July 30, 2008

See the NEW music video below showing highlights from the '93 Mad Dogs' thrilling double overtime victory in the 14U AA Division championship game at the AAU/USARS Junior Olympics earlier this month in Feasterville, PA.

July 24, 2008

'96 Mad Dogs Win EURO Cup Title!

The only Mad Dog team still competing this summer found plenty of reasons to smile last weekend. The '96 Mad Dogs won Major League Roller Hockey's (MLRH's) EURO Cup tournament in Laurel, Maryland. The '96 team led by Coach Greg Folts and Assistant Coach Brad Piver defeated a Virginia All-Stars team made up of mostly Richmond Rattlers by an 8-6 score, and crushed the Ice Dogs 13-0 to win the U12 Division. The team truly came together with passing, back checks and scoring. The '96s were thrilled to have '97 Mad Dogs Jack Klerekoper (winding up for a monstrous slapshot in the above photo), Nick Haeff, and Zach Regester join the '96 roster for the tournament. The kids also had the opportunity to watch the MLRH pro inline teams play in full contact games, including the eventual champions from the Czech Republic. Nice way to end the season guys!

'96 Mad Dogs Win 12U Division at EURO Cup Tournament
Laurel, MD (July 20, 2008)

Back row: Coach Greg Folts, Austin Heiden, Logan Pontell, Logan Nasr, Griffin Stulman, Evan Sterling and Asst. Coach Brad Piver

Front row: Nick Haeff, Tyler Folts, Nick Lenker, Zach Regester, Jack Klerekoper

July 6, 2008

'93 and '98 Mad Dogs Win Junior Olympics!!
'95s Take Silver in Elite AAA Division
'96s & U16s also earn medals

All six Mad Dog teams that competed in the prestigious AAU Junior Olympics in Feasterville, Pennsylvania won medals. The biggest accomplishment goes to the '93 Mad Dog team led by Coach Peter Grose, who won the 14U AA Tier 1 Division and established itself as a national force in inline hockey and made its mark on the international hockey scene. The '93 team finished the tournament with an undefeated 7-0 record in a division containing 20 teams, including national teams representing the countries of Great Britain, Namibia, and Columbia, and American teams from coast to coast. Earlier in the tournament, the '98 Team struck gold first, as Robbie Baldwin netted a hat trick in the 10U-A Tier 2 championship game 8-4 victory against the RBK '98 team from Michigan. Meanwhile, the '95 White team led by Coach Marc Cronan was the only Mad Dog team to play in the elite AAA Division, the highest level of competition, and the '95s did a very nice job in earning the 12U AAA Division silver medal. Cronan's Assistant Coach, Gary Jonesi, also served as the Head Coach for Team USA South, which beat Columbia, Great Britain, Australia, and Hong Kong en route to a silver medal finish in the 12U International Division competition at the Junior Olympics.

The '93 team's round robin games went smoothly, as they defeated Great Britain 5-3, then dispatched the Austin (TX) Bulldogs by an 8-0 mercy score, and then got by the Flash '94 (NJ) team by a 5-2 margin and rolled over the Black Beauty Quakes team from California 8-2. Things got tougher in the playoffs, as the '93s barely edged the TBD team from Texas 3-2 in the quarterfinals and eeked by last year's 12U Junior Olympic champions, the Motor City Moose '94 team from Michigan, in a 1-0 semi-final contest. That set up a championship game match against the very strong Black Ice team from eastern Long Island (NY). The scored was tied at 2-2 at the beginning of the second period but things looked grim for the Mad Dogs late in the game. Down 5-3 in the waning minutes of regulation, the Mad Dogs refused to die and gained some hope when they narrowed the gap to one goal. The Mad Dogs then stunned Black Ice by scoring with less than 30 seconds remaining in regulation and almost scored again before time expired. It took two 18-minute overtimes to settle the matter, as both the Black Ice goalie and Mad Dogs '93 goalie Tanner Jones were standing on their heads making unbelievable saves to keep both teams alive. Ultimately, it was Andrew Baron who lifted a rebound into the Black Ice net and pandemonium ensued as the '93s celebrated their 6-5 gold medal victory while Steve Baldwin (Mad Dogs Administrator and Board of Directors President, not to mention father of '93 Mad Dog Eric Baldwin) proudly looked on. In addition to the team's gold medal accomplishment, Adam Ware, Andrew Baron, and goalie Tanner Jones were named to the 14U "All-American" team. As far as we are concerned, every single player on the '93 team is an All-American. They played together brilliantly and unselfishly, and all are national champions. Congratulations guys!! (See above video highlights from the 14U championship game overtime periods.)

