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In the first game, the Ice Dogs Squirt A's defeated Cranton 4-1. They won the second game against the Metro Mapleleaves 5-0.The 1st goal was scored by # 41 J.P Kascsak assisted by #17 Ian Gordon and #25 Philip Myers. The 2nd goal was scored by # 88 Sebasjian Casciaro assisted by #20 Jaron-Neville Glymph. The 3rd goal was scored by #5 Ian Alexander assisted by # 2 Matt Milano. The 4th goal was scored by # 41 J.P. Kascsak assisted by #94 Briggs Davis and #17 Ian Gordon. The 5th goal was scored by # 94 Briggs Davis that was unassisted. The Ice Dogs won the final game 2-1 over the York Devils. The first goal scored by #25 Philip Myers and assisted by #94Briggs Davis. The second goal was scored by #2 Matt Milano. Congratulations Squirts!

The Ice Dogs won the Mite B division at the Flyers Skate Zone Spring Tournament at Pennsauken, New Jersey. The Ice Dogs started the tournament with a tough 6-1 win against the Fayetteville Jr Force (North Carolina). The Force scores just 12 seconds into this 5:45AM game, but the Ice Dogs woke up and came back to tie 1-1 by the end of the first. Our tough defense (Chris Ryan, Joe Duquette, David Bohnwagner & Colton Craig) held them to 3 shots the remainder of the game, including none in the 3rd. In the second game, the Ice Dogs defeated the Pennsauken Flyers 12-1, taking 50 shots on goal. The Ice Dogs faced the Fayetteville Force again in the championship game. The Ice Dogs played hard and defeated the Force 6-1. The first goal was scored when Alex Bureau forechecked the Force defenseman behind the net, stole the puck and fed Kevin Young in the slot. Bill Ryan scored the second and subsequent game winner on a hard wrist shot assisted by Elijah Spoone. Brendon Sheiry continued his recent scoring trends with 4 goals for the weekend, Allen Boelke added 3, Jonathan Daniels had 2, and Eddie Kascsak had 5 assists.. These games were much closer than the score indicates - outstanding goaltending by Greg Hyde kept all but one of the Force's quality shots out of the net. This weekend the Mites were joined by 4 lower house Mite players: JC Louis Charles (1G, 2A), Bill Ryan (1G, 1A), Elijah Spoone (1G, 1A) and David Bohnwagner (Defense, 1A). Overall an excellent weekend and an end to a great season!

The Mite B shootout team of Colton Craig (shooter) and Greg Hyde (goalie) defeated Reston Silver 1-0 in the shootout championship at MCI Center on Friday March 9th between periods of the sold-out Washington Capitals vs. NY Rangers game. Colton's first shot rang off the pipe, but his second found the back of the net. Colton's third shot was stopped by the Reston goalie. Greg Hyde stopped all 3 Reston shots. The Mites earn a trip back to MCI Center on Thursday, April 5th for the awards ceremony where the champions from all ages and levels will receive trophies.

Colton & Greg getting ready

Pee Wee Blue Wins 2 of 3 games at
International Silver Stick Finals at Port Huron, MI

The Mite B team won all three of their games of the Johnstown Thanksgiving Tournament to win the Championship for the second straight year! The Mites defeated Johnstown 9-0 to open the tournament on Friday. The Mites defeated a strong Westmoreland team 5-1, by scoring 3 goals in the last 7 1/2 minutes to break open a very close and well fought game. On Sunday, The Mites played in the Johnstown War Memorial, home of the ECHL Johnstown Chiefs and made famous by the movie "Slapshot". The Mites defeated York 12-1 to win their division.

The Peewee B team, coached by Scott Bean, competed in and won the Johnstown Thanksgiving Tournament held on November 24-26. The Ice Dogs Victories at the tournament included wins over Benefield-Baltimore (5-4), Mohoening Valley-Pennsylvania (5-1), and Johnstown-Pennsylvania (6-1).

The toughest contest for the team was the exciting first game with Benefield. NOVA came back from a 3-1 deficit to jump-start their weekend. All three victories showed strong team play with ten different players scoring goals. The tandem of Nigel Glymph, Cam Craig, and Max Heimerman were especially productive on the offensive end. Strong defensive performances were turned in by Eric Bean and Ryan Rice. Michael Hussey and Nick Mirales were tough in the net.

The Peewees hope to build on this team accomplishment for the remainder of Their season.

Michael Strickland plays on the Northern Virginia Midget A team and is a 17-year old junior at West Springfield High School. This is his eleventh travel season and although Michael started playing at Northern Virginia, he has also played for the Chesapeake Bay Chiefs and the Washington Little Capitals. Michael has been fortunate to play on teams that have won playoff championships in the Capital Beltway, Delaware Valley, and Atlantic Hockey Leagues and the Eastern Regional Silver Sticks championship. Michael also plays on the West Springfield ice and roller hockey teams. Michael's favorite professional players are Rick Tocchet and Ron Hextall. When he is not playing hockey or studying, he works at Greenspring Village, plays baseball, listens to music, and goes to the movies. His favorite TV show is "The Simpson's" and his favorite movie is "Tommy Boy". Michael also enjoys watching his 12-year old sister Corinna play soccer.

The Mite B Team of Colton Craig (Shooter) and Greg Hyde (Goalie) advanced to the finals of the Washington Capitals Shootout on Saturday, October 21st. The shootout consisted of 3 penalty shots on the opposing goalie, with the team scoring the most goals winning. Northern Virginia defeated Frederick in the quarter-finals and Easton in the semi-finals and earned the right to play Reston in the finals on March 9th between periods of the Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers game at MCI Center.

The Bantam A Team of Timothy Willis (Shooter), Brandon Owens (Shooter) and Chas Coady (Goalie) advanced to the finals of the Washington Capitals Skills Competition. The skills competition includes a puck handling relay race and a shootout. The Bantams earned the right to play the Howard Huskies on December 18th between periods of the Washington Capitals vs. San Jose Sharks game at MCI Center.

The Ice Dogs Pee Wee A Blue team traveled to Philadelphia the last weekend in September and came home a winner! The Ice Dogs went undefeated in their six-game quest to win the Philadelphia Regional Pee Wee A Silver Stick Tournament and qualify for the national tournament early next year. The team, coached by Gary Bowser, Mike Gellman and Rick Norris, will travel to Port Huron, Michigan in late January 2001 to compete for the Silver Stick Pee Wee national championship.

Only three goals were scored against the Ice Dogs in Philadelphia and there were two shut-outs, earning additional high marks for goalies Chris Langstaff and Brent Taylor. The Valley Forge Colonials, Red Bank Generals, Quakers and the New Jersey Devils found themselves pitted unsuccessfully against the solid Defense of Lyon Messier, Sam Cooper, Colin Thompson, Eugene Murphy, Mike Fransen and Eric Stiber. Speed, stick handling and passing gems were constant throughout the tournament by Forwards, Jeffery Gellman, Brian Bowser, Mark Henninger, Adam Konop, Grant Krebs, Rusty Tippett, Ricky Norris, Michael Willis, Stanley Thomas, and Jackie Hitt.

Strong combined team efforts in the earlier rounds earned the Ice Dogs the right to meet the Tri-County Phantoms in the championship game, which resulted in a 6-1 win for the Ice Dogs. In describing the team's victory, Coach Bowser said, "Earning the right to face the other American and Canadian regional winners is a great honor. Certainly, we face a major challenge. But beware the consequences when this pack of dogs is let out!!"

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