About Floral Park Screaming Eagles Hockey

Now in its twelfth season (and fifth as the Screaming Eagles), the Floral Park Sports Association's roller  hockey league offers instruction and competition for boys and girls of all skill levels.

            Our roller-hockey offerings include the following:

·        A winter league, running from late October to March, open to players ages 4 - 25. Games are played at the Floral Park Recreation Center on weeknights and weekend afternoons. The regular season for Peewee, Bantam and Junior Divisions includes 12-15 games (weather permitting) plus playoffs. Squirt Division includes team practices as well as 10-12 games (weather permitting) NO playoffs.  In addition, a spring league, with a shorter schedule and no playoffs, is held from April through June. 

·        The league is open to all Floral Park residents and to all children attending schools in the Floral Park-Bellerose School District, Signups for the winter league are held during the spring all registrations must be received by June 30th (Only, Clinic division will be accepted through the start of our Fall/Winter league).  Signups for the spring league are held in February. Forms can be downloaded off the Web site (www.fpsports.org).

·        The winter league age breakdown includes Clinic (Ages 4-7+, with focus on instruction; no knowledge of hockey is needed, and players don't have to be able to skate), Squirts (Grades 1-3, with a mix of instruction and two-period games); Pee Wee (Grades 3-5), Bantam (Grades 6-8), and Junior (high school and above). We also offer goalie clinics and skills clinics that are open to players of all divisions.

·        Players in the winter league receive a jersey that is theirs to keep. The league also provides pads, gloves, and body padding for goaltenders below the high school level. Players are required to provide their own sticks, full caged licensed helmet, mouth guards, neck guards, shoulder pads, padded hockey pants, shin guards, and skates.

·        Games in the squirts and peewee divisions feature mandatory shifting at three-minute intervals, meaning that all players (average team size is 10 skaters and a goaltender) will play at least half the game. In bantams and juniors divisions, players are changed on the fly, as they are in ice hockey.

·        Updates on weather conditions that could affect whether games can be played are posted on the Web site as soon as available. Standings, statistics, and stories about league games also are available on the Web site.