On the weekend of May 10-11, 2008,
five Mad Dogs team traveled to the Richmond, Virginia
area to compete in the 2Hot4Ice Regional Championships,
and the Mad Dogs walked away with three gold medals
and two silvers. The '95 Mad Dogs (U12) White
team, the '93 Mad Dogs (U14), and the U8 Mad Dogs
won Gold Division championships, while the U16
Mad Dogs and '96 Mad Dogs (U12) took second place
in the Silver Division.
The '95 Mad Dogs started the day
at the Shooters
Sportsplex in Midlothian, the home
rink of the Richmond Rattlers, playing against
the '96 Mad Dogs. The '95 team prevailed 8-0 and
then faced the always tough '95 Richmond Rattlers.
The Mad Dogs outshot the Rattlers 27-17 but Rattler
goalie Trevor Dyke made an incredible number of
outstanding saves and the Rattlers prevailed 3-2.
The '95 Mad Dogs sealed their spot in the Gold
Division playoffs by trouncing DC Elite 8-0, and
then advanced to the championship game by beating
the '96 Richmond Rattlers by a 10-2 margin. The
championship game was a rematch with the '95 Rattlers,
and it was as hard fought as the first meeting
of the day. The Mad Dogs fell behind 2-0, but
Devin Brink put the Mad Dogs on the board when
he unleashed a pass from Ian Jonesi into the top
shelf. Justin Mendoza tied the game at 2-2, and
Devin Brink got the third goal, which turned out
to be the game winner. In outscoring its opponents
31-7 during the tournament, the '95 Mad Dogs got
balanced scoring and outstanding goaltending.
2Hot4Ice gave an award to Trevor Mack for most
goals (6) and to Justin Mendoza for most assists
(7), though every single '95 Mad Dog skater scored
multiple points and most got at least six points.
Goalie Daniyal Hannan was dynamite in net, notching
a 1.4 goals against average (GAA) for the tournament.
Hannan's goaltending was even
more remarkable considering that in addition to
the five games he played for the '95 team, he
also played another five games for the '93 Mad
Dogs. That's 10 games in one day!! The '93 Mad
Dogs started the tournament slowly, falling to
the Dream Sports Center (DSC) Dragons Red team
by a 9-6 score, but they rebounded to dominate
in wins over the Fairland Falcons (8-0) and the
Richmond Rattlers Orange team (9-1). In the semi-finals,
the '93 Mad Dogs beat a strong '94 Rattler team
by a 5-2 tally, setting up a rematch with the
DSC Dragons Red team in the championship. Although
exhausted from playing nine games already in one
day, goalie Daniyal Hannan held the Dragons in
check with great support from his teammates, and
the '93 Mad Dogs avenged their earlier loss by
beating the DSC Dragons 4-2 and winning the gold
medal. Overall, the '93 Mad Dogs outcored their
opponents by a 32-14 margin, even while using
a '95 goalie, and Adam Ware earned an award for
most points.
Meanwhile, with fewer teams in
the youngest age divisions, the U8 Mad Dogs played
both U8 and U10 teams in its round robin games,
beating the U10 Potomac Mavericks 4-3 and the
U8 Richmond Rattlers by a 10-5 score, and falling
only to the U10 Rattlers. In the final, the U8
Mad Dogs handled the U8 Rattlers again, this time
by a 7-1 score, giving the Mad Dogs the gold medal
and a happy ride back home to Northern Virginia.
'95
Mad Dogs Win the 2Hot4Ice Regional Championship Midlothian,
VA (May 10, 2008)
'96
Mad Dogs Take 2d Place at 2Hot4Ice Regional Championship Midlothian,
VA (May 10, 2008)
May 6, 2008
Video
Clips Wanted of Mad Dogs in Action
Mad
Dogs and Parents: If you are enjoying watching
the Mad Dogs in action on YouTube and want to
see more, please help by sending to the club's
webmaster any videos that you take at upcoming
tournaments. Whether you take video on a digital
still camera, camcorder, or even a cell phone,
just send any good clips to the
Webmaster, Gary Jonesi, atgjonesi@comcast.net.
Also, if you have suggestions for some good rockin'
music to accompany a collection of such video
clips, send the webmaster a copy of any legally
obtained music files (e.g., mp3s) and we'll
use all appropriate suggestions.
April 24, 2008
Limited
Time Only!! Order Mad Dogs Shorts
Several
teams are ordering Mad Dogs shorts from Ace Jerseys,
the same company that sells us our uniforms. Contact
your team manager as soon as possible if you are
interested. The more shorts that we order,
the better the price that we get, and we plan
to place the order in the next week or so.
The
shorts will have a design very similar to our
inline hockey pants, with your child's jersey
number on the front and the "dog chains"
running down the sides (see mock-up below), but
the material obviously will be softer than our
inline pants (like standard nylon/polyester shorts)
and they will be about knee-length (not like those
skimpy shorts that us Mad Dogs parents wore in
the 1970's and 80's). We ordered Mad Dogs shorts
for the '95 team a couple of years ago and the
kids really loved them! Hurry and contact your
team manager, as this opportunity will not last
long (this is not a sales pitch as we earn nothing
from these sales).
Video of
U16 Mad Dogs White v. '93 Mad Dogs
April 21, 2008
Mad
Dogs Continue to Roll
On the weekend of
April 18-20, 2008, the Mad Dogs entered eight
teams in the NARCH/USA Hockey Inline Regional
Championships at
