Just Do It

Women's Hockey 101

by Kelly White

Mon., Oct. 23, 6:30-9 p.m., free with reservations, Flyers Skate Zone, 601 Laurel Oak Rd., Voorhees, N.J., 215-952-5999

Puck-watching is not a sport mired in first downs and end zones. It's a more exclusive club that gives up its weekly appointments with Grey's Anatomy in favor of watching a bunch of burly Canucks fire slapshots and deck each other into the boards. But the game still takes some explaining, which is why Flyers analyst Steve Coates and some of the players are getting the ladies in on the game with a seminar to give them that on-ice edge. Tour the locker room for an equipment demonstration, study up on strength training and nutrition, and try your hand in a street hockey clinic with the experts (not to mention Phlex, the Philadelphia Phantoms' oafish mascot). Once you've mastered the fundamentals, all you have to do is work on your "Jagr sucks!" chant.