Two
Mad Dogs Teams Win Junior Olympics!! '93 Team Repeats
as Champions, '95 Team Also Wins Gold
Between July 3rd and July
12th, four Mad Dogs teams competed in the prestigious
AAU Junior Olympic games at the Feasterville
Sportsplex near Philadelphia. Half of those
teams returned home with gold medals, adding to the
club's numerous national championships and cementing
its status as one of the premier inline hockey clubs
on the east coast. The '93 Mad Dogs followed up their
2008 gold medal performance by winning the U16A division
championship and going undefeated throughout the entire
tournament. Alex Grose scored the winning
goal against Pennsylvania's "Mission Fusion Stealth"
team on a rebound in the championship game, giving the
'93s a 2-1 lead that held up until the final buzzer
sounded. In the U14AA division, the '95 Mad Dogs won
the Tier II championship after outscoring the Tour Back
Diamonds of El Paso, Texas, by a 6-3 score.
The tournament began for
the Mad Dogs Hockey Club when the U10 team opened play
on July 3-6, 2009. The U10 team split its round robin
games and ended up seeded 3rd out of eight AA/AAA elite-level
teams going into the playoffs, before being eliminated
by Team Canada. Eight Mad Dogs scored points in the
tournament, led by Alec Cordova's 9-point
effort (7G, 2A), and 5-point performances by Ben
Bayer (4G, 1A), Dylan Brink
(5G) and Billy Shand (5A). Carter
Grose (3G, 1A), Andrew Frister
(2G), Trent DeNuccio (2G, 2A), and
Carl Kline (1A) also tallied for the
U10s. In the individual Skills Competition, U10 Mad
Dog Robbie Baldwin won the Fastest
Skater award and a nice new pair of skates from tournament
sponsor Tour
Hockey.
The Mad Dogs '95 team
and the defending Junior Olympic champion Mad Dog '93
team began competition on July 9th and ended their first
day undefeated. The '95s began with a 6:45 a.m. game
against the Mission Wolverines '95 team from Colorado,
and the Mad Dogs started slowly, falling behind 3-0
quickly. Despite the early hour and having only seven
skaters, the '95 Mad Dogs seemed to finally wake up
and tied the score at 3-3 before having another lapse
that put them behind by a 5-3 margin late in the game.
But again the '95s refused to give up, tying the score
at 5-5 with about a minute left in the game, and then
winning it 6-5 on a David Baldwin rebound
with 33 seconds remaining. Mad Dog '95 Evan
Owens scored a hat trick, David Baldwin
added two key goals, and Ian jonesi
added another.
U14s David Baldwin
and Nicky Grose had little time to
rest, as they did double duty and played up an age group
in the immediately following game for the '93 Mad Dogs,
a strong 11-3 "mercy" win over the Pittsburgh
"Mission Fusion" U16 team. Matt Midgely
led the '93s with a hat trick, while Adam Ware
tallied two goals and Andrew Baron
recorded three assists. The '93s also won an afternoon
game against the Mission Fusion Stealth team by a narrow
5-4 score, a game that saw Andrew Baron
and Alex Grose each register two goals.
After the '95 Mad Dogs'
morning game, they participated in the U14 Skills Competition.
Ian Jonesi went 3-for-3 in the shootout
competition and beat almost 50 other skaters to win
the competition, while the trio of Goalie Dani
Hannan, Trevor Mack, and Devin
Brink took second place in the "King-of-the-Rink"
iron man competition, losing in sudden death to a Black
Ice '94/'95 team.
On July 10th, the '93 Mad
Dogs continued to roll in the A Division, racking up
mercy-shortened wins over the Silicon Valley (Northern
California) Quakes (9-1) and the Reebok Jr. Ducks White
team from Southern California (8-0), while the '92 Mad
Dogs notched their first victory in the elite AAA division
by a 6-1 score against the Phoenix (Arizona) Dragons
before falling to the Tour Excitement '92 team later
in the day and ultimately being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, the '95 Mad Dogs played a mirror image of
their first game, opening an early 3-1 lead but then
letting Pittsburgh's "Tour Bandits" team climb
back in and overtake the Mad Dogs by a 6-4 final score.
On July 11th, the '95 Mad
Dogs played a great game against the older '94 Mission
Wolverines from Colorado but fell 5-1, then bounced
back and won their final round robin game over the Silicon
Valley Quakes by a nailbiting 6-5 score. In the semi-final
game against the Tour Bandits, the Mad Dogs got two
goals and an assist from Julian Cronan,
a goal and an assist from Nicky Grose
and Devin Brink, and a goal from Evan
Owens. The '95s were down two men during the
last minutes of the game due to penalty calls, but Goalie
Dani Hannan and the Mad Dogs defense
was stellar as they hung on to win 4-3 and set themselves
up for a championship match against the Tour Black Diamonds.
