WHAT A WEEKEND!!!
June 16th, 2008After working almost 50 hours since Friday, needless to say I am exhausted. What a great weekend with so many great games and finishes. Here is a quick rundown of how “Championship Day” went.
Atom division: After going 1-2 in the round robin, the Anarchy 949 got hot at the right time. Taking the Final over the heavily favored Tour OC Blades 00 2-1.
Mite A: We had a 3 way tie in the round robin in this divison. The Tour OC Blades Edge and Tour OC Blades 99 ended up in the Final with the Edge taking it to their Coast to Coast brothers dominating them from 6-2
Squirt AA: The Arizona Phylers could not be matched even going against the stingy Western Capitals Red taking the Final by a 6-2 margin.
Pee Wee AAA: Man these guys can fly! The Tour OC Blades 93 had a tough matchup against the Las Vegas Tour Rebels but finished strong handling them 6-3 in the Final.
Pee Wee AA: Coast to Coast represented strong in this division with the Tour OC Blades 94 taking the Final over the Nick Boyarsky led Tour Jr Outcasts.
Bantam A: 10 teams and 3 days later….The Mission Raiders went undefeated going 6-0-1. The Bandits who are known to get off to a slow start in the round robin finished as the 6th seed and went to the Final. Unfortunately, the Raiders held them off with a 5-4 win the Championship game. Great divison.
Squirt A: The Tour OC Blades Broncos and West Covina High Rollers ended up in the Final. West Covina was led by Alec Suquette in the Final dominating the Broncos 8-3
Mite AA: GREAT HOCKEY! The Tour OC Blades scored a late goal to send it to overtime in this battle. We played the overtime period and could still not settle it! Onto the SHOOTOUT!!! A fearless backhand by the Blades put them on top beating the Western Capitals 4-3.
Bantam AA: AKS only entered one team. It was a great one. The AKS Mission 92’s had a tough battle going against the Revision Devil Dogs. After 24 brutal minutes….AKS prevailed 2-1. Nice job by Scott and Mike of AKS.
Midget: What a wide open division this was. Nick Boyarsky had circles under his eyes from Saturday’s 20 hour extravaganza. It all paid off. His Tour PHX team dominated the RBK Jr Ducks from start to finish with a 6-1 victory.
Pee Wee A: The Labeda XDH was absolutely fantastic the entire tournament. Their goalie was as hot as could be. They had everything going for them. They would be going up against Nabeel and his warriors (Revision Devil Dogs). Labeda XDH played them at the wrong time. Nabeel has his troops ready beating XDH 4-2 in the Final. NICE!
Bantam AAA: The open divisions were just fantastic. RBK Jr Ducks and Las Vegas Tour Rebels met in the Final with RBK getting a very late goal over the Rebels beating them 5-3.
Midget AAA: What a battle! Shane Arsenault against Ken Murchinson? No. It were their clubs that were battling. Hyper Western Capitals and RBK Jr Ducks could have played all night. It went 24 minutes and stayed tied at 4-4. They played the OT period with it looking like the Shootout was coming…..Beau Bennett threw a backhand at the net and BAAM! GOOOOOAAAAL! The Ducks beat the Capitals 5-4 in OT.
What a fantastic weekend. I would like to thank all of you for this season. We have many more improvements coming in the next few months to make our series the best on the planet. Have a great off season and see you in late 2008!!!!