The '95 White team started the tournament slowly, losing 9-1 to the perenially strong Black Ice (NY) team, but bounced back to tie the Flash (NJ) 4-4 and convincingly beat the Tour Bandits (PA) 8-3 and Australia 9-1. In the semi-final, goalie Dani Hannan played superbly and got the Mad Dogs out of some real hairy situations. The net result was that the '95s crushed the Flash 9-1, setting up another bout with Black Ice. The championship game was close for awhile, as the Mad Dogs opened up a 2-1 lead, one of the rare times in which Black Ice has ever found itself trailing, but the Mad Dogs could not sustain the charge and fell 7-2. Trevor Mack, Devin Brink, Kevin McDonald, Charlie Shepard, and goalie Dani Hannan were named to the 12U AAA "All American" team. Great job guys, and thanks to all of our new friends from Team Australia who joined the '95s for laser tag, a July 4th barbecue and pool party, and for cheering us on in the championship game. "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oy, oy, oy, doggie, doggie, doggie, oy, oy oy!!"

Also picking up a medal was the '96 team led by Coach Greg Folts. The '96s earned a bronze medal in the 12U AA Tier 2 Division afer beating Hong Kong 6-5 in the 3rd place game on July 6th. The 16U White team also had a very good tournament, garnering a 4th place copper medal finish out of 17 AA Division teams, including teams from Scotland, Columbia, Great Britain, and the United States. The 16U team took an undefeated 4-0 round robin record into the playoffs after beating Mission Rampage (CA) 9-4, the Black Beauty Quakes Teal team (CA) 7-1, the Stars (MI) 8-1, and Great Britain 5-3, then beat the Quakes again in the quarterfinals (4-2), but lost 12-4 to the Black Ice '91/'92 team (NY) in the semi-finals and fell just short (4-3) against the Long Island (NY) Piranhas '91 team in the bronze medal game.

Full tournament results are available at aauhockey.org.

'93 Mad Dogs Win 14U AA Tier 1 Division at AAU Junior Olympics
Feasterville, PA (June 29-July 2, 2008)

'95 Mad Dogs Win 12U AAA Silver Medal at AAU Junior Olympics
Feasterville, PA (July 4-6, 2008)

'95 Mad Dogs Have Fun With 12U Team Australia at AAU Jr. Olympics
Feasterville, PA (July 4, 2008)

'96 Mad Dogs Take 12U AA Tier 2 Division Bronze at AAU Jr. Olympics
Feasterville, PA (July 3-6, 2008)

8U Mad Dogs Take 2d at 2Hot4Ice Nationals!!

The 8U Mad Dogs traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina on the weekend of June 13-15, 2008, and took second place in the Gold Division of the 2Hot4Ice National Championships. Although a silver medal at Nationals is nothing to sneeze at, the Mad Dogs had their sights set on gold after sweeping through four round robin games and a semi-final playoff game undefeated, including a convincing 9-3 victory over the eventual champions. After all the results were in, however, the Boom Hockey team had avenged their earlier 9-3 loss to the Mad Dogs by winning an exciting championship game 4-3 in overtime. Mad Dog Jacob Malasek earned the tournament's Top Goalie award.

8U Mad Dogs Take Silver at 2Hot4Ice National Championships
Raleigh, NC (June 13-15, 2008)

Junior Olympics Up Next for Mad Dogs

Numerous Mad Dogs teams are preparing for the AAU/USARS Junior Olympics to be held June 24th through July 6th at the Feasterville Sportsplex in the Philadelphia area. The Club Division competition will pit more than 300 American travel inline teams from around the far reaches of the country against each other for national bragging rights, and an International Division will see players from around the world vying to be the best against skaters selected to play for Team USA and more than a dozen countries, including the Czech Republic, Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Australia, China, Great Britain, and others.