The July 12th championship
U14 game scoring started quickly and favorably, as Mad
Dog '95 Julian Cronan fired a hard
low shot short side past a stunned Tour Black Diamond
goalie less than eight seconds after the opening faceoff.
Cronan slammed home another goal less than two minutes
later, and Trevor Mack and David
Baldwin added goals not long aftert that. The
Mad Dogs, however, squandered their 4-0 lead and found
themselves on their heels with only a 4-3 lead early
in the second period. But the Mad Dogs bounced back
and got insurance goals from Trevor Mack
and Ian Jonesi, who assisted on each
other's goals, and the '95s won the championship by
a 6-3 margin.
Great job Mad Dogs; nice
way to end the 2009 season!
10U
Mad Dogs at AAU Junior Olympics Feasterville,
PA (July 3-6, 2009)
June 29, 2009
U12
Team Takes Silver at 2Hot4Ice Nationals
On June 26-28, 2009, the
U12 Mad Dogs shined en route to a silver medal in the
highest level of competition (the Platinum Division)
at the 2Hot4Ice National Championships held at the Dream
Sports Center in Apex (Raleigh), North
Carolina. The U12s lost only one of its four round robin
games, tying the always tough Team Carolina squad 2-2,
beating the Carolina Tsunami 6-1 and the Carolina Fusion
97s by a 4-2 margin, and then fell short in the championship
game to the Richmond Rattlers. In addition to great
team play, the U12 Mad Dogs had five skaters who took
1st or 2nd place in the individual Skills Competition,
Charlie Berry, Logan Nasr, Kyle Eng, Luke Benitez,
and Tyler Folts. Kudos also went to
Alex DeYoung for having the Best Save
Percentage by a 12U Goalie and to Jack Klerekoper
for Most Goals and Assists by a 12U player. Great job
guys!
12U
Mad Dogs Earn Silver Medals at 2Hot4Ice National Championships Raleigh, NC (June
26-28, 2009)
Back Row:
Coach Folts, Logan Nasr, Austin
Heiden, Zack Kozero, Kyle Eng, Tyler Folts, Asst. Coach
Eng
Middle Row:
Charlie Berry, Jack Klerekoper,
Luke Benitez, Zack Regester, Max Guidry Front Row:
Goalies Alex DeYoung and Nigel
Walton
May 18, 2009
Mad
Dogs Face Fierce Foes in Feasterville
On May 16-17, 2009, eight very competitive
U16 teams participated in an Amateur
Athletic Union (AAU) regional tournament
at the Feasterville
Sportsplex near Philadelphia. Other than
the Mad Dogs, all the teams hailed from from Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, a hotbed of elite inline teams. The
Mad Dogs '92 team lost two very close round robin games
and, thus, ended up qualifying for the lower bracket
playoffs. The '92s faced Tour Breakaway in the championship
game and tied it at 2-2, forcing an overtime. Gordy
Bonnel scored in overtime, sealing the gold
medal for the '92s.
The U10 Mad Dogs also entered the regional
tournament looking for some stiff competition and they
were not disappointed. The U10s faced great competition
in round robin play from Feasterville's own "Mission
Assault" team, New Jersey's "Flash" and
central New Jersey's "Howell Hawks." The Mad
Dogs showed the Mission Assault what Virginia hockey
is all about with a sound 8-1 total team victory in
which every Mad Dog scored a goal or recorded an assist.
The Mad Dogs then came up against some awesome speed
against the Flash, who jumped to a 3-0 first period
lead. However, the Mad Dogs showed a lot of heart and
battled back to end the contest at a 3-3 tie. Up next
was the Howell Hawks, who also jumped off to a 3-0 lead.
The Mad Dogs battled back, but eventually fell in the
waning minutes by a score of 5-3. The U10s missed participating
in the championship game by means of the 4th tie breaker:
goals scored. The Flash recorded a total of 15 goals
to the Mad Dogs 14. It was a great weekend. The U10
Mad Dogs showed great character by battling back and
trusting in team play. Great Job guys!
