Whether you’re a child now or haven’t been one for a long time, wouldn’t you want to take a field trip sponsored by a professional sports league?
The NHL hosted 20 fourth-grade students from Germantown Elementary School in Annapolis, who walked less than a mile from their school to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Thursday. They took part in the NHL/NHLPA “Future Goals” program two days before the Washington Capitals face the Toronto Maple Leafs in a stadium usually reserved for Navy football.
What the fourth-graders learned about the mechanics of putting on an outdoor hockey game is likely just as new and valuable to a casual hockey fan who might turn on NBC to watch Saturday’s game.