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Tryouts for the 2011-2012 Cal Poly Roller Hockey Season
Tryouts for the 2011-2012 Cal Poly Roller Hockey season are from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on both Saturday, September 24th and Sunday, September 25th. Tryouts will be held in Santa Maria, thirty minutes south of San Luis Obispo. The rink address is 937 South Thornburg, Santa Maria CA, 93458. PLEASE plan on arriving by 11:00 a.m. so there is plenty of time for paperwork, collecting money, and getting dressed. The cost to tryout will be $20 per player. If you cannot pay before, then you cannot tryout, no exceptions. Please contact me prior to tryouts if this is an issue.
Make sure you bring both a white (NOT a Grey) and a dark jersey for when we separate teams for scrimmaging. REMEMBER: We are in very competitive leagues and we are trying to pick the players that give our teams the best chance to win. We will make some cuts on the first day and final cuts after the second day. Make sure you write your email address CLEARLY because we have had issues in the past with wrong email addressees.
Keep in mind that we are going to have a lot of players out there at one time and things might be hectic so work with me and the other team captains as best as you can. Although this might be a stressful experience for you, try to have some fun out there. Come hang out at the WOW booth on Sunday, September 18th from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.. Get to know some of the players and shoot the puck around.
Let me know if your going to need a ride and I will work on making sure everyone gets down there.
See you all at tryouts!
Erik Long
Club President, Cal Poly Hockey
Make sure you bring both a white (NOT a Grey) and a dark jersey for when we separate teams for scrimmaging. REMEMBER: We are in very competitive leagues and we are trying to pick the players that give our teams the best chance to win. We will make some cuts on the first day and final cuts after the second day. Make sure you write your email address CLEARLY because we have had issues in the past with wrong email addressees.
Keep in mind that we are going to have a lot of players out there at one time and things might be hectic so work with me and the other team captains as best as you can. Although this might be a stressful experience for you, try to have some fun out there. Come hang out at the WOW booth on Sunday, September 18th from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.. Get to know some of the players and shoot the puck around.
Let me know if your going to need a ride and I will work on making sure everyone gets down there.
See you all at tryouts!
Erik Long
Club President, Cal Poly Hockey
Mustangs D1-Team Finishes 2nd in the Nation After An Amazing Run!
Story Told by Club President, Brian Costello
It started with pool play and we lost our first game to Eastern Michigan in a nail bitter 7 to 6. We were winning the whole game until they came back in the end of the third period. We didn't lose another game until the national championship. I think this game really fired us up because everyone knew we should have won. We won our next two pool games against Metro State-Denver and Brockport from New York. We recorded the only shut out of the whole tournament against Brockport with a score of 5 to 0. Our Goalie Erik Long was excellent in that game, Then the Metro State game was 5 to 2. Our first round playoff game was against North Texas, a team we knew we couldn't take lightly becuase they had played number 1 seed Lindenwood twice this year and only lost by a couple of goals each time. We beat them 6 to 2 in a game that that got us to the second round. At this point we were expected to be where we were, we went in as the 19th seed out of 24 teams and we knew we could win at least our first playoff game. The next round against our all time rival Arizona State was the game of the tournament for us though, They were seeded number 2 in the nation and they are of course from our region, the WCRHL, so we had played them 5 times over the course of the season. We had only beat them once during the seaosn but every time we played them it was always only a goal or two difference in the end, We knew we could play with them and we had nothing to lose, they were the ones with all the pressure on them because they were expected to win. We came harder than we ever had before in the season and everyone on the whole team wanted it so badly. We had a bad history with ASU so it was an intense, gritty game. One of our three freshman, Alex Karic, scored the game winning goal for his only goal of the tourny...He grew up in Arizona playing with alot of those guys so it was extra special for him. The deciding factor for this game though was our defense and our goaltending. Erik Long played amazing in net and our four defenseman Kevin Middlekauff, Michael Chaloupka, Jack Hotho and Chris Kumata all stepped up and played amazing, especially because ASU is such an offensive team. We won that 2 to 1 in a game that got the whole tournament