U.S. Olympians, Boston Bruins Team Up For Danvers Girls Hockey Event

DANVERS, MA — The Boston Bruins are teaming up with U.S. Olympic team members Kali Flanagan and Megan Keller for a Girls Learn To Play Hockey event in Danvers on Wednesday.

The event, as part of Women's History Month, will feature Boston College alumna Flanagan, a Hudson, N.H. native who lives in Burlington, and Keller greeting girls youth players, interacting with them and helping them with personalized equipment fittings from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Pure Hockey facility.

The Pure Hockey program provides a chance for families to join the hockey community and for participants to develop fundamental skills to help them succeed both on and off the ice.

Participating girls ages 5 to 10 will receive a full set of equipment to keep, skates, professional personalized fitting, and four weeks of on-ice instruction led by certified coaches.

More on the Boston Bruins Academy Girls Learn To Play Hockey initiative and how to register for a spot in a future clinic or event go here.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)