Join us at Sky Rink this weekend for the 13th Annual Chelsea Challenge! The Chelsea Challenge is an adult LGBT and LGBT-friendly ice hockey tournament hosted by the New York City Gay Hockey Association. The tournament welcomes players from all over and this year will feature players from Toronto, Ottawa Gatineau, Washington D.C., Pittsburgh and France!

Games will start Friday, June 21, at 7:00pm and run from 8:40am to 7:30pm on Saturday, June 22. Semi-finals will begin Sunday, June 23 at 8:00am followed by championship games at 11:30am.

With 18 teams in three divisions, this year's tournament will be the biggest in Chelsea Challenge history. Don't miss the excitement! Spectators are welcome. For more information, please click here.

The "Reach for the Sky Rink All Stars," Sky Rink's longest running artistic ensemble team has qualified to compete at the U.S. Showcase Competition in Theatrical Skating. The competition will be held from August 1st through August 4th in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The group was inspired by the reality dance show, So You Think You Can Dance, and combines dance, skating, theater, and props to create unique performances designed to entertain.  Not only does the team perform at rinks in the tri-state area, they have performed at several prominent parades under their coach Marni Halasa, including the Dance Parade, Coney Island Mermaid Parade, and the Gay Pride Parade. The group will also perform at Sky Rink's annual ISI Competition on Sunday, June 2nd, as well as the Skating Club of New York’s end of year show on June 9th at 10:30am in the East Rink.

The photo depicts the team from the Spring Celebration Show on Friday, May 3rd after performing to the music Heads Will Roll by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. From right to left: Catherine Mayer, Jennie Berlin, Virginia Mason, Leith Conybeare, Sophie Spillmann, Miranda Tyson and Jean-Li Spencer. Not pictured: Salise Marin, Mona Johnson, Alida Monaco.

See Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY), the nation's premier ice dance company based at Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, on film! The Film Society of Lincoln Center will be hosting a Dance on Camera Festival with ITNY's Video Screening and Panel Discussion being held on Saturday, February 2 at 6pm and Sunday, February 3 at 7:30pm. The event will include a special introduction by skating legend Dick Button.To view the film's trailer, click here.

Tickets are $13 and are on sale at the Elinor Bunin Munroe box office, the Walter Reade Theater box office and online at FilmLinc.com. Discounts are available for students, seniors, Film Society and Dance Film Association members.Public screenings will be held at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, located at 144 West 65th Street. For more info, please visit FilmLinc.com. We hope to see you at this amazing event!

Congratulations to Sky Rink Figure Skating for its second place finish at the annual Yonkers Figure Skating Club ISI Competition! The competition was held at the E.J. Murray Memorial Skating Rink in Yonkers, NY on November 17, 2012 - Just two weeks after Hurricane Sandy. This is the fourth year in a row that figure skaters from Sky Rink's thriving Junior and Elite Prep programs won the second place team trophy. This year, the second place award was out of six figure skating clubs in the tri-state area.

Sky Rink professional coaches who participated were Denise Beaumont, Ali Blank, Helen Bowlin, Line Haddad, Marni Halasa, Bridie Myles, Maria O'Connor and Sarah Zanolli. Sky Rink coaches also assisted in judging the competition, which has been around for the past 26 years. Many skaters from Yonkers will also participate in the Chelsea Piers ISI Competition that will be held at Sky Rink during the first weekend in June 2013.

"We were so happy the girls skated as well as they did, given the circumstances of Sky Rink being closed, no power for weeks, a gas shortage, etc.," said Lori Berlin, a skating mother. "It's really a testament to the kids and just show where there is a will, there is a way."

Pictured in photo from left: Emma Wender, Peri Finkelman, Milly Wasserman, Jennie Berlin, Louisa Mor, Anna Faulkner and Anna Mor.

Victory! Sky Rink defeated The Rinks at Chelsea Piers Connecticut 7-3 today in the first ever Chelsea Piers New York - Chelsea Piers Connecticut Hockey Showdown. The experienced CPNY team managed to outshine the upstart CPCT squad. The game was played at CPCT in Stamford. CPNY team captain John Stoble said, "We expected to win. Our team has played several hundred games together. We play to win."

The CPCT team has vowed for revenge when they play the return match at CPNY in November. CPCT coach Kevin Peel said, "We are a young team but I really feel we have the talent to take it to the NYC guys. If you look at their player information, it's obvious that they're basically over the hill. I expect us to bring our A game when we play next month in NYC." Stay tuned for schedule information and congrats to the CPNY team!