talking. Everyone said it was an upset but I didn't think so, we skated well with them all year and it just came down to us wanting it way more than them. We moved onto the sweet 16 in which we met a really good Missouri State team. Our leading scorer for the season, also a freshman, Ryan Newens was in a bit of a slump in the beginning of the tournament but he finally stepped it up when we needed him to. He scored 4 goals in a 6 to 2 win over Missouri State. At this point we were just rollin and everyone was having a blast, I think we were just all so stoked to get past ASU that there was no more pressure and we were just having fun playing our game. We then went to the semi-finals against Rowan University, who was ranked number 3 in the country. We had another difficult task but once again we rose to the occasion. Our leading scoring defenseman Kevin Middlekauff, who was having the tournament of his life, scored 4 goals and Erik Long had another unbelievable game...we flew by em 7 to 2. We had made it the national championship game and it was sort of bitter sweet for us because we knew we were playing fellow WCRHL memeber Long Beach State. We had been cheering them on the whole tournament and they had been cheering us on. Their Captain Ryan Burrows is a really great guy and a good friend to all of us, he came in to our locker room after every game and gave us a little cheer, so we knew it be tough for one of us had to lose. Cal Poly has only beat Long Beach once in the history of us playing and that was this year in a won goal win. They are by far the deepest team in the nation, every single one of those guys is an unbelievable player and they definitely deserved to win that national championship. We only lost by one goal, 4 to 3. But in the end not one of us hung our heads, we got second in the nation and no on expected us to. I think it all came down to how much fun we were having. We are all such good friends off the rink that we know how to handle each other on the rink. After the ASU game we were just all smiles. I think it made a difference that every team we played completley under estimated us too. Every single one of our guys is a scoring threat, and it showed with all 8 guys scoring in the tournament, and a different star each game. It was one hell of a run and with only a few of us not returning next year you can expect us to make another run at the cup.
All game scores: Click Here
Erik Long receives most valuable goaltender: Click Here
See another write up of the run by California Rubber Magazine: Click Here
All game scores: Click Here
Erik Long receives most valuable goaltender: Click Here
See another write up of the run by California Rubber Magazine: Click Here
D1-team and B-Gold Team Headed to Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin!
After a long season for all three teams of the Cal Poly Hockey Club, two of them will get the chance to compete in the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association National Championship Tournament in Madison, Wisconsin. The Division 1 Mustangs will start pool play on Wednesday April 6th while the B-Gold Team will start on April 7th.
For the Division 1 team, they will play three round robin games with the teams in their pool, then after the reseeding they will start bracket play. The teams in their pool are Eastern Michigan University, Metro State-Denver, and Brockport University, all of which the Mustangs have never faced-off against. They go in as the number 19 seed in the nation out of 43 division 1 teams. The division 1 team ended the regular season with a much impressive 12-6-2 record, and a 4th place finish at the Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League Regional Championships. The Division 1 championship game is on Saturday april 9th at 7:30 pm.
Then B-Gold Team will also start with 3 pool games then move to bracket play. They will face-off against North Texas, Metro State-Denver, and Suffolk Community College. They go in as the number 16 seed out of 53 B division teams. The B-Gold Team ended their season on top of the central conference and tied for second in the b Division with a 13-3 record. They also finished 4th at the Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League Regional Championships. Then B Division Championship game will be held on April 10th at 1:30 pm.
For the schedule: Click Here
Follow all the games with Live Box Scores and Updates with this link: Click Here Go Mustangs!
For the Division 1 team, they will play three round robin games with the teams in their pool, then after the reseeding they will start bracket play. The teams in their pool are Eastern Michigan University, Metro State-Denver, and Brockport University, all of which the Mustangs have never faced-off against. They go in as the number 19 seed in the nation out of 43 division 1 teams. The division 1 team ended the regular season with a much impressive 12-6-2 record, and a 4th place finish at the Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League Regional Championships. The Division 1 championship game is on Saturday april 9th at 7:30 pm.