In order to toughen up before the Junior Olympics, the '95 Mad Dogs White team ventured outside its normal Virginia and Maryland venues on the weekend of June 14-15, 2008, and played in the 12U AAA Division at the TORHS East Coast Championships held at the Marple Sports Arena in Broomall, Pennsylvania. In its first game on June 14th, the Mad Dogs met their match in the extremely talented Black Ice team from the eastern end of Long Island, New York. Black Ice played a very physical game, a style that the Mad Dogs were not used to in the AAU and USA Hockey Inline tournaments that are usually held in our area. Until the TORHS referees explained to our coaches how much contact they were willing to allow (fully half as much as what is allowed in ice hockey), the Mad Dogs were under the impression (mistaken as it turns out) that Black Ice should have been penalized numerous times, and then the Mad Dogs overcompensated a bit and took numerous penalties that left them frequently shorthanded. The net result was a 7-1 loss to Black Ice.

The next two round robin games went better, as the '95 Mad Dogs convincingly defeated the Burlington Wave of Ontario, Canada, by an 8-3 score and the home team Marple Gladiators by a 7-2 margin. Although there were many notable moments in those two victories, the highlights had to be the consecutive "tic-tac-toe" goals by Julian Cronan and Trevor Mack against the Burlington Wave, the Kevin McDonald one-timer slapshot bullet in the same game, and Trevor Mack's mid-air knock down goal against the Marple Gladiators. The Mad Dogs' final round robin game was a real nail biter at 7am on June 15th. The Cougars, from nearby New Jersey, battled from down one goal repeatedly during the game and came from behind to tie the score at 3-3 with less than a minute remaining. When regulation time ended, the teams went immediately to a shootout as provided for in the tournament rules, and the Cougars won the shootout 2-1. The AAA Division semi-final game was not only a rematch against the Cougars, but it also was nearly a carbon copy of the final round robin game. The very evenly matched teams played a close game throughout and the Cougars came from being down a goal to tie the score at 5-5 in the waning moments of regulation, and then won in a shootout after a 5-minute playoff sudden death overtime ended without any scoring. The Mad Dogs were understandably disappointed at ending up in 3rd place in the elite AAA Division, but everyone was glad to play some new teams and get a good sense as to the kind of tough hockey that they can expect to see at the Junior Olympics. Nice job guys, and good luck to all Mad Dogs teams at the Junior Olympics!

Coach Marc Cronan Rallies the '95 Team at TORHS E. Coast Championship
Broomall, PA (June 14-15, 2008)

June 9, 2008

Mad Dogs Blue Take Silver

On June 1, 2008, the '95 Mad Dogs Blue team competed in the AAU Regional Championships in Richmond, VA, and came home with a silver medal in the 12U Division. In their first game of the tournament, the Blue team eeked out a 4-3 win over the '95 Virginia State Wars team comprised of numerous very strong Richmond Rattler '95 players. The second game was a heartbreaker, as the '95 Blue team led the Crystal Coast team, a North Carolina State Wars team, but ultimately fell by a 7-5 score. The final round robin game pitted the Blue team against the Richmond Rattler '96 team, and the '95 Mad Dogs Blue team earned a place in the championship game (and a rematch with the Crystal Coast team) by beating the '96 Rattlers 6-2. In the championship game, the Mad Dogs struck first, but Crystal Coast tied it up at 1-1. The Mad Dogs went ahead 2-1, but Crystal Coast tied it up again. Then Crystal Coast got a go-ahead goal and scored their 4th goal in the final minutes, and the Mad Dogs earned a very respectable second place. Derek Guzik earned Top Goalie honors and Kevin McDonald (on loan from the '95 White team) was recognized as the Top Defensemen of the tournament.

