Thirty one ice arenas built in Moscow Region lately

To Moscow Region built lately 31 ice arenas, sports schools on figure skating and hockey in the region enjoy popularity, reports RIAMO with reference to the governor Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov.

Andrey Vorobyov on Wednesday within working visit to Voskresensk together with the double world champion, the owner of the Stanley Cup Eugenie Malkin came to ice with hockey players – pupils of Children's and Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserve "Chemist". In the field also there was the winner of the winter Olympic Games on ice hockey, a triple world champion, the owner of the Stanley Cup Kamensky Valery and the owner of the Stanley Cup, the head coach of XK "Khimik" Kozlov Vyacheslav.

"We arrived to support school, it grows, thanks to veterans who pay attention, come to itself home, communicate with trainers, parents. While there is no team of masters, but there are legends on which it is possible to equal. Today children arrived not empty-handed, to school help, postponed all the affairs", – told Andrey Vorobyov.

He specified that lately in the region built 31 ice arenas.

"All schools are filled with

, both figure skating, and hockey are very popular to Moscow Region", – emphasized Andrey Vorobyov.

Training took place

in the ice arena "Moscow area" which functions since 1966 and is the house arena Hockey club "Khimik". In 2016 within a state program Moscow Region "Sports of Moscow area" in the territory of sport center FOK with a covered skating rink of a name of Valery Kamensky is open. In it sections on hockey and figure skating are provided.

Eminent hockey players handed over 25 sets of a form to pupils of Children and youth sports school Olympic reserve "Chemist".

in Moscow Region 36532 persons are engaged in

of All in hockey. For children 29 offices on hockey on the basis of the public and municipal authorities function. In them 5,9 thousand children are trained, 208 trainers (from them 191 regular) work.

hockey Public organization "Federatsiya khokkeya Moskovskoy oblasti" (the president – Kamensky Valery) is engaged in

in Development. The federation holds competitions for children and young people among sports schools and physical culture collectives.

more than 200 teams participate In the current season 2017/18. Winners will take part in the All-Russian final of Gold Washer club of name A.V. Tarasova.

to Only Moscow Region seven professional teams in various hockey leagues, from which six man's and one female.