About Us

The Connecticut Polar Bears are proud to be the first all girls ice hockey program in Connecticut. The organization is one of the premier girls hockey programs in the country and has placed more than 250 players in college. The Polar Bears have won 12 National Championships and had 9 players compete in the Olympic Games. 

Through hockey, our young women gain leadership abilities, learn teamwork and are comfortable with competition. Many of these young women attend nationally known college preparatory schools while playing for our organization.

Our Responsibility to our Players

Our younger players think of college only as a distant event. To maximize their educational opportunities, our coaches remind them often that their present academic efforts will play a critical role in their future admissions prospects. When they begin their college tours as high school students academic performance will count. To discharge our responsibility as coaches, we continually emphasize the importance of academic effort to our young players so that the doors that hockey has opened will remain open.

Our Future

The major problem that the Polar Bear organization is facing is one that is common for "grass-roots" organizations - controlling operational costs. Reasonably priced ice time for the program is not available. We are concerned that due to the cost of the program, some excellent athletes and students that could receive college exposure through our organization may not be able to continue to participate. Therefore, we are seeking corporations and individuals who would be willing to become sponsors of our organization and assist us in creating an endowment fund which we can utilize to ensure the program will continue and be affordable for young women athletes from all income levels.

The Polar Bears organization is tax exempt under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3).