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The 1999-2000 USA Hockey Nationals will be held April 5-9, 2000.
Pee Wee Tier I - Anchorage, AK Bantam Tier I - Bloomington, MN Midget Tier I - Pittsburgh, PA Pee Wee Tier II - Oswego, NY Bantam Tier II - Marquette, MI Midget Tier II - Houston, TX Girls / Women - Troy, MI
Both the Midgets and Pee Wees lost quarterfinal matches today to bring two incredible streaks to an end. The Midgets lost a 3-2 decision to the South Boston Midgets. Boston went out to an early 2-0 lead, but the Rep team battled back, drawing even near the end of the second period, but a Southie goal in the last minute of the second period proved decisive.
The Rep Pee Wees were dealt a similar fate in their quarterfinal match. Facing a strong team in the Michigan Jaguars, they fell behind early in the first period, yielding 3 goals in the first six minutes. They played the rest of the game even, but the 3-goal lead was too much to overcome. The final score was 5-2.
Look here for more details on Monday.
Despite disappointing losses in the final game of the preliminaries, both the Midgets and Pee Wees advanced as at-large teams to the quarterfinals.
The midgets opened with a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Fire. They followed with a 2-0 loss to the Eastside Kings, from Detroit, Michigan. Needing a win or a tie to advance to the quarterfinals, they ended up settling for a 3-2 loss to a hungry team from Maine. When the game was over, their 4-team division looked deadlocked. After a 30-minute meeting to unravel the tie breakers, it was declared that the Rep midgets had managed to hang on to the 8th spot in the tournament, qualifying to play Saturday against a strong team from South Boston. The Boston team won 2 and tied one in preliminary play.
The Pee Wee's schedule was almost identical to the midgets. They opened with a win over the South East district team, from Reston Virginia, by an 11-3 score. In a game against the eventual division winners, they lost a 4-1 decision to the Michigan Jaguars. In their final game of the preliminary round, the lost a tough decision to the New England rep, the Seacoast Spartans, 3-1. Their 1 win and their consistent competitiveness in close losses gave them the nod in the tie-breaking system, and they advance to the Quarterfinal round Saturday. They face the Michigan Jaguars for a second game.
The NORCAL Rep Club Midgets and Pee Wees both advance to the USA Hockey National Championships with victories at Portland.
Jason Marconcini scored the Championship winning goal, set up by Rep defender Andy Whiteside, with 0:47 remaining in the third period to lift the NORCAL Rep Midget team to the Pacific District Tier II Midget Championship with a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Gulls.
The NORCAL Rep Pee Wees won the Pacific District Tier II Pee Wee Championship with a 2-0 victory over the LA Ice Dogs.
The Midgets open play in Sylvania Ohio at the USA Hockey National Championships on Wednesday, April 7, 10:30 AM ET, against the representative of the Southeastern District, the Atlanta Flame. The Pee Wees open play the same day in Huntsville, Alabama against the Reston Raiders of Reston, VA. See the Pee Wee Team Page for more details on the National Tournament in Huntsville.
The NORCAL Rep Bantam team lost a tough 3-2 decision to the West Valley Wolves in the Championship game of the Pacific District Tier II Championships in Anchorage.
The NORCAL Rep Pee Wee team opened with a convincing win over Spokane in their first game at Portland in the Pee Wee Tier II Pacific District Championships. Final score 9-1.
They followed with a 5-4 overtime victory over the LA Ice Dogs. On Friday morning, they beat Tri-Cities, Washington by a 5-1 score. Friday evening, they beat the host Portland Hawks 14-0. Their 4-0 record in preliminary play clinches the first place position in the Championship game Sunday.
In their first game at Anchorage, the Bantams notched a 4-3 victory over Alaska.Friday afternoon, they continued with a 4-0 victory over the host Alaska All-Stars.
On Saturday morning, they faced Seattle, winning an 8-0 decision. The only mar on their record was an overtime loss to the West Valley Wolves, 3-2. The West Valley game winner was scored with 2.1 seconds remaining in the overtime.
On Sunday, the Bantams faced Nevada, winning that game 10-0, earning them a berth in the Championship game.
