Late winter and spring of 2000 were a very busy time for us with our preparation for and participation in three local tournaments.
State (February 25-27)
First up was the State Tournament.
It was held at Johnny's Ice House in Chicago. There were three teams in
our division (FLASH, Jets, Scream). The play was about as even as is possible.
After the round robin, all of the teams were tied in what could only be
resolved with a three way shoot out (since all of the round robin games
ended tied at 2). We were not hot during the shoot out and did not advance
to the finals which was won by the Scream over the Jets.
League (March 10-12)
In our first year as a member of
the league, we are ecstatic about having made and played in the League
Tournament. It was held in Northbrook. The play here was almost as close
as that at State. W Our first game against the Tigers ended tied at 0.
We then lost by one goal to Springfield and beat the Thunder by one. In
the end we had the same record as the Tigers (1-1-1) but they earned the
right to play the Thunder in the championship game because they won more
periods than we did. We wound up in third after the consolation game.
Black & Blue (April 28-29)
Our final local tournament for
the season was the Black & Blue Tournament hosted by The Chicago Ice.
While we won two of our first three games it was not enough to make the
finals. Hats off to xxx who took the title.