12U
Mad Dogs Battle the Richmond Rattlers at 2Hot4Ice Regionals Midlothian (Richmond),
VA (May 9-10, 2009)
May 4, 2009
Mad
Dogs Check the Right Box in Chantilly
On May 2-3, 2009, the ‘93 Mad
Dogs won the U16 TORHS
Regional championships at The
Box Inline Hockey rink in Chantilly, Virginia,
while the U8 Mad Dogs remained undefeated this season
and also took home a gold medal. The ‘92 Mad Dogs
team earned the U16 silver medal in its championship
game loss to the younger ‘93 Mad Dogs team, and
the ‘94 and ‘95 Mad Dogs teams played hard
but fell short in their bids to qualify for the U12
championship game. The '95s beat the '94s by a 7-5 score,
but then played much of their remaining games shorthanded,
as they were penalized often while trying to adjust
to the TORHS style of hockey, which allows significant
body contact just short of checking (unlike a more finesse
non-contact style allowed in AAU and most other tournaments).
The red hot U8 team kept up its blemish-free
season with 4-1 and 8-2 round robin wins over the Richmond
Rattler Black team, 5-1 and 3-2 wins over the Richmond
Rattlers Orange team, and a convincing 6-1 win over
the Rattlers Orange team in the championship game. Kevin
Rose was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in
the U8 division and Austin Callens
was named the U8 Most Valuable Goalie (MVG).
The ‘93 Mad Dogs, last
year’s AAU Junior Olympics national champions,
lost its opening round robin game to the ‘92 Mad
Dogs, but beat the Potomac Mavericks and the Mad Dogs
U16 Blue team to qualify for the championship game,
a rematch against the ‘92 Mad Dogs. In the championship,
the ‘93s took a 1-0 lead but three unanswered
goals by the ‘92s put the ‘93s back on their
heels. The ‘92s third goal sparked a second wind
from the ‘93s, who then dominated the scoring
and closed out a 6-4 upset.
Click here
to see all of the TORHS regional results.
Thirty-Eight
Former and Current Mad Dogs Selected by Elite Travel
Ice Hockey Teams
The smoke has cleared over the tryouts
for Virginia's premier travel ice hockey club, and 35
current or former Mad Dogs were selected to play next
season for the Washington
Junior Nationals, Washington
Junior Capitals, or Washington
Little Capitals teams. Also, three current
Mad Dogs were selected to play for the Team
Maryland elite AAA travel ice hockey program.
Many players from these clubs go on to play for top
college teams and even professionally.
On the roster
of the Jr. Nationals -- the region's premier
Jr. A team -- are eight former and current Mad Dogs:
Bill Bock, Joe Duquette, Alex Guerere, Pat Kerbuski,
Max Lorenzen, Chris Merrick, Chase Ainesworth,
and Patrick Salkind.
Dominating the Jr.
Capitals roster are Mad Dogs alumni Brian
Bock, Tony Cordova, Seve Cordova and Dylan
Talbot, in addition to current Mad Dogs Justin
Lucus, Min Yoon, Tanner Jones, Brent Lafayette,
and Alex Clark.
The U16
Little Caps roster features former Mad
Dogs Tom Cyrnak and Peter Veltri,
along with current Mad Dogs Adam Ware, Connor
Meike, and Julian Kell. The
U14
Little Caps roster includes current Mad
Dogs Devin Brink, Julian Cronan, Kevin McDonald,
Justin Mendoza and Charlie Shepard.
Former Mad Dogs Tanner Cochran and
Grant Dickinson also made the squad.
Former Mad Dogs goalie T.J. Hollen
and current Mad Dog Logan Nasr were
selected for the U13
Little Caps roster. The U12
Little Caps roster includes former Mad
Dogs Alex Limoges, Nick Haeff, and
Garrett Forest, while current Mad Dogs
Trent Denuccio and Chace Shepard
are on the roster
for the U10 squad, the youngest Little
Caps team.
Selected for Team Maryland's AAA U16
squad next season were Sam Buck, Max Greenwald,
and Chris Stauffer. This team promises
to be one of the strongest AAA U16 teams in the east
next season. Buck, Greenwald, and Stauffer
currently play for the Mad Dogs '94 team.
Congratulations to all the former and
current Mad Dogs
April 20, 2009
Mad
Dogs Shots Echo Throughout Winchester
On April 18-19, 2009, three Mad Dogs
teams competed in the East
Coast Hockey Organization (ECHO) Regional
Championships at the Sportsplex
in Winchester, Virginia, and, when all
the results were in, the Mad Dogs came
home with two gold medals and one silver. The U8 and
U10 teams went undefeated in contests against the Richmond
Rattlers, and the U16 Blue team beat the eventual champion
Richmond Rattler Black team and the Maryland Thrashers
before being edged out by the Rattlers Black team in
the championship game by a razor-thin 2-1 margin. Keep
racking up those medals guys!
