Isaac Levy has been concerned in Israel’s hockey for the higher a part of a era, first suiting up for the under-18 nationwide staff in 1998, when practically all of his teammates have been twin residents who grew up in North America — Israel itself having so few ice rinks that creating gamers within the nation itself was subsequent to unimaginable.
So imagine the 42-year-old Levy, one of many founding members of the Israel Elite Hockey League and the captain of the Jerusalem Capitals, when he talks about what it means for UBS Area to host two IEHL golf equipment this weekend, when Jerusalem faces off towards HC Tel Aviv at 5 p.m. Sunday.
“It’s an incredible thing. Stanley Cup banners hanging from the ceiling and you have two teams from Israel playing,” Levy instructed The Submit by telephone this week. “It’s historic. I got to live so many historic moments playing for Israel hockey, but this is definitely the one that’s gotta be on top.”
The sport on Lengthy Island is just not the IEHL’s first showcase exterior of Israel — a choose staff of the league’s greatest gamers have performed video games in North America and Finland — however that is the most important enviornment wherein they’ve performed, and the primary time two IEHL groups have performed in such a recreation, versus the choose staff.