'95 Blue Team Wins Silver Medal at the AAU Regional Championship
Richmond, VA (June 1, 2008)

Watch the '95 Mad Dogs White team music video below
from the May 10-11, 2008 2Hot4Ice tournament in Richmond, VA

May 18, 2008

Mad Dogs Send Shocks Thru The Box

On the weekend of May 17-18, 2008, six Mad Dogs teams competed in the AAU Regional Championships at The Box inline hockey rink in Chantilly, Virginia, and it's fair to say that the Mad Dogs acquitted themselves very nicely, ending up with two gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze. Golds went to the U8 Team and the '95 Mad Dogs U12 White Team playing up at the U14 level. Silvers went to the '93 Mad Dogs U14 Team playing essentially an "iron man" tournament with at most six skaters (and much of the tournament with only 3-4 skaters), and to the U16 Blue Team. The '95 Blue Team took bronze in the U12 Division. Dylan Brink won Top Defenseman honors in the U8 Division, while Jacob Malasek earned the U8 Top Goalie Honors in his first time ever playing in net. Cullen Fleming garnered the Top Defenseman award in the U16 Division, '95 Mad Dogs White U12 skater Trevor Mack won Top Forward in the U14 Division, and '95er Dani Hannan took Top Goalie honors playing up at the U14 level.

The highest accolades, however, have to go to the entire '95 Mad Dogs White Team, who shocked their opponents and won the U14 Division II title, their third gold medal in their 3-tournament season thus far. The '95s began the tournament playing the eventual U14 Division I champions, the Richmond Rattlers '93 Team. The much smaller '95 Mad Dogs surprisingly controlled the puck for large stretches of time and had nearly as many shots and many good scoring chances, but could not put one past the Rattlers' enormous goalie and fell by an 8-0 margin. Despite the score, the Mad Dogs clearly hung with the Rattlers and earned the respect of their opponent and everyone at the rink who watched. The '95 Team next had a date with their intra-club pals, the '94 Mad Dogs. Apparently, playing the '93 Rattlers helped to toughen up the '95s, because the '95 Team crushed the '94s by a 9-1 score, earning the '95 Team the top seed in the U14 Division II playoffs and an appointment with the Fairland Falcons of Laurel, Maryland. The '95 Mad Dogs readily dispatched the Falcons by an 8-0 "mercy" score and rested up for the 11pm championship game against the top Potomac Mavericks U14 Team, the Mavericks Blue team composed entirely of '93 players, most of whom towered over our '95 kids.

The U14 Division II championship game looked like a classic "David versus Goliath" matchup, and it started as many fans would have predicted, with the much older and bigger Mavericks opening up an early 2-0 lead. The '95 Mad Dogs, however, kept fighting, and finally got on the board when Evan Owens deked his way into some open space in the Maverick's zone and fired a blistering shot into the back of the net. Ian Jonesi then tied the score at 2-2 when he knocked in a rebound and the Mad Dogs started to feel that maybe the momentum was moving in their direction. A Mavericks goal put the Mad Dogs behind 3-2, but coolness prevailed and Trevor Mack converted on an assist by Charlie Shepard and the score was tied at three. Ian Jonesi then lifted a shot into the top left corner from close range and gave the Mad Dogs their first lead at 4-3, and the Mad Dogs fans at The Box were rockin'. Charlie Shepard added to the Mad Dogs' cushion when he converted on a pass from Evan Owens, making it 5-3 and giving the crowd a real sense that the '95s just might be giant killers and pull off the upset. The Mavericks struck back and pulled within 5-4 but that was as close as they would get, as the '95 Mad Dogs kept playing smart and hungry hockey, notching additional goals from Julian Cronan and Trevor Mack to make it 7-4, and hanging on to win 7-5 behind stellar goaltending from Dani Hannan, great defense and playmaking from Justin Mendoza and Nicky Grose, and relentless pressure from Devin Brink and Kevin McDonald. Awesome job guys!!

'95 Mad Dogs Win the AAU Regional Championship
Chantilly, VA (May 17, 2008)

U8 Mad Dogs Win the AAU Regional Championship
Chantilly, VA (May 17, 2008)

U8 Mad Dogs Award Winners at the AAU Regional Championship
Top Defenseman Dylan Brink, Top Goalie Jacob Malasek
Chantilly, VA (May 17, 2008)

May 11, 2008

Mad Dogs Rattle Richmond Rink

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.

Great job Mad Dogs!

