USA Rink Hockey

2010 NATIONAL RINK
HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS
By: Tom Hughes

In Bremerton, Washington the weather is heating up, but not as fast and hot as the competition in Bremerton Skateland where they are holding the 2010 National Rink Hockey Championships. The Tournament started on Sunday, July 11th and will continue through Friday, July 16th. We witnessed another day of surprises, fast paced games, two more exciting overtime games, Freshman Division coming to an end and two good Ladies games. This was quite a day filled with high quality, fiercely competitive rink hockey. The results for Wednesday were:

Freshman Division
Olympia, WA def Decatur, TX, 6-2
Bremerton, WA def Cumberland, MD, 4-3 in Overtime

Junior Division
Cumberland, MD def Burlington, WA, 3-2
Bremerton 1, WA def Bremerton 2, WA, 3-2 in Overtime

Ladies Division
Bremerton, WA def Merced, CA, 8-0
Anchorage, AK def Utica, NY, 6-1

Bronze Division
Olympia, WA def Burlington, WA, 5-3
Salt Lake City, UT def Bremerton, WA, 2-0
Merced, CA def Cumberland, MD, 2-1

Silver Division
Decatur, TX def Cumberland, MD, 3-0
Bremerton 2, WA def Bremerton 3, WA, 4-2

World Class Division
Utica, NY def Olympia 2, WA, 6-3
Olympia 1, WA def Bremerton 2, WA, 3-1
Boyertown, PA def Cumberland, MD, 7-3
Boyertown, PA def Bremerton 2, WA, 3-2
Cumberland, MD tied Olympia 2, WA, 1-1
Bremerton 1, WA def Utica, NY, 8-4

Freshman Division Final Placements

1 . Bremerton, WA
2 . Cumberland, MD
3 . Olympia, WA
MVP: Lucas Grosse, Cumberland, MD; 9 Goals, 1 Assist
Best Goalie: Bethany Near, Bremerton, WA; 10 Goals Against
Colby Moyer, Cumberland, MD; 10 Goals Against