Welcome to Grandravine Special Hockey!
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OUR MISSION
Grandravine Special Hockey is a community-based hockey program for the developmentally challenged started in 1980 by Pat Flick. It was the very first program of its kind that made it possible for those with developmental disabilities to participate in the sport of hockey. For over forty years players of all ages, both male and female, have learned new skills, learned teamwork and developed confidence while staying physically fit. A community where friendships are made.
LATEST NEWS
It was kind of fitting that the 30th Anniversary Celebrations took place on November 13th, just after rembrance day. It was a day for remembering, but remembering happy events, and the wonderful people that started it all 30 years ago. Joe Rizzuto managed to pry Pat Flick from "Paradise" (somewhere north of Parry Sound) to take take part in Read more
Grandravine Special Program began life at Grandravine Arena in North York in October of 1980. The program’s founder, Patrick V. Flick, began this program with just 2 players. The rest, as they say, is history. In 1994, the Grandravine Tornadoes took to the road. They traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, for the first ever international special hockey tournament against the Gateway Locomotives. Read more