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Malden/East Boston Peewees Face Off Against Ukrainian Team
Exchange program is in its fourth year.
[Editor's note: The following is a press release from Malden/East Boston Youth Hockey.]
On Feb. 7, Malden/East Boston Youth Hockey's Peewee team participated in an international exhibition game vs Druzhba 78 Peewees, hailing from the Ukraine. Malden/East Boston President/Coach Peter Giuliano and coach Joe Noonan along with Druzhba President Ivan Pravilov and Coach Oleg Ignatyev faced off at the Porrazzo rink in East Boston for a fun filled evening of hockey.
Malden/East Boston has been hosting a unique hockey school and exchange program with Druzhba 78 for the past four years to help develop the Malden/East Boston players with Coach Ivan's methods of edge work and power skating teqniques.Some of Ivan Proavilov's method students include NHL players Dainius Zubrus and Andrey Zuizin along with US Olympic players Sarah Parsons and Helen Resor.
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