franklin.ma.us/auto/schools/fhs/athletics/V_Hockey/default.htm

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The Staff Sgt. Robert Pirelli Veteran’s Skating Rink in Franklin, MA is a state-owned ice skating arena open to the public. Formerly the Veteran’s Memorial Arena, the rink was built in 1973 and was renamed early in 2008 in honor of a Franklin resident who died in fighting in Iraq in August 2007 . The Arena [...]

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