The NORCAL Rep Midgets won their three preliminary games at Portland. Their opening game against Eugene, a new program, ended in a 13-1 score. Friday morning they faced rival San Diego Gulls, and came away with a 4-0 victory. Early Saturday morning, they faced Tacoma, notching a 6-0 victory. That gave NORCAL Rep the 1st seed in the semi-final game, where they faced off against the Seattle Junior Hockey Northwest Admirals. That game ended in a 4-0 victory, placing NORCAL in the Championship game.
The NORCAL Rep Blue Diamonds Girls 12 and Under team swept their way to the Pacific District Championship Sunday at Anaheim. The Blue Diamonds repeat as Girls 12-U champions, having won this same title in 1998. For the second year, the Blue Diamonds will represent NORCAL and NORCAL Rep at the USA Hockey National Championships.
The Blue Diamonds, under head coach Tom Wallace and assistant coach Lynn Howe, went 3-0 in preliminary play, defeating Team LA (1-0), Seattle Hawks (6-0) and the Alaska Firebirds (6-2). The Championship game, played Sunday afternoon, saw the Blue Diamonds in a rematch with Southern California rivals Team LA. As the final horn sounded, the score stood NORCAL Rep 2, Team LA 0.
The 1999 Girls' and Women's National Championships will be held in Washington, D. C. beginning Thursday, April 8.
See the complete game schedule for the Pacific District Tier II Championship Tournament in Portland.
The Midget, Bantam and Pee Wee NORCAL Rep teams swept the California Tier II State Championships. All three teams won state titles Sunday by winning both their semi-final game and championship.
The Pee Wees faced the LA Junior Ice Dogs for the championship. By virtue of three second period goals, NORCAL held a 3-0 lead when the Ice Dogs came back with 2 goals of their own, the second coming with 3 minutes remaining in the game. But Jeff Hazelwood's second period goal stood as the game-winner, as the NORCAL Rep Pee Wees became the first team in NORCAL Rep and NORCAL history to win a state Tier II title.
See the Pee Wee team page for a more complete story.
The Bantam team took a 3-0 lead into the third period against a very strong West Valley Wolves team, but West Valley answered with two goals of their own in the third to make for a very exciting finish. NORCAL added an empty-netter and held on for the 4-2 victory and the state title. Ryan Castagna's second period goal stood as the deciding goal as the Bantams celebrated the second NORCAL Rep title.
See the Bantam team page for a more complete story.
The Midget team faced off against arch-rival San Diego for the state title, a matchup both teams have been thinking about since September. Despite spotting San Diego leads of 3-1 and 4-2, the Midgets scored two quick goals to tie the game near the end of the second period. With only 23 seconds remaining in regulation, Drew Sanders scored the game winner on a breakaway set up by a defensive turnover by San Diego. The NORCAL Rep defense took over to hold San Diego for the final seconds, and the Midgets began an exuberant celebration to complete the NORCAL Rep sweep.
See the Midget team page for a more complete story.
All three NORCAL Rep Tier teams finished preliminary play in first place in their division. The Bantam team earned the first spot in their pool by virtue of their three wins. Both the Midgets and Pee Wees finished preliminary play with two wins and a tie. In 15 games played by NORCAL Rep teams at the state championships, they achieved a combined record of 13-0-2.
All three teams faced semi-final matches on Sunday morning. The Midgets faced South Coast, and cruised to an 8-1 victory; the Bantams faced Beach City, and won a tense come-from-behind 2-1 decision; and the Pee Wee team won an equally tense game over the Westminster Wave 3-2.
All three teams vie for the Pacific District Tier II Championship March 18-21. The Pee Wees and Midgets travel to Portland, Oregon, and the Bantams to Anchorage, Alaska for the District tournament. The winners of those tournaments advance to the USA Hockey National Championships in April.
The NORCAL Rep Pee Wee and Midget teams traveled to Utah for the 1999 Great Western Showcase tournament, featuring teams from all over the country. The Midgets faced teams from exotic locales such as Great Falls, Montana, Howard, Maryland, Colorado and Downtown LA.
Both teams continued their success in tournament play by bringing home the championship trophy. The Midgets faced a tough team from Colorado / Arvada in the finals. After Falling behind to Arvada 3-0, the Reps scored 3 goals in the first five minutes of the third period to erase the deficit, then followed with an overtime goal to win the championship.
