Great Neck’s North Shore Hebrew Academy Lions and Little Neck’s Har Torah Hat Trix middle schools hockey teams, of the Metropolitan Yeshiva Junior High Hockey League, faced off in a doubly exciting game
Saturday night, February 19th, at Yehiva Har Torah, to benefit OHEL’s Hewlett House.
More than 250 spectators applauded as six special guests werecwelcomed from OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services.
Between the first and second periods, the two cross-town rival hockey teams, united to present their guests their own hockey sticks and custom-made hockey jerseys, bearing the logos of each team and that of OHEL. Each team then lead their
OHEL guests in a hockey clinic and shoot out, with cheering and encouragement from all the fans. The Ohel guests were given front row VIP seats to watch the rest of the game, won by North Shore Hebrew Academy 6-2, clinching 1st place in their division for the first time in the team’s history, catapulting them into the playoffs with a first-round bye.
The Lions, coached by Daniel Horowitz and Isaac Greszes, and the Hat Trix, coached by Rabbii Tuvia Fried, pride themselves on their dedication to Torah and mitzvot, in addition to their hockey skills.
The coaches motivated the players to raise funds for this wonderful organization through a goal-a-thon and selling snacks, raising over $1000.
North Shore Hebrew Academy co-captain Bailey Greszes exclaimed, “It is my belief that when rival teams come together to share in one event, as one community, to help challenged kids, we score real goals!
