Bergenfield and Dumont high schools have something in common — they have no ice hockey team.

But students from those schools interested in playing the winter sport will not be left out in the cold this season: They will be able to join Fair Lawn High School's hockey team.

Dumont Schools Superintendent Emanuele Triggiano said about seven students from Dumont would be part of a joint team with Bergenfield and Fair Lawn, which is the lead school.

Triggiano said the Board of Education approved the arrangement this summer. The Bergenfield Board of Education had approved its high school being part of the team — referred to as the Tri-Op Hockey Team — on Monday

"Fair Lawn, they're short a few people and we have a few kids that want to play and Bergenfield has a couple also, so together we hope to have kids engage in something they are interested in," Triggiano said.

Triggiano said the Dumont students will pay a fee to play on the team, and parents will be responsible for getting their children to practices and games.

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He said this arrangement is not a first for the district: Dumont High School also partners with New Milford High School for swimming.

Fair Lawn High School's hockey team played last year in the Big North Conference, Patriot Division.

Another three-school hockey team, the Paramus/Hackensack/Lyndhurst team, which also plays in the Big North Conference, found success with 16 wins last year. It lost in the Public A tournament semifinals to eventual Public A champion Morris Knolls/Morris Hills.

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