LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Vegas Golden Knights introduced on Tuesday it created a hockey league particularly for prime schoolers within the Las Vegas valley.
The crew created the Vegas Golden Knight Excessive Faculty Hockey League, which is the primary league that enables excessive schoolers to characterize the areas the place they reside within the valley.
“It’s been a longtime goal of our organization to give high school athletes the opportunityto represent the areas where they live,” Senior Vice President of HockeyProgramming and Facility Operations Darren Eliot stated. “We are excited for this step andhope it evolves as hockey in the Valley continues to grow.”
The co-ed league shall be manufactured from gamers born between 2008 and 2011, organized in eight geographically-based groups for the next areas:
Centennial/North Las Vegas
Summerlin
Summerlin South
Spring Valley/Durango
Enterprise/Anthem
Paradise/Inexperienced Valley
North Henderson/Black Mountain
Southeast Henderson/Foothills
Whereas the league is not going to formally been affiliated with particular excessive colleges, every crew represents space that feed into a number of colleges. Every space will function each a Main and Minor crew, primarily based on skill.
Choice camps shall be held in March at Metropolis Nationwide Area or America First Middle.
The season will run from April to July and include 15 video games and 5 practices per crew.
Registration is open to gamers who’re members with USA Hockey till March 3. These can register right here.
