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Inaugural Los Alamos Winter Classic hockey event coming to outdoor rink Dec. 9-11

 

The Los Alamos County Community Services Department has partnered with the Los Alamos Hockey Association (LAHA) to bring a three-day hockey event to the Los Alamos County outdoor ice rink: The Los Alamos Winter Classic, Dec. 9-11, 2022.

The Los Alamos Winter Classic will host teams from El Paso, Amarillo, and Alamosa, ranging in age from Pee Wee to high school. High school varsity games are scheduled for each day during the event.

The capstone event for the Los Alamos Winter Classic is the NAHL hockey game featuring the New Mexico Ice Wolves against the El Paso Rhinos. This is a sanctioned NAHL game and is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Dec. 11. The game will also be televised on the subscription service HockeyTV at www.hockeytv.com and locally on PAC8 in Los Alamos.

While the Los Alamos Winter Classic is a free event, the NAHL game is a ticketed event and tickets are currently on sale for $15 on Eventbrite. Gates open at 1 p.m. on Dec. 11 for the NAHL game. Handicapped parking will be available at the ice rink. However, due to parking limitations, attendees will need to park at Sullivan Field and then board a shuttle for the game. All ticket sales are to benefit the Los Alamos Hockey Association.

The Ice Wolves are building on their record-setting 2021-22 season that saw the team earn its first-ever NAHL South Division playoff championship title along with NAHL season honors in which head coach Phil Fox was named 2021-22 NAHL Coach of the Year and team owner Stan Hubbard was named 2021-22 NAHL Executive of the Year.

The Ice Wolves, who play out of the Outpost Ice Arenas in Albuquerque, finished the regular season with a franchise record 38 wins followed by two thrilling playoff series wins and a berth in the Robertson Cup National Championship. In addition, 10 Ice Wolves players made NCAA Division I and NCAA Division III commitments during the 2021-22 season. Fox was also the head coach of the South Division team at the 2022 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament. The coaching and executive honors followed the team being named the NAHL South Division Organization of the Year with forward Dillan Bentley named to the All-South Division Team. This was the second time in team history the Ice Wolves were named the South Division Organization of the Year honor after being given the honor in the team’s inaugural season in 2019-2020.

Below is the current schedule of the Los Alamos Winter Classic.

Dec. 9, 2022 (Friday):
Time Game (Home vs Away)
6:45pm – 8:45pm LAHA Varsity Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs Santa Fe

Dec. 10, 2022 (Saturday):
Time Game (Home vs Away)
7:45am – 8:45am LAHA Bantam Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs El Paso
9:00am – 10:00am LAHA Pee Wee Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs El paso
10:15am – 11:15am LAHA Squirt Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs El Paso
12:00pm -1:15pm Hockey Clinic w/ NM Ice Wolves for Youth Teams, U8 – U10 (ages 7-10)
1:30pm – 2:45pm Hockey Clinic w/ NM Ice Wolves for Youth Teams, U12 – U14 (ages 11-14)
3:00pm – 4:00pm LAHA Bantam Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs El Paso
4:15pm – 5:15pm LAHA Pee Wee Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs El Paso
5:30pm – 6:30pm LAHA Squirt Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs El Paso
6:45pm – 8:45pm LAHA Varsity Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs Amarillo
9:15pm – 10:45pm LAHA JV Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs Alamosa

Dec. 11, 2022 (Sunday):
Time Game (Home vs Away)
7:30am – 9:30am LAHA Varsity Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs Amarillo
9:45am – 11:15am LAHA JV Hockey Game: Los Alamos vs Alamosa
11:30am – 1:00pm NAHL Game Setup
1:00pm – 1:25pm Warm-ups
1:30pm – 1:45pm Ice Resurfacing
2:00pm – 2:10pm Ceremony Items
2:15pm – 5:00pm NAHL Hockey Game: NM Ice Wolves vs. El Paso Rhinos

(November 22, 2022)

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