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An early morning ride with JP Susco was more than enough to wake Dave and I up this morning.  JP comes upstairs to visit the room and asked me what Dave's last name was.  I told him it was McNeil.  Turns out that Dave coached JP years ago with Tour Triton down in Florida.  JP has gone on to win pro championships with the Snipers out of New York, and is one of our referees this weekend.  Our world of roller hockey is so small, we all cross paths at some point. My first thought this morning w

Games have come to an end for the evening, but the night was too interesting to not sum it all up.  I got into Manhattan on Thursday, which I always do when I am close to my favorite city in the world.  I got to see the Tony award winning musical "Once."  It was truly an amazing show and I would recommend it to anyone that is a musical lover. So, enough of my life story.  There was a tournament to be played on Long Island, and I needed to make it to Rapid Fire Arena  Friday night.  It was

Schedule for this weekend’s qualifier in New York at Rapid Fire has been posted.  You can view it by clicking here, or by visiting the Schedule page located under the Schedule & Results tab. We will be posting live scores throughout the weekend so be sure to keep track all weekend long. We are looking forward to another great event at Rapid Fire!

Mini film developed by Full Lock Media for TORHS 2Hot4Ice.  Tournament took place over three days at SGAA in Snellville, Ga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK1SVb-aHaQ

It was a long trip from our office in Florida out to British Columbia, but what a great way to kick things off in a new market!  18 teams competed this past weekend at The Hockey House in Langley, BC, and it featured some of the best hockey we have seen this year.  Of the 9 teams in Peewee and Bantam alone, 7 of those teams qualified as AAA teams!  I would like to thank Meka and Trevor for hosting us all weekend long.  These guys are diehard roller hockey guys, and I have no doubt they wi

Sunday was an interesting one to say the least.  I started the day off pretty upset, realizing it was my last few hours with Evil, as he came out of retirement to help me for the weekend.  It's always good working with him.  He along with John Gelement are the guys I began working with back in 2001 with TORHS.  So I guess you could say it was a sort of throw back weekend for me. The morning started with Lee Bloor bringing his team in, as he always does, to play the Grizzly Chompers.  I love

I wanted to take the time today to acknowledge the some of the most important people in our sport, the Hockey Moms!  They are all too often overlooked, but the support that all of the Moms out there give to their kids, coaches, and other players is second to none.   I know that from a Tournament Directors' point of view, they are a life saver.  When we see a Mom that comes in as a team manager, 99.9% of the time it is a quick and easy check in process.  We never have to track their teams dow

It has already been a great morning after a pretty long night.  After getting out of the rink just after midnight, Mike and I hit up the local Boston Pizza for a late night snack before getting back to the hotel for a few hours of sleep so that we were energized and ready to go for what undoubtedly will be a big day of hockey here at the Hockey House in Langley!  Of course, today is also Mother's Day!  For the last 4 years, I have been away on Mother's Day because it is right in the middle

It's 8:33am and games here at the Hershey Center have not started yet, but I refuse to get the "blog reminder" text from Joe again.  I was going to get to it but the guys in Langley and "The Lou" are showing me up right now, so it's my turn. In all honesty, yesterday was a pretty exciting day of hockey.  The first game of the tournament was a shootout as Ehhh Canada played the Mississauga Rattlers to a 3-3 tie at the end of regulation in the midget division.  Speaking of shootouts and the mid

The Codeine Cowboys have grabbed the top seed with one game remaining against the Tour Rage.  The Cowboys have made the run through the ranks with some timely scoring and big saves.  Those saves have come from Alex Frisk, one of the top female goalies in North America.  Alex has participated in past events with the Tour Roadrunners and may make her first TORHS2Hot4Ice Nationals appearance this year.  We are all hoping to see this bright face running around Taylor come June. As far as the oth