Who says girls can't play ice hockey?

For the past few years, the Lady Pocono Pirates have been putting that chauvinistic theory to shame.

Based out of Pittston's Ice Box, the team is made up of about 13 girls between the ages of 9 and 19, who practice every week and play 10 to 14 games a year as a developmental member of the Delaware Valley Hockey League.

For away games, the team has been known to travel all the way to Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Hershey and Princeton, N.J.

The girls are prohibited from checking, "but still, there's all the pushing and shoving of regular hockey," according to assistant coach Al Sanfanandre.

The Lady Pirates are always open to new players. For more information, contact the Ice Box.