2004 National Hardball Hockey Championships, Burlington, WA, Friday, July 16, 2004

Tom Hughes

Pee Wee Division Placements:
1st Place (TIE) – Hurricanes from Bremerton, Washington
1st Place (TIE) – Loggers from Burlington, Washington
3rd Place – Red Dogs from Hoquiam, Washington
MVP: Brandt Johnson from the Loggers with 9 goals and 1 assist
MVG: Bobby Watrous from the Hurricanes with five goals against

Midget Division Placements:
1st Place – Hurricanes #1 from Bremerton
2nd Place – Loggers from Burlington, Washington
3rd Place – Hurricanes #2 from Bremerton, Washington
MVP: Tyler Jesiel from Hurricanes #1 with 6goals and 1 assist
MVG: Ryland Paval from Hurricanes #1 with 3 goals against.

Junior Division Placements:
1st Place – Chowchilla, California
2nd Place – Hurricanes #1 from Bremerton, Washington
3rd Place – Washington Warriors from Olympia, Washington
MVP: Nick Robinson, from Chowchilla, CA with 11 goals and 2 assists.
MVG: Nick Phelan from Chowchilla, Ca with 7 goals against

Ladies Division Placements:
1st Place – Hurricanes #1 from Bremerton, WA
2nd Place – Thunderbirds from Utica, NY
3rd Place – Hurricanes #2 from Bremerton, WA
MVP: Heather Acquaviva from Utica, NY with 12 goals and 1 assist
MVG: Danielle Walters form Hurricanes #1 with 2 goals against

Bronze Division Placements:
1st Place-the Thunderbirds from Utica, NY
2nd Place-the Hurricanes #2 from Beremerton, WA

3rd Place-the Loggers from Burlington, WA
MVP: Bill Schmelcher from Utica, NY with 14 goals and 7 assists
MVG: Alfonso Davis from Utica, NY with 8 goals against.

Silver Division Placements:
1st Place-the Hurricanes from Bremerton, WA
2nd Place-Salt Lake City, UT
3rd Place-the Can-Am from Washington
MVP: Jim Trussell from Salt Lake City, UT with 3 goals and 2 assists
MVG: Patrick Hird from the Can-Am with 4 gaols against.

World Class Placements:
1st Place – Washington Warriors, WA
2nd Place – Rolling Phantoms, PA
3rd Place – Cumberland Raiders, MD
MVP: Gustavo Arevalo from Lubbock, TX 15 goals and 7 assists
MVG: Bill Mihay from Bremerton, WA 12 goals against



2004 National Roller Hockey Championships

Friday, July 16, 2004

The 2004 National Hardball Hockey Championships came to an exciting end in Burlington, Washington on Friday, July 16th with a very thrilling and well fought game for first place in the World Class Men’s Division. The Warriors, from Olympia, Washington overcame the challenge from the Rolling Phantoms of Boyertown, Pennsylvania, to become the National Champions. This was a quick moving, well executed, competitive game that went right down to the final whistle. Even though the Rolling Phantoms put up quite a fight, the speed and execution of plays from the Warriors helped them to hold off the attack by the Rolling Phantoms. This was another game that was very exciting and entertaining for the spectators. Congratulations to the Olympia Warriors for a very well played tournament.

Friday’s game results were:

Bronze Division:
Hurricanes #2, Bremerton, WA – 2, Thunderbirds, Utica, NY – 5
Sno-Devils, Alaska – 4, Loggers, Burlington, WA – 4
Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA – 4, Raiders, Cumberland, MD – 3

Silver Men’s Division:
Salt Lake City, UT – 2, Hurricanes, Bremerton, WA – 3

World Class Men’s Division:
Cretins, OR – 0, Americans, CA – 5
Hurricanes, Bremerton, WA – 7, Redwood City, CA – 1
Raiders, Cumberland, MD – 6, Colts, Lubbock, TX – 4
Rolling Phantoms, Boyertown, PA – 3, Warriors, Olympia, WA – 5




2004 National Hardball Hockey Championships – Burlington, WA Thursday, July 15, 2004

Tom Hughes

July 29, 2004

The game results for Thursday were:

Junior Division:
Hurricanes #2, Bremerton, WA – 0, Chowchilla, CA – 8
Raiders, Cumberland, MD – 1, Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA – 3

