Knobby's Kids receives big donation

Knobby's Kids received $25,000 worth of hockey equipment Saturday morning at Lanspeary Park thanks to a collaboration between the Windsor Spitfires, True Hockey and Spits forward Ethan Belchetz.

Windsor Spitfires rookie Ethan Belchetz Photo: Windsor Spitfires

Knobby's Kids is a program launched in 2006 by Robert "Knobby" Knudsen, Jerry Slavic and Frank Spry providing free hockey to kids between the ages of 5 and 14. They players learn to skate and play hockey every Saturday morning from December until early March. Equipment, Ice, skating and coaching instruction is free.

"We at Knobby’s Kids and the one hundred and thirty-seven kids and their families would like to extend a huge thank you to True Hockey, The Windsor Spitfires and rookie Ethan Belchetz for the large donation of new hockey equipment.” said Marty Kerester, program director, in a release from the Windsor Spitfires. “We try to keep the kids on the ice as safe as possible so getting this new equipment will help us get rid of any equipment we have now that is almost unusable. It is very important that we replenish to make sure we have enough good equipment to hand out every year.”

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