March 29, 2009
Mad
Dogs Open Fire in Winchester
On the weekend of March
27-29, 2009, the Mad Dogs opened their 2009 season on
a high note when seven Mad Dogs teams competed in the
Coastal
Cup Regional Tournament at the Sportsplex
in Kernstown (Winchester), Virginia, and four teams
came home with medals. Highest honors went to the Mad
Dogs '95 White team led by Head Coach Marc Cronan,
who went undefeated and won the 14U Gold Division championship.
The Mad Dogs '94 (14U) and 12U teams won Silver Division
championships and the 10U team took second place, while
in the 16U bracket the '92 team (who earlier tied eventual
champion Team Carolina) took third place and the '93
team placed fourth.
The '95 White team began the tournament
in a civil war against their '94 Mad Dogs brethren.
The '95s took an early 1-0 lead, but the '94s struck
back with three unanswered goals and it looked like
the older Mad Dogs had unstoppable momentum. The '95s
refused to wilt and ultimately tied the score at 3-3
despite being short-handed for significant stretches,
including a long two-man advantage for the '94s. The
game ended in a 3-3 tie, and both teams still had high
hopes for making it to the upper (Gold) division playoffs.
The '95s then beat their long-time rival, the always-tough
Richmond Rattlers ('94/'95 Orange) team, by a 5-1 margin,
and then in a workmanlike manner they took care of Team
Carolina by a 9-5 score. The '95s won their final round
robin game against the Mad Dogs 14U Blue team by an
8-1 tally and advanced to the Gold Division championship
game as the top seed out of the five 14U teams. The
championship was a rematch against the Richmond Rattlers,
and in this Second
Battle of Kernstown the Rattlers kept it
close the entire game. With less than a minute to go,
the Rattlers pulled their goalie to try and close a
2-1 deficit, but '95 Mad Dog Nicky Grose
stole the puck at mid-rink and sealed the victory for
the Mad Dogs with an empty net goal. Goalie Dani
Hannan won most valuable 14U Mad Dog player
for the tournament.
12U
Mad Dogs Win Silver Division at Coastal Cup Regional
Tournament Winchester, VA
(March 28-29, 2009)
12U
Mad Dogs Zach Regester, Logan Nasr, and Max Guidry Swarm the Net
at Coastal Cup Regional Tournament Winchester, VA
(March 28-29, 2009)
10U
Mad Dogs Win Silver Medal at
Coastal Cup Regional Tournament Winchester, VA
(March 28-29, 2009)
March 4, 2009
Mad
Dogs Tryouts Completed!
On February 20, 2009,
the Mad Dogs held tryouts for the 2009 season at The
Box Inline Hockey rink in Chantilly, Virginia.
The tryouts were a resounding success, with players
from distant places such as Pennsylvania, North Carolina,
and the far reaches of eastern Maryland and central
Virginia joining the many Washington, D.C. area players
who tried out.
Most of the teams have chosen their
rosters, which we have posted below. We will post the
remaining rosters as soon as they are available. Congratulations
to all of the new and returning Mad Dogs and thanks
to everyone for attending tryouts!!
Please note that several teams may
be adding players and/or alternates, so the rosters
posted below may be revised.
Mad
Dogs 2009 Team Rosters
U8 Team ('00, '01)
Callens, Austin (G)
Hogan, Jack
McMahon, Mason
Pentek, Tegan
Rose, Kevin
Smarelli, Anthony
Tayler, Ethan
Young, Landon
Agena, A.J.
Baldwin, Robby
Bayer, Ben
Brink, Dylan
Cordova, Alec
DeNuccio, Trent
Frister, Andrew
Grose, Carter
Kline, Carl
Shand, Billy
Shepard, Chace
Herslow, Jake (G)
Baldwin, Eric
Baron, Andrew
Diner, Chris
Grose, Alex
Kinslow, Kirby
Midgley, Matt
Nolan, Tyler
Ware, Adam
Warner, Mike
Benda, Alex (G)
Jones, Tanner (G)
Alternates:
Delaney, Parker
Guerere, Alex
Keuroglian, Raffi
Lee, Andrew
Reist, Michael
Talbot, Dylan
Tryouts for the 2009 Mad Dogs teams
are set for Friday night, February 20, 2009, at The Box inline hockey rink in Chantilly,
Virginia, at the following times:
Tryout
times on February 20th:
U8 Team ('00, '01)
- 6:30 p.m.
