Jan 21, 2009 9:39 pm US/Mountain
Pay It Forward Helps Hockey Team Get Back On Ice
Written for the Web by CBS4 Special Projects Producer Libby Smith
GREELEY, Colo (CBS4) ―
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Member of the Renegades ice hockey team practice on a parking lot.
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The Renegades ice hockey team is running, not skating.
"It would help if we had nets to do our movement drills," one of the players told CBS4.
The team is practicing in a parking lot - wearing shoes, not skates and playing with tennis balls instead of pucks, but that doesn't seem to phase these teens.
"It's normal because I practice in my driveway with it all the time," said another of the players.
The Renegades had to leave their regular practice facility because a carbon monoxide leak poisoned several of their team members and some family members. Everyone is okay, but the team has been displaced.
They were playing on a frozen pond in an effort to stay on skates, but then the warm weather made the ice dangerously thin.
Now they're practicing on a parking lot and trying to raise $8,000 to fix the faulty exhaust system inside their original arena. They hope they can get back on skates and back on the ice again.
"A lot of things will come along in life that will throw you a curve and you need to work through them," said Renegades coach, Tim Knox.
One CBS4 viewer wants to help the hockey team work through this problem. Carol Welch will tell you she knows nothing about ice hockey but she knows a lot about kids. Welch is a mother of 5 and grandmother of 31.
"I thought this is not right. These kids need a safe place to play," Welch told CBS4.
She asked CBS4 to pay it forward with $1,000 toward getting the hockey team out of the parking lot and back into the arena.
"It helps out a lot," Knox added.
It also offers a lesson to the teens that life on and off the ice isn't always smooth skating.
Additional Resources
For those who would like to help the Renegades call (970) 640-9112. There is also information on the
Renegades Web site.
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