What people are saying about Hockey Mentors

Thank you, Wyatt, for an incredible event. We were honored to help out and be a part of it.

Once you have the monthly skate schedule, please send it my way and you’ll have some volunteers from us every month. Thank you again for everything you do for the community!

Nate

July '25

 The boys had the most fantastic time!! They loved it so very much. One of them started on the ice until it ended trying to learn to skate. I can’t thank you enough for putting this on and for everything that you do to make everything so wonderful and special.  

Mom

July '25

Thank you for a wonderful day, Wyatt and crew. 

Attached are some photos of Dahlia who received a day full of help from Luca. Her weak ankles prevent her from continuing on the ice more, but Luca brought the drills to her. It was such a great event. Thank you, again!

Jessica July '25

Hi Wyatt,

You are the leader of an incredible organization. Helping others on their first sled hockey experience was so rewarding, and I am so happy to be part of that special moment.

Mefi July '25

 We had an amazing time with the Hockey Mentors this past Saturday. My son Milo is Autistic and has never been on the ice and the Mentors got him out there and skating. The look on his face was priceless he loved it. What an amazing team they have over there with the hockey mentors. My other son Lucas was able to participate as well and he has never been on the ice either and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it thank you so much for giving our Family a great memorably fun day. We will definitely be back.
Matt (parent) '25

Ryan had a great time. THANK YOU

(Mom) March '25

Hi Wyatt,
Thank you so much for organizing this program. We really enjoyed having a great afternoon out. I hope we can make it again in April!
Laura (mom) March 25

We had a great time and what a wonderful thing for you and the volunteers to put on. Pleasantly surprised at how nice, accommodating and helpful everyone we spoke with was. For a first time event, it was very well organized and seemed to run smoothly.

Thank you to you and yours for a truly enjoyable day!

Karen (Friend of Special Guest)

 Hi Wyatt, 

This is my son’s third year( I think) at your event, and he has a wonderful time every single year! He is 14 this year and has autism, and although he does not skate the other 364 days of the year, you can see he is all smiles coming to your event on this special day! The staff is always excellent, the gift bag is wonderful, and the volunteers out on the ice always blow me away. Such service of the heart! Thank you again for all the effort, for you gave a young man a very wonderful experience once again! Tasha (parent)

Hello Wyatt, 

Andy, Dena and Garrett would like to THANK YOU and all of the volunteers and staff for an amazing day! This was Garrett’s first time participating and he had a great time and he even briefly got out to try skates for his very first time! Garrett has developed a passion/interest for hockey from his dad who has played hockey, coached and referred a good portion of his life and this was such a   great opportunity to get Garrett out and experience it with friends of disabilities. This really showed him nothing is impossible! 

Thank you again and we look forward to 2025 Andy, Dena & Garrett (parents and guest of honor)

Hi Wyatt,

I personally would like to thank you for hosting hockey mentors to introduce ice hockey to my daughter and son. This have given these two the opportunity to experience a little sport on ice.  This is their 2nd year attending and they both had an amazing time at the event.  Again, thank you and to all the other mentors on the ice for helping them. Most importantly a big thank you to all the sponsors for making this happen for all the children to experience.  

Sang (parent)

 Good evening,

We had a blast with everything!  Russell and his siblings had a fantastic time there on ice, goody bag with some nice stuff, foods, treats and especially all the volunteers were amazing!

Thank you to made this happen again!  If your idea of learn to skate that you mentioned before last year happened, that would be awesome.

Below are a couple pictures I think they are great to share. Thank you again!

Joy (parent)

 Hi Wyatt,

This was the first time Jack was on the Ice.  And although he did not want to skate long he had a great time and talked about Hockey all weekend.  Thank you to you and your awesome volunteers that made him feel welcome at the event!!

I hope you can do this again and we will be there.  Maybe he will stay on the ice longer!!

Thanks again. Jane (parent)

 Wyatt,

Attached is a picture of Lyndon and you taken on Saturday. Thank you so much for another great year of fun.  It’s good seeing old friends and making new. We appreciate your kindness and making this day so fun and special. Thank you again and Lyndon is already looking forward to next year.

Lisa (parent)

 Thank you so much!!!! We had a blast!

Nicole (parent)

Laney loved the event on Saturday, what a great experience for all those that attended AND those that volunteered their time! Huge thanks to you Wyatt & team.

Heidi (Parent)

  I just wanted to say thank you, Nina and her sisters had a great time.  The volunteer Faith was very nice and thoughtfully asked for the music to be turned down when it was a little loud and overwhelming for Nina.  Thanks again.  Lauren (parent)

What a fun time at Hockey Mentors for Special Olympians with Jodi, McKenna, and Corbin! James has been asking to play hockey for a long time now, so this event was exactly what we were looking for! Ian was signed up but decided to only watch.

James did some ice skating which he enjoyed but its still a struggle. There was also an area for sled hockey which we heard a lot about and he was able to try it out. He did so well!! We received information about a local sled team 

It felt like for so long hockey was out of reach for him so this mama's heart is full and immensely relieved! 

Stacey (parent)

 Thank you so much, Wyatt!

My son was so happy to be geared up and on the ice! It was a perfect day!!

Lynn (parent)