We had three regional qualifying tournaments this weekend in San Jose, Raleigh, and Colorado Springs. Mike Vickerman is from Colorado, so it made the most sense to let him stay in his home state and work that event. Unfortunately he came down the flu, but still battled through it and represented NARCh at SIHA. Alex and Itan traveled across the country to North Carolina. From the looks of it online they had a lot of fun and ran a great tournament.I was fortunate enough to catch what was su
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Four to eight inches of snow, winter storm warnings, and NARCh are here in Colorado Springs this weekend. We managed to get five games played Friday night before the storm got in.Saturday turned out to be a great day of wind, snow, and hockey here at the CET Inline Hockey Arena. The 12U division saw eight teams battling out for the chance to head to Toronto for finals. In the end the Warriors would face off against the Red Hawks. The Red Hawks are one of the top teams here, and were to much f
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We had a great time this weekend at Dreamsports Center in North Carolina. A special thanks to Steve and his staff, as they had things buttoned up for us once we got here. They run this rink very well!NARCh Cub Division – All of the players 6 and under that play at the rink came for a mini tournament, where they split into 3 teams. They all played in 3 games, and had a great time doing it (but you have to take a look at the pictures on the Facebook page… the kids are really cute, and so
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by Alex Morrison When you think of the Carolinas in the spring, you might have visions of serenity, flowers starting to bloom, quiet breezes blo.... yeah, we have none of that here! This is a NARCh Qualifier weekend, and we have just the opposite. It is 9am, we are into our 3rd game on each rink, music is blasting, people are screaming, kids are skating... yeah, no peace and quiet here! The Cub (6u) Division started this morning, with some really awesome kids excited to hit the floor. They
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by Alex Morrison It is almost the end of a long day here in the Raleigh area, and we have seen a day full of a combination of close games and lopsided ones. We know that tomorrow's playoff games will have a much better chance of being close, as some of the teams that had a tougher time today will face off against one another trying to make their respective divisions' Silver Final. Itan had written about the other divisions earlier, but now the Pee Wee (14u) and the combined Midget/Men's Divisi
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By Alvin Do San Jose Mid-Day Update One year ago today was when I started working for NARCh and what a year it has been. I remember I was sitting here in thus very seat typing away my first blog for the NARCh.com website. In the last year I can reflect on my experiences and say that they were memorable. It has been a privilege to contribute to such a great organization. With that being said, the atmosphere in San Jose is electric, great hockey being played on three rinks, food smells absolu
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by Itan Chavira After long travels from California to North Carolina, we raced to the rink to set things up and tried to find something to eat. It was impossible to find a place to sit, since the North Carolina Tar Heels were playing in the NCAA tournament on the big screen. Then we took a trip back to the airport to get our bags that didn't make the connecting flight. Such is the way of life for us! The 8 and unders have started, as have the 12u(Squirt) and 16u(Bantam) divisions. The P
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By Casey Wedge Saturday Morning at the Silver Creek Sportsplex Morning games here are underway here at the Silver Creek Sportsplex in San Jose with Squirts and Bantams leading the charge. Games are nonstop throughout the day and as more and more teams check in the rink is filling up quickly. With right around 40 teams playing this weekend and tight competition in each division we’re expecting some pretty close games. However, in their first round-robin match up of the tournament the R
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