U10 Team ('98, '99) - 6:30 p.m.
U12 Team ('96, '97) -7:30 p.m.
'95 Team (U14) - no tryouts
U14 Team ('94, '95) - 7:30 p.m.
'93 Team (U16) - 10:30 p.m.
'92 Team ('U16) - no tryouts
U16 Blue Team ('92,'93) - 10:30 p.m.
U18 Team ('90, '91) - 10:30 p.m.
U21 Team ('87, '88, '89) - no tryouts
Note that although the '95 Team is not
having a tryout, any interested '95 or '94 players may
try out for the U14 Team, which is expected to be a
very strong team (i.e., this is not a "B"
team). Note also that the ’92 Team is not having
tryouts but is looking for one or perhaps two additional
elite-level players. If interested, contact Steve
Baldwin at scbaldwin@comcast.net.
The U21 Team also is not having a tryout. Anyone interested
in playing for the U21 Team should contact Sandy
Witt at redroc26@aol.com.
We are aware that there are Northern
Virginia Scholastic Hockey League (NVSHL)
high school ice hockey playoffs early in the evening
on February 20th, which is why we scheduled the U16
and U18 tryouts late in the evening (at 10:30 p.m.).
If a U14 player wants to come to tryouts but has a conflict
with an NVSHL playoff game, he can come to the 10:30
p.m. session by contacting Steve Baldwin
in advance at scbaldwin@comcast.net.
If for some reason a player cannot make
any tryout session but really wants to play, some Mad
Dog teams will take players later, but you need to contact
Steve Baldwin at scbaldwin@comcast.net.
Good luck to everyone at tryouts!
January 10, 2009
Mad
Dogs Gear Up for 2009 Season
After a highly successul 2008 season
that saw Mad Dog teams win several inline hockey national
championships and many regional championships, the Mad
Dogs are optimistically preparing for the quickly approaching
2009 campaign. Coaches have been selected (see below)
and tryout dates will be announced very shortly. Tryouts
are expected to be in late January or February atThe Box inline hockey rink in Chantilly,
Virginia, and many Mad Dog teams likely will begin competing
in tournaments in March, just as soon as the travel
ice hockey season ends. Mad Dogs inline skaters currently
are playing on some of the east coast's strongest travel
ice hockey teams, including the Washington
Little Capitals, Team
Maryland, Ashburn
Xtreme, Reston
Raiders, and on varsity teams in the Northern
Virginia Scholastic Hockey League (NVSHL).
All of the highlights from
last season, including team photos and videos, can be
found in the 2008
Archives link on the left. Below, however,
are two of the most notable videos, showing the 1993
team, led by Coach Peter Grose, winning
the 14U AA Tier I Division at the prestigious AAU Junior
Olympics in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. Also below is
a music video of the '95
Mad Dogs, led by Coach Marc Cronan,
on their way to a gold medal at
the May 10-11, 2008 2Hot4Ice regional
championship in Richmond, VA.
In the
coming weeks prior to the beginning of the 2009 season,
prospective and returning Mad Dog players should make
sure that their equipment fits and is in good working
condition. Please visit our sponsors, Pro-Fit
Ski and Skate and Play
It Again Sports, both in Leesburg, Virginia,
to get discounts on equipment (tell them you are with
the Mad Dogs). Also, check out the Mad
Dogs apparel store to buy merchandise to
show your team spirit.
Watch
the music video below showing the '93 Mad Dogs
winning the 2008 AAU
Junior Olympics
Watch
the music video below showing the '95 Mad Dogs
winning the May 10-11,
2008 2Hot4Ice tournament in Richmond, VA
Team managers needing
to order uniforms should contact John Pellegrino at
800-830-0753 or 610-833-5513 or Mark Yeager at myeager@acejerseys.com.
Sizing information can be obtained at acejerseys.com
or by e-mail at info@acejerseys.com
The
Mad Dogs are the Capitol area’s leading travel
inline club, with teams consistently winning regional
championships and now numerous national championships.
With coaches from the Ashburn Xtreme, Reston Raiders,
Washington Little Capitals, and other top travel
ice hockey clubs, the Mad Dogs offer the highest
quality inline hockey in the region.
Steve
Baldwin
Administrator,
Mad Dogs Inline Hockey Club
"If
you’re looking for a first rate inline club,
you don’t need to look any further than the
Mad Dogs" Washington
Capitals Owner
Ted Leonsis
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