Ohio Sled Hockey

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.

Past Announcements December 2006 — March 2007

December 1–3, 2006
Coach Mike led a Blades heavy Mid-Am team in the third annual USA Hockey Disability fes­ti­val held in Chicago. Participating for Cols were Seth R, Cierra G, Michael F., Brad D, Chuck D, Sam M, and John M. The team faced some stiff com­pe­ti­tion and fin­ished with 1 win and 3 losses. But it was an invalu­able expe­ri­ence. It was also great to be able to sup­port the effort to pro­mote nation­ally the sport of sled hockey.

January 26–28, 2007
Several Ohio play­ers includ­ing Eric K, Dan L, Brad D, Sam M, and John M played with the Mid-Am regional select team in the London Blizzard tour­ney in Ontario. For the sec­ond straight year the Mid-Amers went unde­feated in the highly com­pet­i­tive event to win the championship.

February 17, 2007
The Cleveland Mighty Barons played host to Columbus and Pittsburgh for a regional skat­ing event. A good time was had by all.

March 10–11, 2007
The Blades played (and won!) in the Grand Rapids inau­gural Jennifer Kryger Memorial sled tour­na­ment. Participating teams included those from Chicago, Grand Rapids, Cleveland, and Columbus in a round-robin format.

Cleveland picked up its first ever tour­ney win over Chicago and had an excit­ing and high scor­ing rematch in the bracket finals.

Columbus had 2 wins and a tie to advance to the cham­pi­onship game against Grand Rapids. The team really came together for a 4 to 1 win. This was the Blades first tour­na­ment win. Congrats to the kids and coach Mike!