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Still looking to fill those empty days and nights until BTSH starts up again. Poutine Machine’s Chelsea Hicks has passed along details of an event that all BTSH’ers should consider supporting:

Fashion Faceoff 2013  will be held on Wednesday, September 4^th at 7pm at Providence (311 W 57^th Street, between 8^th and 9^th avenues). 

As a prelude to New York Fashion Week, the special runway show will feature fashion’s rising star designers illustrate hockey inspired outfits to a panel of judges comprising NHL players and notable fashion industry experts.

To purchase tickets, you can visit:  www.icehockeyinharlem.org  and click on the Fashion Faceoff 2013 invitation.  Please note that the early purchase price of $75 per ticket is only available until tomorrow, after which date the price jumps to $85. 

All proceeds will go directly to Ice Hockey in Harlem and help provide Harlem-based youth the opportunity to play, and learn from, the game of hockey. 

Chelsea would neither confirm or deny that the new Denim demons look was actually a sneak peek at one of the outfits featured in the show.

There’s no BTSH for the next couple of Sundays but that doesn’t mean there’s no street hockey at Tompkins. Bob W. is heading up a Youth Street Hockey instructional program and he could use help over the next two Sundays. Here’s what he has to say about it:

“Many of you are aware of the Parks Dept. youth street hockey program that’s
been running for the past three years. In fact, many of you have coached
with the program. Till now the program has run only during the winter
months, indoors at rec centers in all five boroughs.

But this summer Parks is expanding the program to the summer months, and
Tompkins Square Park will be the first location! Every Sunday from 10am-noon
volunteer coaches will teach kids at Tompkins how to pass, shoot and score!
The program is 100% free for the kids, aged 5 to 15, and will run every
Sunday till the season finale on Aug. 25, 2013, when the NY Rangers will be
on hand with their road show!

We’re looking for some new volunteer coaches to help out. No experience is
necessary — all that’s required is the desire to help spread hockey to the
next generation of hockey players! There will be experienced coaches on hand
every Sunday, so new coaches will help out while learn on the job. It’s
immense fun, super easy and very satisfying being a youth hockey coach.
Whatever kind of commitment you can make is welcomed, even if it’s only one
week.

Also, we encourage you to spread the word about the program, and let your
friends with kids know about. Of course, if you’ve got kids who might be
interested, register them and bring them out! All the kids will receive
their own street hockey stick and NY Rangers Street Hockey t-shirt — FREE!

To register your kids for the program, go to:

http://www.nycgovparks.org/programs/recreation/street-hockey

If you’d like more information about coaching, contact bobw AT
streethockeynyc DOT org.

Sincerely yours,
Bob Weyersberg”

So if you’re around this weekend come and help Bob out!

Dateline: Tompkins Square Park

The Denim Demons debuted their new “throwback” jerseys today, a nod to the league’s hipster beginnings. Modeled above by Captain Adam “Blue Steel” Rubens, the new jerseys will be worn during this year’s 3rd annual Coney Island moustache-waxing contest and the BTSH playoffs. Proceeds from sales of the jerseys will go to the the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.

A Happy July 1st to all the Canucks in the league.

This video (courtesy of James”the other Vancouver goalie who wasn’t traded yesterday” Stein) clearly shows that our country rocks:

The tradition continues… parties on both Sunday and Monday this year… 

SUNDAY 6/30, noon til 9pm
MONDAY 7/1, 4pm til midnight