Whiz Kid: Christopher Garbe Stars on the Ice with Junior Islanders

Name: Christopher Garbe - Age 13

School: North Country Road Middle School - 7th Grade

Accomplishments: Garbe has been playing ice hockey since the age of five with the Suffolk PAL team, practicing at the RINX in Hauppauge. He is on the ice four times during the school week, sometimes as early as 5:30am.  

In 2011, the Selects Hockey organization chose Chris to join the international program with the East Coast Selects hockey team. He was one of only five Americans to have made that team and went on to train at a development camp in Stockholm, Sweden and compete at the World Selects Invitational in Helsinki, Finland.

In February, Chris was off to Quebec with the Junior Islanders Team, under head coach and former Islanders star, Benoit Hogue, for the 53rd edition of the Quebec International Pee Wee Hockey Tournament.  Chris was team captain and although his team was eventually eliminated, they had a rousing start to the week, winning five consecutive games with a combined score of 30-3.

In the spring, he plays on select teams, including Pro Hockey in Toronto and in September will be playing with the Bantam Minor Team. Chris is on the honor roll at the North Country Road Middle School and has been involved with community service to benefit the Guide Dog Foundation.