The USA Hockey Blind Classic is an annual event celebrating the Blind Hockey discipline. Blind Hockey is the same exhilarating, fast-paced sport as Ice Hockey with only one main difference – all of the players are legally blind. Players must be classified as eligible in one of the three International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) classifications.
The 2025 USA Hockey Blind Classic will take place November 20-23, 2025 at the Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley, MA. The event will showcase the talents of blind and visually impaired hockey players from across the nation.
The inaugural USA Hockey Blind Hockey Classic took place October 22-24, 2021, at the Centene Community Ice Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The sport was first played in the U.S. on October 18, 2014 with the first ever Blind Hockey Summit in Newburgh, N.Y. At the 2015 USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival, in Buffalo, N.Y., blind hockey was introduced to the rest of the Disabled Hockey Community. For more information on past blind hockey classics, click here.