Riley Wood tried figure skating first but disliked it immensely. She decided to try hockey after watching her brother play. But the 16-year-old, who was born in California and lived in Florida before her family moved to Setauket, did not take an immediately liking to that sport, either.
That changed once she joined the Girls Elite Program at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow.
Alexis Moed started the program in 2016 with 25 players. It now boasts 100 girls, ages 8-19, over six teams with a development program for girls ages 6-7 soon to be initiated.