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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Day 4 recapThe last day would prove to be the most exciting day of them
all. We would start off with the final games in the
round robin of the Pee Wee AA Select division. This was a very competitive division as no team finished perfect in the round
robin. The closest would be the 1 and 2 seeds, 949 Anarchy Red and Reebok Jr Ducks Eschelon respectively, who both finished
2-0-1 with their tie coming against each other. Tour Raw Steel OG 96 had only 1 win in the round robin and came in as the
4th seed. They would have to battle the 5th seeded Reebok Jr Ducks Kryptonics in order to get a chance to face off the highly
powerful 949 Anarchy. They would eventually overpower Kryptonics and move on to battle 949. The game would go back and forth
but Raw Steel scored last and won 3-2 to move to the final. Tour Outcasts finished 0-2-1 in round robin and took the 6th seed.
They then had to battle the 3rd seeded Labeda XDH. They would score 3 goals in the first 3 minutes enroute to an 8-3 win and
a faceoff against the 2nd seeded Ducks Eschelon. The Outcasts momentum would not last losing 5-2. Tour Raw Steel against Ducks
Eschelon. The dream matchup. Kunichika vs Arsenault. This was one of the best games of the tournament but someone had to win.
The Raw Steel held on to a 4-3 lead late in the game to secure the title. Pee Wee A Select would see Reebok HB, 949 Anarchy, Eschelon Puckhogs & Ducks Hyper all
make the semis. Both semis would finish 2-1 with the 1 seed (Reebok HB) and the 3rd seed (Puckhogs) moving into the finals.
The game would end 3-3 in regulation. Overtime would come and go with zero goals. Onto the shootout. Reebok HB goaltender
stood on his head to defeat the Puckhogs and finish with the 1st place banner. Pee Wee A Elite would see a dominating performance by the Mission Raiders finishing with
18 goals for and 5 goals against int he round robin and a 3-0 record. They would continue their dominance in the semis taking
it to the Yuma Blaze 7-4. The High Rollers, who came in as the 4th seed, were just coming to have fun. They finished with
13 GF and 10 GA in round robin. They would be matched up against an undefeated & powerful SD Stingrays team who also went
3-0 and a 17 GF and 3 GA performance in RR. The High Rollers had no chance. They would have to beat the 1 & 2 seeds to
take home the title. Here is why they play the game. They would have better goaltending in the playoffs. They would have better
defense in the playoffs. They would play as a team. They handed the Stingrays their first defeat 3-1. The final would be the
last game of the day. That still couldn't stop the Rollers. They would play even more solid defense shutting out the Raiders
2-0 in the final. Midget A would see both Raw Steel
clubs as the 1 and 2 seeds. The Stingrays would come out as the 4th seed while the SD Selects would take the 3rd seed. Both
teams would be victorious in the first round of the playoffs beating Labeda XDH and Rubin respectively. The Selects would
not stop their as they steamrolled the Raw Steel 92's. The Raw Steel Selects would have a great performance from their goalie
in the semis winning 3-0 over the Rays. Raw Steel and Selects would face off in the final. Too much Haar and Shannon as the
Raw Steel took hom the trophy 6-3. Midget AA would
see our first 1-0 semi final game of the finals. The Mission Raiders (1st seed, 2-0-2) would beat the Pama Prospects even
though their goalie had some car problems. AKS 91/92 would make easy work of the 2nd seeded Reebok HB 8-2. Mission Raiders
and AKS 91/92 would play 24 stop time minutes with the score tied 3-3 after the regulation periods. OT would be scoreless
as well and another shootout to determine the champs. AKS would prove to be the better team in shootout winning 4-3. The finals was a great event. Thank you to Nabeel with Revision
Hockey, Labeda, Tour, EFX Performance as well as everyone at the 949 Roller Hockey Center. They did a great job with everything.
Hope to see you in the 2010-2011 season!!!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Day 3 recapToday was littered with Revision Skills competition's, playoff
games and championship games. Let's just say it did not disappoint! 