See full results from May 10-11, 2008 2Hot4Ice Regional in Midlothian, VA

'95 Mad Dogs Win the 2Hot4Ice Regional Championship
Midlothian, VA (May 10, 2008)

U8 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, at gjonesi@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 The Box inline hockey rink in Chantilly, Virginia. After all the results were in, the Mad Dogs had walked away with two gold medals, three silver medals, and two semi-final finishes. Overall, it was a very successful weekend, especially given that most of the Mad Dogs teams played up one or more age division.

Several Mad Dogs teams played up an age division in order to challenge themselves and get ready for the kind of tough national competition that they expect to face later in the season. For example, the U8 Mad Dogs took their 1999 and 2000 birth year squad into the U10 division and more than held their own. After losing their opening round robin game 11-1 to the '97 Mad Dogs, the U8 team defeated the U10 Potomac Mavericks 3-2, and again by a 7-2 score in a game that saw several "highlight reel" goals, including goals by Chace Shepard and Trent DeNucccio in which they did their best Ovechkin-like goal celebrations by slamming their excited little bodies into the boards. (See Mad Dogs Video Highlights Now Available on YouTube.) The win over the Mavericks earned the U8s a spot in the U10 championship game against the '97 Mad Dogs. The '97 Mad Dogs, who ended up outscoring their opponents 35-3 in the tournament, took the gold medal in an 8-1 victory that saw Mad Dogs '97 skaters Zach Regester, Charlie Berry, and Jack Klerekoper each "register" two tallies, while '97s Ture Linden and Luke Benitez also scored once each. Nick Baltas got the lone goal for the scrappy U8 team.

The '95 Mad Dogs Blue (U12) team also played up an age level and did a very nice job in the U14 division. After losing their first game by a 9-5 score to the '94 Mad Dogs, they beat the Fairland Falcons 4-1, a new team from the Laurel, Maryland area, and then they beat a strong Potomac Mavericks U14 team by a slim 2-1 margin. Due to a scheduling error, however, the '95 Blue team had to play its next game without any rest at all. For more than half the game, they stayed with the tall and fast 93/94 Maryland Thrasher team from Waldorf, Maryland, but ultimately their legs gave out and they fell 8-0 and their tournament was over. Meanwhile, the '94 Mad Dogs also disposed of the Fairland Falcons, winning a 6-2 round robin game. The '94 Mad Dogs, however, had to settle for a silver medal because they could not solve the tall and fast 93/94 Thrashers, losing 6-4 in a round robin game and 7-4 in the championship game.

The U12 ('96) Mad Dogs team played in its own age division and finished its round robin games undefeated, beating the Potomac Mavericks Blue team 8-0, earning a 1-0 forfeit over the Fairland Falcons, and edging a DC Elite team (comprised mostly of former Mad Dogs) by a narrow 3-2 margin. DC Elite, however, got its revenge, winning the championship game 8-3 and making the '96 Mad Dogs settle for silver.

The '93 Mad Dogs U14 team joined the Mad Dogs U16 White and U16 Blue teams in the 8-team U16/U18 division. The '93s played impressively, beating the Virginia Stars 7-1 and the Prince William Panthers 7-0. Then they had to face big brother, and lost to the Mad Dogs U16 White team by a 10-2 score (see video above). In the semi-finals, the '93s gave the older Potomac Mavericks a tough time and fell only by a narrow 3-1 margin. Meanwhile, the Mad Dogs U16 Blue team beat the Maryland Thrashers 6-2 and the Rolling Blackouts 3-1, but fell to the Mavericks 7-0 and were eliminated in the semi-finals by the Mad Dogs U16 White team in an 8-1 contest. In the championship game, the two dominant teams faced off: the host team Potomac Mavericks and the Mad Dogs U16 White team. With a roster that included three former Mad Dogs, the Mavericks were expected to give the Mad Dogs a difficult time. However, with a flurry of precise passes, the Mad Dogs scored six unanswered goals in the first eight minutes of the game. The Mavericks rallied and came within two goals of the Mad Dogs. However, a late surge by the Mad Dogs clinched the championship by a 9-6 score, marking the U16 Mad Dogs' third gold medal in three weeks and demonstrating the team's dominance of the local inline hockey scene.