Ladies Division:
Sno-Devils, Alaska – 0, Thunderbirds, Utica,NY – 10
Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA – 5, Chowchilla, CA – 1

Bronze Division:
Warriors, Olympia, WA – 3, Thunderbirds, Utica, NY – 8
Sno-Devils, Alaska – 2, Raiders, Cumberland, MD – 3
Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA – 3, Loggers, Burlington, WA – 5

Silver Men’s Division:
Warriors, Olympia, WA – 3, Can-Am, WA – 4

World Class Men’s Division:
Cretins, OR – 0, Raiders, Cumberland, MD – 8
Hurricanes, Bremerton, WA – 1, Rolling Phantoms, Boyertown, PA – 4
Colts, Lubbock, TX – 3, Redwood City, CA – 5
Americans, CA – 1, Warriors, Olympia, WA – 7
Cretins, OR – 1, Hurricanes, Bremerton, WA – 7
Americans, CA – 3, Raiders, Cumberland, MD – 8
Rolling Phantoms, Boyertown, PA – 8, Redwood City, CA – 2
Warriors, Olympia, WA – 4, Colts, Lubbock, TX – 3


2004 National Hardball Hockey Recap for Wednesday, July 13

Tom Hughes

The Freshman Division played out to an end on Wednesday, July 13, 2004. The final results were: 3rd Place was the Raiders from Cumberland, Maryland; 2nd Place was the Thunderbirds from Utica, NY; and 1st Place was the Hurricanes from Bremerton, Washington. MVP honors for the Division went to Shawn Schmelcher from Utica, NY with 29 goals and 1 assist. The Best Goalie Award went to Derrick Barger from Bremerton, WA with 7 goals against.

The Results from Wednesday were:

Freshman Division:
Hurricanes #2, WA – 2, Warriors, WA – 5
Cumberland, MD – 2, Thunderbirds, NY – 8
Hurricanes #2, WA – 1, Sno-Devils, Alaska – 0
Thunderbirds, NY – 6, Warriors, WA – 2
Cumberland, MD – 5, Hurricanes #1, WA – 5

Junior Division:
Chowchilla, CA – 4, Warriors, WA – 0

Ladies Division:
Sno-Devils, Alaska – 3, Hurricanes #2, WA – 5
Hurricanes #2, WA – 2, Thunderbirds, NY – 8

Bronze Division:
Thunderbirds, NY – 2, Sno-Devils, Alaska – 0
Cumberland, MD – 3, Hurricanes #2, WA – 6
Loggers, WA – 2, Warriors, WA – 1

World Class Men’s Division:
Cretins. OR – 1, Warriors, WA – 5
Americans, WA – 4, Hurricanes, WA – 3
Raiders, MD – 3, Redwood City, CA – 1
Boyertown, PA – 6, Colts, TX – 1
Cretins, OR – 1, Boyertown, PA – 9
Raiders, MD – 3, Warriors, WA – 5
Hurricanes, WA – 4, Colts, TX – 3
Americans, WA – 6, Redwood City, CA – 2



July 14, 2004

The Pee Wee and Midget Divisions finished up their portion of the 2004 National Hardball Roller Hockey Tournament in dramatic fashion with a first ever tie for First Place.

The results from the rest of Tuesdays games are:

Pee Wee Division:
Loggers, Burlington, WA – 2, Hurricanes, Bremerton, WA- 1;
Red Dogs, Hoquiam, W- 2, Loggers, Burlington, WA – 4

Midget Division:
Hurricanes #2, Bremerton-0, Hurricanes #1, Bremerton-8;
Hurricanes #2, Bremerton-0, Loggers, Burlington-6

Junior Division:
Hurricanes #1, Bremerton-4, Warriors, Olympia-2

Ladies Division:
Rollin Tuff, Chowchilla, CA-2, Hurricanes #2,Bremerton-4;
Thunderbirds, Utica, NY-0; Hurricanes, Bremerton-4

Bronze Division:
Hurricanes #1, Bremerton-8, Sno-Devils, Alaska-4;
Thunderbirds, NY-5, Loggers, WA-2;
Raiders, Cumberland, MD-0, Warriors, WA-2;
Loggers, WA-3, Raiders, MD-0;
Warriors, WA-1, Hurricanes, WA-3;
Sno-Devils, AK-2, Hurricanes #2, WA-4

Men’s Division:
Warriors, WA-1, Salt Lake City, UT-2
World Class Men’s Division:
Cretins, OR-0, Colts, TX-8;
Warriors, WA-7, Redwood City, CA-0;
Americans, WA-2, Boyertown, PA-6;
Hurricanes, WA-0, Raiders, MD-4





The 2004 National Hardball Hockey Championships – Burlington, Wash.

