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Youth hockey program is growing at Fresno's Gateway Ice Center
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — With the Stanley Cup Finals back on ABC, we were looking for stories about the Fresno Falcons.
Before the minor league team went bankrupt in 2008, there was one man who brought joy to the entire arena with his dancing during timeouts. “Back home in Fresno, California, I was also known as 'Cotton Eye Joe,'” said Kenny Ruiz. The Fresno State graduate grew up going to Falcons games and saw the dance as a way to give back to the fans “There are a lot worse things I could have done at 15 or 16,” Ruiz said. You're Cotton Eye Joe!' I think the way this happened 1,500 miles away is just astonishing.” Ruiz now coaches a 16u travel team in Dallas and his son, who started playing the game in Fresno, will play for the equivalent of Triple AAA hockey next year in Colorado.
Back in the Valley, the next generation of hockey players is still being developed. “I played in this hockey club,” said Mark Haupt. “I was one of the first kids to ever sign up for the Fresno junior hockey club.” Nearly 50 years later, Haupt, who played for the Falcons in the early 1990s, heads Fresno's youth hockey program.
Every Monday at the Gateway Ice Center, “Try Hockey for Free” allows everyone access to the ice. “They can come here and try it completely for free,” Haupt said. “We offer all the stuff, we offer everything.”
That equipment is thanks in part to subsidies from Dick's Sporting Goods. “We were one of the 75For75 grant recipients this year, which really helped us purchase more equipment to learn how to play,” said Marcel Bourdase, head coach of Fresno Jr. Monsters 10U syringe.
Since the program started four years ago it has grown from less than 50 kids to more than 300. “You really start to see the kids, the first time they might not be so sure and by the time they're done , they have a blast,” said Haupt.
So while the pro team in Fresno may be just a memory, the handful of junior travel teams like the ones playing at Gateway Ice still carry the spirit of the Falcons and keep the sport of hockey going in the Central Valley.
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