2008 Aladdin Invitational Tournament

Won, again, by the Mighty Pens of Pittsburgh. But it wasn’t easy this time around! Five teams, Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Columbus bat­tled it out in round-robin play result­ing in the Pens and the Blades play­ing for the cham­pi­onship. The game ended in reg­u­la­tion with a Columbus goal scored with twenty sec­onds left to tie the con­test at three. A five minute sud­den death period fol­lowed with the Pens scor­ing on a break away goal to win the glory. For those who where there, it truly was an excit­ing way to wrap up a great week­end. Many thanks to all those involved in help­ing pull off this event. Obviously, a spe­cial men­tion is in order to the Shriners who funded the tour­na­ment. Without that finan­cial supp­port, it would not have been pos­si­ble. Approximately 65 play­ers par­tic­i­pated this year. In addi­tion to the five teams noted above, sev­eral kids came from St. Louis and joined teams.