Tom Hughes

July 13, 2004

2004 National Roller Hockey Championships The 2004 National Roller Hockey Championships got underway in Burlington, Washington on Sunday, July 11th with a day full of highly competitive games in all seven divisions and culminating with a well planned Opening Ceremony. The results of the first days games are:

Pee Wee:
Red Dogs Hoquiam,WA 1 Loggers Burlington,WA 7
Hurricanes, Bremerton, WA 8 Red Dogs, WA 0
Midget:
Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA 9 Loggers, Burlington, WA 2
Loggers, Burlington WA 6 Hurricanes #2, Bremerton, WA 1

Freshman:
Thunderbirds, Utica, NY 2 Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA 6
Sno-Devils, Anchorage, AK 2 Warriors, Olympia, WA 5
Raiders, Cumberland, MD 6 Hurricanes #2,Bremerton, WA 1
Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA 8 Sno-Devils, Anchorage, AK 0

Ladies:
Rollin Tuff, Chowchilla, CA 4 Sno-Devils, Anchorage, AK 3
Hurricanes #2, Bremerton, WA 1 Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA 6

Bronze:
Raiders, Cumberland, MD 1 Thunderbirds, Utica, NY 9
Hurricanes #1, Bremerton, WA 3 Hurricanes #2, Bremerton, WA 4

Senior Men Silver:
Salt Lake City 3 Can-Am, Linden, WA 3


The Opening Ceremonies, with Master of Ceremonies – Jim Stevenson, began with a U.S. Navy Color Guard presenting the Flag, followed with a great performance of the National Anthem by Donna Baldwin. The 1969 National Roller Hockey Championship Team, which just happened to be from Burlington, Washington, was introduced and then members of the past and current Junior, Ladies, and Men’s United States World Teams were presented. The speakers for the Ceremonies included: the Director of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce, Dick Irwin and the Executive Director of USA Roller Sports, George Kolibaba.

The Opening Ceremonies were followed with an exhibition game between Team Canada and Klamath Falls, Oregon, with the Canadians winning 5-0. The Ceremonies and exhibition game were a perfect ending to the first day of the Championships.

The second day of the 2004 National Roller Hockey Championships in Burlington, Washington featured a fast paced fierce competitive battle between the Warriors from Olympia, Wash. and the Hurricanes from Bremerton, Wash. This was the one game everyone was planning to watch during the tournament, and it turned out to be even more exciting and close than anticipated. The teams battled for 40 minutes, which seemed to go by too fast for the spectators, and ended up in a 3-3 tie. The spectators hope both teams win all of their remaining games, which would place them in a sudden death playoff game at the end of the week. This would be a great way to end our week of National competition.

The results of Monday’s Games are:

Pee Wee:
Loggers, WA 2 Hurricanes, WA 4
Red Dogs, WA 1 Hurricanes, WA 4

Midget:
Hurricanes #2, WA 1 Hurricanes #1, WA 7
Hurricanes #1, WA 9 Loggers, WA 1

Freshman:
Sno-Devils, AK 2 Thunderbirds, NY 8
Warriors, WA 2 Raiders, MD 3
Hurricanes #1, WA 7 Hurricanes #2, WA 1
Sno-Devils, AK 0 Raiders, MD 6

Ladies:
Thunderbirds, NY 3 Rollin Tuff, CA 3
Hurricanes #1, WA 8 Sno-Devils, AK 0

Bronze:
Thunderbirds, NY 5 Hurricanes #1, WA 4
Warriors, WA 3 Sno-Devils, AK 3
Loggers, WA 3 Hurricanes #2, WA 3

Senior Men Silver:
Hurricanes, WA 5 Warriors, WA 3

Senior Men World Class:
Americans, WA 4 – Colts, Lubbock, TX 4
Hurricanes, WA 3 – Warriors, WA 3
Raiders, MD 1 – Boyertown, PA 6
Cretins, OR 3 – Redwood City, CA 8