See full results from April 18-20, 2008 NARCH Regionals in Chantilly

U8 Mad Dogs Win Silver at NARCH/USA Hockey Inline Regionals
Chantilly, VA (April 18-20, 2008)

'97 Mad Dogs Win NARCH/USA Hockey Inline Regionals
Chantilly, VA (April 18-20, 2008)

'96 Mad Dogs Win Silver at NARCH/USA Hockey Inline Regionals
Chantilly, VA (April 18-20, 2008)

'94 Mad Dogs Win Silver at NARCH/USA Hockey Inline Regionals
Chantilly, VA (April 18-20, 2008)

April 7, 2008

Mad Dogs Open 2008 Season Strongly

On the weekend of April 4-6, 2008, the Mad Dogs opened the 2008 season on a strong note, entering six teams in the AAU Regional Championships at The Box inline hockey rink in Chantilly, Virginia, and walking away with gold medals for the '95 White (U12) and U16 White teams, silver medals for Team '98 (U10) and the U16 Blue Team, a third place finish for the '93 (U14) Team that played up in the U16 division, and a semi-final showing for the U12 ('96) Team.

Nine teams entered the U12 division, which was split between five teams in the A division and four teams in the AA division. In the AA Division, the '95 Mad Dogs White Team played a tough Dream Sports Center (DSC) Red Team from North Carolina to a 3-3 tie during regulation of its first round robin game. To the Mad Dogs' surprise, instead of ending the round robin game as a tie, the tournament organizer set up the rules to provide for a 3-minute 3-on-3 overtime. Due to a Mad Dogs penalty in the waning moments of regulation, however, the '95 Team played shorthanded (3-on-2) during the overtime, fighting valiantly for almost two minutes but ultimately losing 4-3 on a back door goal by the DSC Dragons Red team. The '95 Mad Dogs bounced back in their next game, beating the Potomac Mavericks Blue team 8-0. The Mad Dogs' third and final round robin game was against their longtime rival, the Richmond Rattler '95 team, and the '95 Mad Dogs needed not only a win, but also needed to hold the Rattlers to less than three goals in order to gain a spot in the championship game. The Rattlers, who had only a 1-game rest, could not keep up with the swarming Mad Dogs, as the '95 Mad Dogs won a convincing 7-1 victory and a rematch with the DSC Dragon Red team in the championship. Although this time it was the Mad Dogs who played on only a 35-minute rest, they played like a team possessed, controlling the puck masterfully in a 5-0 shutout over the DSC Dragons Red team and winning the gold medal. On their way to outscoring its U12 AA division opponents 23-5, '95 Mad Dog Daniyal Hannan took top goalie honors and Justin Mendoza earned the tournament's award for top defenseman.

In the U12 A division, the U12 ('96) Mad Dogs Team faced stiff competition from DC Elite, the Richmond Rattler '96 and '97 teams, and the Potomac Mavericks Gold team. The U12s fought hard and made it to the semi-finals before being eliminated by a scrappy Rattler '96 team.

In the U10 division, the Mad Dogs '98 Team lost to the Rattler '98 team by a 9-4 score in a round robin game, but then came back to beat the Potomac Mavericks 8-0 in the semi-finals and advance to the championship game, a rematch against the Rattler '98 team. In an exciting game that went down to the final seconds, the Mad Dogs gave the Rattlers a tough time but ultimately fell just a tad short, claiming the silver medal in a 4-3 contest.

In the U16 competitive division, the Mad Dogs took the top three spots, with the U16 White team winning the gold, the U16 Blue team taking the silver, and the younger '93 (U14) team grabbing the bronze.

Great start to the season, Mad Dogs!!

'95 Mad Dogs Win AAU Regional Championship
Chantilly, VA (April 6, 2008)

'96 Mad Dogs Celebrate a Goal at the AAU Regional Championship
Chantilly, VA (April 6, 2008)

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February 12, 2008

Mad Dogs Tryouts Completed!

On January 28, February 3, and February 11, 2008, the Mad Dogs held tryouts for the 2008 season at The Box Inline Hockey Rink in Chantilly, VA. Team rosters are posted below. 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.

