NHLPA partnership helping Nanaimo-based Indigenous hockey program expand – NanaimoNewsNOW
Sep 17, 2024
NANAIMO — A local hockey program focused on linking Indigenous teachings with hockey is continuing to expand.
The Salish Storm have grown over the last five years from pickup games and drills at a box lacrosse court, to fully fledged weekly hockey practices for around 200 kids from several First Nations.
Enrollment in Nanaimo and expansion across the Island and Lower Mainland is to a point where the program caught the radar of the National Hockey League Players’ Association, who have made multiple donations of equipment to get kids on the ice.
