Lenape Valley Patriots Middle School Team skates to a 4-2 loss in historic game played at skylands arena on December 9, 2007.

History was made on December 9, 2007 at 6:56 PM at Skylands Ice World in Stockholm N.J. when the puck dropped for the first ever Lenape Valley Patriots Hockey game. A team comprised of 5th 6th 7th and 8th grade athletes from Byram Twp. Netcong, and Stanhope took the ice for the first time representing  Lenape Valley Patriots Hockey. Many parents and fans in the crowd were thrilled to finally see the Patriots Players in their Red White and Blue sweaters take to the ice for their first official league game. Every player gave their all on this historic night and it was a hard fought contest, however the Patriots came out on the loosing end of a 4-2 game. Although the soreboard showed a Lenape Valley loss, if you could have seen the smiles, and faces of satisfaction as the players came off the ice, you would have thought they won the game.

Lenape Valley Patriots Hockey is looking to expand their organization to include not only there middle school team but Mite(age 7-8), squirt(age 9-10), peewee(age 11-12) and bantam(age 13-14) teams in the next few seasons. Anyone from the towns of Byram, Netcong, and Stanhope interested in getting their children involved with the great game of hockey please visit the Lenape Valley Patriots Hockey website lvph.org and fill out the information request form to recieve more information about the organization.