Then B-Gold Team will also start with 3 pool games then move to bracket play. They will face-off against North Texas, Metro State-Denver, and Suffolk Community College. They go in as the number 16 seed out of 53 B division teams. The B-Gold Team ended their season on top of the central conference and tied for second in the b Division with a 13-3 record. They also finished 4th at the Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League Regional Championships. Then B Division Championship game will be held on April 10th at 1:30 pm.
For the schedule: Click Here
Follow all the games with Live Box Scores and Updates with this link: Click Here Go Mustangs!
February Update By Team
Division 1 Team: The D1 Mustangs now sit in a 3 way tie for first place in the west. With a 10-4-1 record. they have a total of 21 points, along with CSU Long Beach and Arizona State University. Last week's games in Queen Creek, Arizona ended in 1 win and two loses for the Mustangs: Beating UN Las Vegas in a 5-4 nail bitter, falling to Long Beach 9-4 as well as ASU 6-2. This weekend's Games in Corona, CA will determine the winner of the Division 1 season, with all teams finishing their last five games. Poly will face off against rival UC Santa Barbara twice, including one game Friday night the 18th at 6:30 at UCSB, ASU, San Jose State University, and Paradise Community College. If they go 5-0 and win all their games they will be crowned the WCRHL division 1 regular season champion.
B-Gold Team: The B-Gold Mustangs, as seen on the right, currently sit on top of all 13 B Division teams with a record of 13-3. Their 26 points were more than good enough to put them into playoffs to compete in the WCRHL Regional Championship Tournament in Corona, CA on March 5th-6th. Although they sit in first, other B division teams will finish their last games this weekend to determine seeding for regionals. B-Gold's last games in Queen Creek, Arizona left them with an impressive 3-0 record: beating UC Irvine 10-0 (a game in which defenseman Mark Scandalis and goalie Simon Laub swapped positions, with Scandalis earning a shut out and Laub scoring his first 2 career goals), Cal Poly B-Green 11-4, and rival ASU 6-2.
B-Green Team: Poly's B-Green Team currently holds down the 8th and final playoff spot in the west B Division. They finished their season with a total of 12 points, a record of 5-9-2. They will closely watch the other B division teams this weekend finishing up their last regular season games. If West Valley Community College gains more than 3 points in their last 4 games of the season they will surpass the B-Green mustangs and bump them out of contention to compete in the regional championship tournament. B-Green's last games in Queen Creek, Arizona left them with a record of 1-2: Losing to fellow club members B-Gold 11-4, and ASU 12-2, but defeating UC Irvine 12-2.
B-Gold Team: The B-Gold Mustangs, as seen on the right, currently sit on top of all 13 B Division teams with a record of 13-3. Their 26 points were more than good enough to put them into playoffs to compete in the WCRHL Regional Championship Tournament in Corona, CA on March 5th-6th. Although they sit in first, other B division teams will finish their last games this weekend to determine seeding for regionals. B-Gold's last games in Queen Creek, Arizona left them with an impressive 3-0 record: beating UC Irvine 10-0 (a game in which defenseman Mark Scandalis and goalie Simon Laub swapped positions, with Scandalis earning a shut out and Laub scoring his first 2 career goals), Cal Poly B-Green 11-4, and rival ASU 6-2.
B-Green Team: Poly's B-Green Team currently holds down the 8th and final playoff spot in the west B Division. They finished their season with a total of 12 points, a record of 5-9-2. They will closely watch the other B division teams this weekend finishing up their last regular season games. If West Valley Community College gains more than 3 points in their last 4 games of the season they will surpass the B-Green mustangs and bump them out of contention to compete in the regional championship tournament. B-Green's last games in Queen Creek, Arizona left them with a record of 1-2: Losing to fellow club members B-Gold 11-4, and ASU 12-2, but defeating UC Irvine 12-2.
New Sponsorship
Cal Poly Hockey has recently teamed up with hockey superstore, Inline Warehouse! The online warehouse's headquarters and Cal Poly Hockey players share a home in San Luis Obispo, as well as a love for the sport. Check out their website at
http://www.inlinewarehouse.com.
http://www.inlinewarehouse.com.