The Pee Wees faced teams from Las Vegas, Wyoming, Riverside and West Valley. After losing to Riverside in preliminary round play, they faced off again for the championship. This time, the Reps were up to the task, winning a 5-1 decision for the championship.
The NORCAL Rep Pee Wee team has been accepted at the Crowchild Challenge in Calgary, Alberta in early April. The prestigious Pee Wee tournament features teams from the Eastern US and Canada.
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NORCAL Rep Bantam team wins SYHL League Championship 1/19/99 |
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All four NORCAL Rep teams traveled to Dallas, Texas over the long MLK weekend, and the Rep Bantams, under head coach Dave Hazelwood, returned home as 1998-99 Champions of the Southwest Youth Hockey League, with a banner and trophy to show for their efforts.
The Bantam team finished preliminary play with a 3-0-1 record, earning a bye into the semi final round. They faced a tough opponent in Beach City, who had managed a tie against NORCAL in the preliminary round. But the Rep team prevailed, winning 5-2.
That set up the final against Phoenix. Late in the third period, Rep led 3-1, but a determined Phoenix team managed a late goal to pull within one. During the last minute of play, with six attackers on the ice and an empty net behind them, a momentary lapse by one of the Phoenix defenders was pounced on by Rep forward Jason Aldrich, who put the puck in the empty net to secure the victory and the league championship.
All four NORCAL Rep teams traveled to Dallas, Texas over the long MLK weekend, and in addition to the Bantam championship, the other three teams posted strong showings.
The Rep Midgets, under coach Derek Eisler, finished preliminary play with a perfect 4-0 record, allowing but one goal in four games. Posting victories over Bay City (6-0), South Coast (6-0), arch-rival Littleton (3-1) and Mountain View Washington (5-0), the Midgets seemed destined to bring home the championship.
But hockey is a funny game, and when they dropped the puck for their semi-final game against host Dallas, it was soon apparent that the Dallas team was on a mission of their own. Dallas scored a power play goal early in the first period, and the Rep Midgets answered back with a goal of their own later in the period. It stood at 1-1 until halfway through the third, when a Dallas player dumped the puck in front of the net from the corner, and it deflected off a Dallas player and found its way into the net.
Despite a valiant effort to get the goal back, the Dallas team held off the Rep Midgets for the 2-1 victory. The loss brought an end to the Midgets' 16-game unbeaten streak, and a 13-game unbeaten streak in SYHL play. Dallas went on to lose the championship game to San Diego by a 2-1 score.
The NORCAL Rep Pee Wee team, under head coach Phil Hazelwood, came as close to winning the championship as they could, but fell one goal short, losing a 6-5 decision in the championship game to Beach City. The Rep Pee Wees posted an impressive 4-0 record in the preliminary rounds, beating Utah (13-5), Mountain View Washington (14-1), Los Angeles Wildcats (7-4) and Phoenix (7-1).
The four victories put them in the semi-finals against Phoenix, who battled hard but lost by a 6-4 score.
The championship game was a classic battle between NORCAL and a determined Beach City team. Although NORCAL had beaten Beach City twice in the regular season, the Beach City team came out with a purpose. NORCAL went out to an early 2-0 lead, but Beach City responded with four unanswered goals to take a 4-2 lead. NORCAL battled back, coming to within 1 at 5-4. Then Beach City scored their sixth which turned out to be the eventual game winner.
The loss brought an end to the Pee Wees' 18-game unbeaten streak, and an incredible 24-game unbeaten streak in SYHL play, dating back to December 29, 1997.
The NORCAL Rep Squirt team, under head coach Jon Gustafson, built on their success at Lakewood over the Christmas break to put in a strong showing in the league championships. Their preliminary round record of 2-2 was good enough to place them second in their pool and set up a quarterfinal match against a strong Los Angeles Wildcats team. Despite outshooting the Wildcats by nearly a 2-1 margin, the Wildcats were able to eke out a 3-1 win over the Rep squad.
Aside from host Dallas, NORCAL Rep was the only organization who put all 4 teams in the quarter- and semi-finals, and director of coaches Derek Eisler believes the experience will make all of the Rep teams even more determined when they travel to Escondido in February for the California State championships.
All four NORCAL Rep teams traveled to Lakewood, California over the holiday weekend, and came away with 19 victories and three divisional titles.
