Hockey in Puerto Rico, Part II: Re-building and growing hockey in Latin America

In February this year, I published an interview with Philip Painter (Director of Hockey Puerto Rico) about the state of hockey on the island after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. In the months after Hurricane Maria (September 2017), hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans fled the island “for lack of jobs, housing and healthcare.” According to…

Hockey in Post-Irma, Maria Puerto Rico

On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma (a category 5 storm) battered the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico with 100 mph winds leaving approximately 1 million without power. News reports referred to Irma as having “skirted” past Puerto Rico. On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria (a category 4 storm) made landfall on Puerto Rico with 155…