Due to a small turnout at the Feb. 11 tryout for the U18 Team, Coach Tim Murdock is having a 2nd tryout, at a time and date to be announced, in order to supplement the roster posted below. If interested in being notified of the tryout details, send an e-mail message to Coach Murdock at timmurdock32@comcast.net

2008 Mad Dogs Team Rosters

U8 Team ('99, '00)

Baltas, Nick
Berry, Cory
Boyle, Evan
Brink, Dylan
DeNuccio, Trent
Freyburger, Alec
Lenz, Theo
Malasek, Jacob
Pane, Nate
Shepard, Chace

Alternates:

Mazliah, Theo
Ziff, Jacob

Head Coach: Maurice DeNuccio
Team Manager: Tina Brink

'98 Team (plays in U10 Division)

Agena, Aaron
Baldwin, Robby
Cordova, Alec
Daves, Justin
Guidi, Jason
Hammerschmidt, Wes
Herrmann, Andrew
Leibold, Ryan
Shand, Billy
Westerfeld, Brandon

Head Coach: George Hammerschmidt
Asst. Coach: Bill Shand
Team Manager: Christina Daves

'97 Team (plays in U10 Division)

Altman, Dave
Benitez, Luke
Berry, Charlie
Haeff, Nicholas
Klerekoper, Jack
Limoges, Alex
Linden, Ture
Regester, Zach
Schneider, Gregory
Watier, James

Alternates:

Root, Elliott

Head Coach: Steve Schneider
Asst. Coach: Gary Pouliot
Asst. Coach: Sylvain Watier

U12 Team ('95, '96)

Alternate: Pernot, Nathan

Head Coach: Greg Folts
Asst. Coach: Brad Piver
Asst. Coach: Alex Eng
Team Manager: Sharon Heiden

‘95 White Team (plays in U12 Division)

Brink, Devin
Cronan, Julian
Grose, Nicky
Hannan, Daniyal (G)
Jonesi, Ian
Mack, Trevor
McDonald, Kevin
Mendoza, Justin
Owens, Evan
Shepard, Charlie

Head Coach: Marc Cronan
Asst. Coach: Gary Jonesi
Team Manager: Tina Brink

'95 Blue Team (plays in U12 Division)

Cochran, Tanner
Cooper, Jamie
Dipietro, Matt
Guzik, Derek (G)
Krause, Kade
Malone, Nick
Pard, Zach
Schneider, Drew
Schneider, Ian
Yoon, Jin

Head Coach: Steve Schneider
Team Manager: Nancy Dipietro

‘94 Team (plays in U14 Division)

Cooper, Austin
Crawford, Tyler
Golnek, Bryan
Hastman, Matt
Herrinton, Trevor
Moffa, Anthony
Rook, Taylor
Rosen, Jimmy (G)
Veltri, Peter
Watson, Tyler

Head Coach and Team Manager: Chris Moffa

'93 Team (plays in U14 Division)

Baldwin, Eric
Baron, Andrew
Diner, Christopher
Grose, Alex
Jones, Tanner
Keuroglian, Raffi
Nolan, Tyler
Talbot, Dylan
Ware, Adam

Head Coach: Peter Grose
Team Manager: Paige Grose

U16 Team ('91, '92)

Baker, Andy
Baldwin, Charles
Blankenship, E.J.
Cordova, Seve
Cordova, Tony
Kerbuski, Pat
Nemzek, Hagen
Stewart, Steve
Wydler, Peter
Yoon, Min

Alternate: Stone, Sam

Head Coach: Steve Stewart
Asst. Coach: Steve Baldwin

U16 Blue Team

Aleemi, Riza
Bauernfeind, Michael
Carlyle, Jaegar
Delaney, Parker
Fleming, Cullen
Hannan, Temur
Langdon, Casey (G)
Moeller, Christopher
Taylor, Colt
Vercillo, Jeremy

Head Coach: Mike Delaney
Team Manager: Craig Moeller

U18 Team ('89, '90)

Haislip, Mike
Murdock, Harrison
Peters, Nick
Wydler, Paul

Due to a small turnout of players at the Feb. 11 tryout for the U18 Mad Dogs team, Coach Tim Murdock will be having a 2nd tryout, time and date to be announced. If interested in being notified, send an e-mail message to Coach Murdock at timmurdock32@comcast.net

Head Coach: Tim Murdock