South Brunswick’s Ice Hockey Team Hosts Mental Health Night

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The Metropolitan Riveters, a South Brunswick-based professional ice hockey team, recently hosted a mental health awareness night.

The Riveters have partnered with Baker Street Health & Human Performance to provide athletes with medical support, behavioral health services, and mental skills training. The Baker Street team works with numerous professional teams to provide health services.

The mental health night, held on March 5, was to help break the stigma around mental health in professional sports.

“Having proper access to medical care for our athletes to heal their bodies and minds is invaluable,” Anya Packer, General Manager of the Metropolitan Riveters said in a statement. “Mental health is health. With this expansion of benefits that provides mental and behavioral health resources, we are continuing to set Metropolitan apart as a team athletes want to play for. I am proud of the player experience we are building here with the support of great partners like Baker Street.”

The Metropolitan Riveters are based in Monmouth Junction, South Brunswick and they play their home games at the Prudential Center. They represent New York and New Jersey in the Premier Hockey Federation.

The team now joins professional sports teams like the Brooklyn Nets, New Jersey Devils, Gotham FC, NY Liberty, and New York Red Bulls to partner with Baker Street for mental health services.

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