Five-year-old Teagan Golden had never ice-skated until Sunday when she and about a dozen other children aged 5 to 9 learned the basics of hockey at a Bethpage ice rink with former New York Rangers star Ron Duguay.
The Holbrook girl skated a few feet and fell. And fell again. And again and again and again. But she emerged from the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center with a wide smile.
“It was fun to play on the ice,” Teagan said.
Teagan was one of about 250 children signed up for hourlong Rangers’ Try Hockey for Free sessions at the rink, with all-time Rangers scoring leader Rod Gilbert scheduled to join Duguay later in the day.