The Trailblazers offer women a chance to experience the great game of ice hockey. We have a competitive senior C level team, which competes for districts and ultimately nationals and a recreational senior team, which competes in many C level tournaments. The senior C level team is a higher commitment level (money and time) with tryouts typically in August. The recreational senior team has a more conservative schedule and comes together in September when the season begins.

Please contact us:  We want you to feel welcome on the ice and in the locker room. Let us know you're coming and we'll be sure to look for you and introduce you to everyone. Please email Jake Jacobson- jake7@nc.rr.com

Boring Details:  The Trailblazers is a non-profit, women's ice hockey organization that has been around since 1995. Our Board of Directors handles all the paperwork, makes sure all the bills are paid, and generally tries to keep things orderly. The current board members are listed under the contact us. If you have ANY questions about the organization, please email a Board member.

What to Bring/ Need Stuff: Stick, water bottle, jersey, socks, and hockey gear. We practice in full gear- skates, shin guards, pants, elbow pads, shoulder pads, gloves, and helmet.

If you are new to this sport, you might not have everything. NO PROBLEM. Contact Jake Jacobson (jake7@nc.rr.com) and she will bring extra gear for you to borrow.

What to expect: Most players arrive about 30 minutes early. Some of us are slow dressers and some of us are big talkers- either way, we need the time! The locker room assignments are listed on the glass door just outside of the rink.

Cost: As much as we all love hockey, we regret we must charge for this fun. The good news, though, is your very first practice is FREE! After that, we must pay the bills…

STEP 1
**VERY IMPORTANT** You must be a member of USA Hockey prior to coming on to the ice. Please go to www.usahockey.com and register online. The cost is $34 for the year. After you sign up with USA Hockey you can either email a copy of your registration to our Secretary, Jennifer Lumer (jlumer@nc.rr.com) or bring a copy to practice. This is for insurance purposes and it is mandatory to be a USA Hockey member prior to taking the ice.

STEP 2
**MEMBERSHIP FEES** The cost of the Trailblazers membership fee is $30 a year. Please pay our Treasurer, Michele Goodman at treas@nctrailblazers.org.

STEP 3
**PRACTICE FEES** We have two seasons - Sept. - Dec. and Jan - March.

TBD

If you join after the season has started your fee will be prorated.

We accept checks; cash and you can pay online using our pay pal account. Checks can be mailed PRIOR to coming to practice: P.O. Box 4702, Cary, NC 27519.

Please contact Michele Goodman (treas@nctrailblazers.org) with any questions regarding payments.

Hockey terms/ definitions: Try the following website for a glossary of various hockey terms: http://www.hickoksports.com/glossary/gicehockey.shtml

Try this website for a list of expressions you might hear from the goalie: http://www.hockeygoalies.org/resources/comments.html