The NORCAL Rep Bantam team, under coach Dave Hazelwood, completed a perfect regular season, finishing with an unparalleled 13-0-0 record in Southwestern League play. The Pee Wee team, under head coach Phil Hazelwood, was one point behind, finishing with a 12-0-1 record. The Midget team, under coach Derek Eisler, finished their season with a 13-1-2 record. All three teams finished in first in their division, and each team holds the best record overall in their age class.
The NORCAL Rep Squirt team, under coach Jon Gustafson, finished their regular season with 5 convincing victories. Their final record of 5-3-1 gives them very favorable seed in the upcoming league championships.
All four teams travel to Dallas, Texas for the league championships January 14-18. See each individual team page for scores and more details: Squirts; PeeWees; Bantams; Midgets.
Final SYHL standings are available for Squirts; PeeWees; Bantams; Midgets.
The NORCAL Rep Midget team took a charter bus to Medford, Oregon for a 3-game exhibition against the Portland Winterhawks. Tieing two and winning one against the Portland team, the weekend was marred by an injury to winger Mike Romano. See the Midget Team Page for more details and scores.
Former NORCAL Rep player Michael Adamek is named player of the week in the North American Hockey League, where he plays for the Grand Rapids Bearcats. Read all about it on their web page:
http://www.nahl.COM/awards/potw13.html
Visit the league's web site as well:
http://www.nahl.COM/
NORCAL Rep Pee Wees and Midgets brought home gold from the Mile High Invitational; Bantams with top 4 finish.
Both the NORCAL Rep Pee Wees and NORCAL Rep Midgets won their respective divisions at the Mile High Invitational in Littleton, Colorado over the Thanksgiving weekend. The Midgets defeated host Littleton, Colorado with an overtime goal to win the Championship game. The Pee Wees needed 3 periods, an overtime and a shootout to win their championship.
The Bantams lost an overtime decision during the semi final round.
Director of Coaches Derek Eisler expressed his enthusiasm over the efforts of the three teams, noting with pride that all three of our teams were still alive and competing on the final day, two of them emerging with new hardware to decorate the Rep Club trophy case.
Scores can be found on each team's "Games / Scores" page. Fuller stories can be found on each team's "Team Page".
The NORCAL Rep Pee Wee and Bantams continued undefeated in Southwestern League play during the November League weekend. Both teams are 8-0 and in solid possession of first place in their division.
The NORCAL Rep Midget team won three, tied one and lost one, but still have a solid hold on first place in their division.
More details and scores on the individual team pages.
The Southwestern Youth Hockey League opened play on October 9, and the four NORCAL Rep teams turned in excellent showings. The Rep Midget Tier II, Bantam Tier II and Pee Wee Tier II all finished the weekend in solid possession of first place in their divisions. The Squirt team had a good weekend, showing improvement in each of their games.
See the respective team pages for more details.
Both the NORCAL Rep Pee Wee team and the NORCAL Rep Blue Diamonds Girls' 12-and-under team represented NORCAL Rep and NORCAL in their respective National Championships April 1-5. Aside from the Oakland Junior Spiders Midget team in 1996, who were the host team at the Tier II Midget National Championships, these are the first teams from NORCAL (or NORCAL Rep) to represent the area in a National Tournament.
Visit the Pee Wee Team Page and the Blue Diamonds Team Page for the whole story.
http://www.chkpt.COM/NorCalRep/
The NORCAL Rep home rink is Oakland Ice Center in Oakland, California.
1997 saw the formation of a new Rep Squirt team, who played in the Southwestern Youth Hockey League last season. Players skated on their club Squirt teams, and participated with the Rep Club on a limited basis. They played a 14-game Southwest League schedule in Tacoma, Washington, Los Angeles and Phoenix, Arizona.
The program continues again for the 98-99 season, and promises to be even more successful. Trips are planned to Phoenix AZ, Lakewood CA, and Dallas TX for Southwestern League play.
For more information about the NORCAL Rep Tier program, please call the club president, Chuck Collins, 408-241-4798.
For more information about the NORCAL Rep girls' ice hockey program, click here.
Travel permits and other USA Hockey paperwork often need to include a team's USA Hockey registration number. Here are the registration numbers for the NORCAL Rep teams:
The following local businesses are generous sponsors of the NORCAL Rep Club hockey program. The players, coaches, families and board are very grateful for their support.
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