We will provide the list of Revision Skills competition
winners with the results from Monday as the Pee Wee division skills competition takes place. We would crown champions in the Atom, Mite A, Mite AA, Squirt A Select, Squirt A Elite, Squirt
AA & Pee Wee Elite divisions. The Atom
division was just fun to watch. When it was all said and done it would come down to 3 teams....Reebok HB, 949 Anarchy AAA
& Reebok Jr Ducks Eschelon. The Ducks and Reebok HB would be the 2 and 3 seeds while the Anarchy waited anxiously. Even
though the teams tied in the round robin today would be a much different story as the Ducks dominated HB 8-3 heading to the
final. The Ducks were defeated in round robin by the Anarchy in a shootout 9-6. The teams would battle to the very end as
the Ducks score late and last and defeat the powerful Anarchy 4-3. Mite A would feature AKS 2000 and West Covina High Rollers. Both teams had a tough road to the final and played to
a pack crowd. The High Rollers started out fierce and would not let up as AKS could not get anything going. Team AKS 2000
was given the first ever WIHA "Perseverance Award". This is given to the team with more determination than anyone
else playing WIHA. Congrats to both squads. Mite
AA would come down to a couple of goals separating all 4 teams. Both semi final games would be decided at the very end with
one game going into a shootout. Thousand Oaks would prevail in that game and would be battling the 949 Anarchy who defeated
the Reebok Jr Ducks Eschelon 3-1. 949 (who was the first seed) scored a couple of quick ones early and took home the WIHA
crown beating the Bruins 6-2 Squirt A Select would
see a very determined 949 Anarchy team come to play. They finished 4th in the round robin (9th overall) but got hot at the
right time. The soundly defeated Reebok HB but would then have to battle the 1st seeded Thousand Oaks Bruins. 949 seemed
like a team of destiny as they would hand the Bruins an unexpected loss 4-3 and advance to the final. On the other side of
the spectrum the Puckhogs were gaining their own momentum. They would narrowly defeat Team Redline 3-2 to advance. Team Redline
represented Nor Cal very well and wanted to thank them for participating. 949 Anarchy's luck would run out in the final as
the Puckhogs hung on to win 4-2. Squirt A Elite featured
some great games. The first two playoff games were won late in the second period and both by 1 goal. The Ducks Hyper, who
finished 2-0-1 in the round robin would come up short against their counterparts Ducks Kryptonics 3-2. The Tour Raw Steel
were steamrolling along as they compiled a 2-0-1 while winning their first playoff game 8-4 over the Blades 99. The Raw Steel
could not be defeated could they? Mishk Drury broke down some film on the Kunichika lead Steel putting them in check 6-0.
Squirt AA would see all 6 teams get at least 1 point
and only 1 won all 3 round robin games. The final 4 would come down to the end as both the 5th (Devil Dogs) and 6th (949 Anarchy)
seeds almost upset to get to semis but both fell just short. Nick Boyarsky's Outcasts outlasted the Blade 98 4-3 while the
RBK Jr Ducks Eschelon would hold the San Diego Selects in check 4-1. Both teams would put the pedal to the metal scoring 12
goals in the final. Outcasts scored late to stay in the driver seat and win the title 7-5. Pee Wee AA Elite would see the top 14U teams in the South West. Tour Raw Steel Selects had a tough
round robin as they finished 0-2-1. They would lose two games 3-2 and tie the other to finish with 6 GS & 8 GA. The 1
seed was the Joe Cook lead Rink Rat Split 95. They would finish 3-0 in round robin but it sure wasn't easy. The Rink Rat and
AZ Phylers would meet in round robin with the 'Rats' winning 6-4. They would meet in the final. We played two periods but
a winner could not be decided as regulation ended 4-4. We would then play an overtime period. Result? A Tie....still. We would
need a shootout to decide the championship. Rink Rat goaltender was much too strong stopping all 3 out of 4 Phyler shots.
Tomorrow brings us 5 more championships....Pee Wee
A Select, Pee Wee A Elite, Pee Wee AA Select, Midget A and Midget AA divisions. See you at the rink!!!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
WIHA Finals Day 1 & Day 2 recapDay 1 recapThe Bantam A,
Bantam AA and Junior divisions would start the WIHA finals Friday night schedule. The 949 Roller Hockey Center is on fire!
Bantam A would see Reebok Jr Ducks Kryptonics and
Reebok Jr Ducks Hyper go undefeated in the first 3 round robin games both going 3-0. This is a wide open division as out of
the 9 games played on Friday the largest margin of victory would be 4 goals. Bantam AA would see Tour Raw Steel 94 OG (3-0), Reebok Jr Ducks Eschelon (2-0-1) and San Diego
Select (1-0-2) all lead the pack after the first day. Again, no mercies and nothing but great games! The Juniors is just a great division with some of the best hockey players in the world playing.
