Guardians Ice Hockey

Woof woof for the home team. #GuardiansIceHockey #Hockey #IceHockey #Military #firstResponder #DogsOfInstagram #Dogs #Man’sBestFriend #Fire #Police #EMT

#warriorwednesday coming from CTRCS Wesley Travis! Wesley hails from Fairbanks Alaska and joined the Navy out of Seattle Washington 22 years ago. He started playing hockey with his friends back in Fairbanks then started organized hockey later in Seattle. In 1995 he started playing for Western Washington University until he enlisted in the Navy. He is currently working as a trainer and assessor for 3rd and 7th fleet ships in information warfare. He has been playing for the Guardians since summer of 2020, and wanted to be part of an organization that truly knows how to use hockey to help people like family, as the Guardians represent what a hockey family should be always there for one another. Wesley currently plays on the D4 team and coaches one of the Guardian teams.

This #WarriorWednesday coming straight out of the motor pool. Mike Willingmyre is a native of Gurnee, Illinois and joined the Marine Corps in December 2004 as a Motor Transport Operator after graduating from the College of Lake County with a degree in Criminal Justice. Mike has deployed four times, three to Iraq in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and then again in 2010 to Afghanistan. He is currently the Motor Transport Operations Chief for I MEF Support Battalion on Camp Pendleton and ...absolutely love serving in the Marine Corps. He says he loves the commrodorie and team work that all the Guardians display and their involvement in the community. He can be found almost every Saturday volunteering with fellow Guardians at the kids learn to play program at San Diego Ice Arena where he helps develop the next generation of hockey players, to include two of his own kids. See more

Another #volunteer opportunity in the books! Thanks @sandiegoicearena for giving us the opportunity to teach you g kids how to skate and puck handle. GO TEAM!!! #volunteer #nonprofit #hockey #icehockey #guardians #military #firstresponders

Some say under his beard...is another fist. This weeks #warriorwednesday is Sgt. Russell Allan from West Covina CA. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2012 after working for two years as an EMT in downtown LA. While in the Maines he worked as a C-130J Power Line mechanic and was stationed with VMGR-152 in both Okinawa and Iwakuni, Japan. After a six month vacation to Kuwait in support of Operation Inherent Resolve he ended his enlistment with VMGR-352 at MCAS Miramar. After... receiving his DD214 he has been working a seasonal Wildland Firefighter with the U.S. Forest service. He is also one of the founding members of the Guardians. When he and @chrislane (an officer) started the organization they knew they would need someone enlisted to get the program up and running. Sgt Allan started playing roller hockey in his back yard as a kid but never played on the ice untill 2017 he is now an accomplished skater and teammate for all. See more

(Hard)Hats off to all the men and women of the guardians who #serve our country, and to those who are actively serving in support of national security in anyway. Thanks to those police, fire, and paramedics who keep our neighborhoods and cities safe! #ship #navy #shoreside #longshoremen #sandiego #navalbasesandiego #sailor #icehockey #hockey #guardians

Us at Guardians hockey aim to compete in hockey, provide a place for like minded people to get together and be part of a team, and serve our community. Interested in joining? Message us. A 501(c)3 non profit.

Warrior Wednesday!! Player Bio: Mary Rose Feliciano was born in Chicago but raised in Dallas, Texas. She joined the Marine Corps in 2014 -2018 working as a Motor Transportation Operator for MWSS- 373 Aces on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. During her term she had a total of 2 deployments, one in the Philippines and one MEU. She is currently studying at SDSU to pursue a major in Chemistry in order to become a pharmachologist. Mary Rose picked up hockey when she was 10 years old, took a break and has been recently recruited by one of the Guardians Adam Cake to join the hockey community. Ever since joining the Guardians team, she has enjoyed every minute the team gets together. She also has helped with numerous Guardians volunteers events. #warrior #Wednesday #military #veterans #marine #usmc #socal #Pendleton #kill #icehockey #usa

Please consider us for any remaining charitable contributions. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit all the money that we get donated goes into helping our players with financial insecurities as well as community outreach. We are absolutely blessed to have people like you support this organization. If you are interested in making a donation Please send a message or visit our website at guardianshockey.com thank you all so much for your consideration. #Taxes #IRS #EndOfYear #Reconciliation #CharitableContribution #Donation #DonationReceipt #volunteer

WARRIOR WEDNESDAY!!! Richard Ferrick was born and raised in Escondido California, United States Army OEF 12/13 Comms, combat veteran 2-7 Cavalry Garryowen . Grew up and fell in love with the sport of hockey at 7 years old playing blades of steel on NES. Watching the LA Kings, Gretzky and McSworley were my two favorite players. Played for the Lil Kings at a young age for a few seasons and played street hockey growing up. Hockey has always been one of my favorite sports, fro...m the speed and skill to the blood and glory my favorite movie is The Miracle. I play ice hockey for the Guardians for the love of the sport and the brotherhood there no better place than hometown hockey. The Guardians to me is more than a team it’s a band of brothers from all walks of life joined together enjoying our passion and the sport of Ice Hockey. I play center and wing and have played for many teams and seasons but nothing compares to this team. #Army #ArmyStrong #Hockey #IceHockey #SanDiego #Escondido #California #SoCal #Awesome See more

It’s Christmas Eve and Rudolph has begun his prep to give everyone some Christmas cheer!

We protect. We attack. but most importantly... We give back.... Some photos from last weeks volunteer event with STEP(Support The Enlisted Project). The Guardians came out and helped distribute 100’s of toys, diapers, and food packages for local service members and their families in the San Diego area. Please feel free to reach out to [email protected] if you’re ever interested in helping or know of any awesome volunteer events in need of support.

Player Bio: Mike Lans was born and raised in Denver Colorado. Growing up he played basketball and first started following hockey when the Colorado Avalanche formed in 1995. After graduating high school he joined the Army in June of 2004. His first unit was the 1st Infantry Division being stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany and deployed with them for 15 months to Iraq from August 2006-2007. After returning from Iraq he transferred to the 4th Infantry Division in Colorado and dep...loyed again back to Iraq with the 4th Infantry for 12 months from 2008-2009.While on terminal leave in 2011 he moved to San Diego and medically retired from the Army in September of 2012.He first laced up skates and started playing hockey in 2016 playing pick up at the local rinks and found goalie as his position. He played for some local teams and met his best friend and Guardians founder Chris Lane with one of the local teams. (He officiated Mr. and Mrs. Lanes wedding!) Mike joined the Guardians in 2018. Mike loves the Guardians, being around a like minded group that gives him a since of belonging and true camaraderie. Mike is married to Maria Lans and is currently attending college at Grossmont Community College majoring in Technical Theater. He is the Guardians on and off again goalie and one of the heart and souls that make this team so special. See more