A yet-unnamed USHL hockey team is expected to call Westfield home after a Westfield ice facility opens at Grand Park.
Westfield Mayor Scott Willis made the announcement Nov. 5 during his annual State of the City address. He said earlier plans for the ice facility was a three-sheet complex with the potential to grow in the future to four sheets.
“I’m excited to announce that we’re going to build the four sheets (on) day one,” he told the audience gathered at Westwood Vowery. “Not only will it be home to Indiana Youth Hockey Association — our youth hockey for Indiana is going to be based out there, all of our kids are going to play, it’s going to be great for the community — but we are working on a partnership right now with USHL, United States Hockey, to bring a hockey team to Westfield.”
USHL is an amateur junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. Willis said the league is building a feeder program that sends players into the National Hockey League in addition to college programs.
“So these are kids (who will be) playing in Westfield, 16 to 18 years old, that you’re going to see on TV one day playing in the NHL or winning a gold medal for the United States,” he said, notin...