We would play 6 games on this night and even saw a 10-7 football score between Reebok Jr Ducks Eschelon and Pama Prospects
as Prospects star John Siemer shattered the glass on a wicked slapshot. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!!! Day 2 recap We would crown three WIHA champions today! The Bantam A, Bantam AA and
Junior divisions would all be finished. The Atoms,
Mites and Squirt A division would begin the day. The atoms are so fun to watch and with 5 teams in this tournament it would
be some great competition as well. Also starting today would be Squirt AA, Pee Wee A, Pee Wee AA Elite and the Midget AA divisions.
First off to the Championship results. The Bantam A division would see the top 4 teams make it to the playoffs.
Reebok Jr Ducks Hyper would secure the top seed while Labeda XDH. Reebok Jr Ducks Kryptonics and Mission Raiders would round
out the top 4. The WIHA points leader, West Covina High Rollers Black, failed to make it to the playoffs finishing with 3
points but falling short on goals allowed. The 2nd seeded XDH took advantage of a undisciplined Ducks Kryptonics team to easily
beat them 6-1 while the Raiders hung on to beat the 1st seed Ducks Hyper. Labeda would come out strong and take an early lead
and keep the puck away from the Raiders taking home the WIHA title 4-1 The Bantam AA division would feature 7 of the best teams in California. Tour Raw Steel OG 94 would finish the round
robin with a 3-0-1 record and the top seed. Reebok Jr Ducks Eschelon, Rink Rat Split 94 & San Diego Select would advance
to playoffs. The Selects and Raw Steel would battle in the semis in a penalty filled game that went into overtime and then
a shootout. The Selects would prevail 6-5 and advance. The Ducks Eschelon would fight off a pesky Rink Rat Split 94 6-4 to
face off against the Selects. The Selects must have ran out of gas as they hit a brick wall in the Ducks as the Ducks dominated
5-1 The Junior division would see AKS 88 and Reebok
Jr Ducks Eschelon meet in the final. I can tell you first had that the game was great as I reffed it. The speed and agility
of these players is amazing. Junior Cadiz is just fun to watch. The strength of Strech is incredible. Barber is as fast as
I have seen. The game was fast and had a slew of great goals. Eschelon would get a late goal to take a 5-3 lead. AKS 88 quickly
scored to bring it to 5-4. AKS fiercely attacked but just fell short of the title. More great hockey to come tomorrow!!!
12:52 am pdt
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Updates...In addition to the scheduling being posted, we have posted the West Covina schedule and bracket results. We also updated the
season standings. See where your team sits!
12:00 am pdt
Monday, June 14, 2010
JUDGEMENT DAY!!!It is finally here! The WIHA Finals will be held this Friday, June 18th through Monday, June 21st at 949 Roller Hockey Center
in Irvine. The smell of new champions will be in the air! Click here for the schedule! Thank you for a great season! See you in Irvine!!!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
West Covina scheduleHere is the schedule for this weekend's event in West Covina. Click here if you would like to follow along with printable brackets. Have fun and get ready for the Finals!!!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Register now for WIHA Finals!!!This Wednesday (June 9th ) is the deadline for finals registration. 
Do not miss out on the finals. This year the WIHA finals will be sponsored by Revision. We will have
giveaways with every skills competition plus free raffle throughout the event. We will do everything possible to make sure
all players still in school play after school is out. Please reach out to Trish at info@westerninlinehockey.com
Monday, May 31, 2010
AAU's Iron FistHere is tournament director extraordinaire Matt "Diddle" Didier. 
Matt has worked his way up the ranks from scorekeeper, officiating and now working on the big stage as a TD. Great
job Matt. Keep up the good work!
Las Vegas Aces take it home!!!The Bantam A Aces finished 5th in the round robin but with some solid goaltending from Brandon Corsatea they beat High
Rollers 3-0 in the final.  Congratulations!
Raw Steel Championship party!!!The Tour Raw Steel program has locked up 4 AAU West Coast Championships. The Midget A group was the latest to take home the
title.  Congratulations to Tony, Bruce and the entire program.
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