Philly Frozen Cup

Zak's team participated in the Philly Frozen Cup tournament this weekend.  The games were played at the Flyers Skate Zones (Philadelphia Flyers practice facilities) in Pennsauken, NJ, and Voorhees, NJ.

Pennsauken, NJ

Voorhees, NJ

There were 5 other teams in our division:

Boston Bandits

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Jr. Knights

Syracuse Stars

Team Comcast

Warwick Wildcats

We played 3 regular games: lost to the Syracuse Stars 4-0, tied the Warwick Wildcats 6-6, and lost to the Boston Bandits 4-1.  We were in the consolation game last night and lost to Team Comcast 3-2.  The boys played tough and never gave up, we are very proud of their performance!

Zak's girlfriend, Meesa, was even able to join for one of the games.

The coolest part is Peter Laviolette (the Flyers head coach) coaches his son's team (Team Comcast) which also includes Keith Primeau's son, and after the consolation game we were standing 6 feet away from Brian Boucher (former Flyers goalie).  :-)

Jr. Flyers Updates

The 2012-2013 hockey season is well underway....the team's first non-league games were in late August and league games started in mid-September.  The team has participated in 2 tournaments so far, 1 at home over Memorial Day Weekend and 1 in Boston in early September.  Their record is currently 7-4-3 in the league and they are in 5th place of 12 teams.

Tomorrow begins the Frozen Cup Tournament at the Flyers Skate Zone rinks in Voorhees, NJ, and Pennsauken, NJ.  We have 2 games tomorrow and 1 Saturday and playoffs begin Saturday evening.  Wish them luck!!!

Hockey Night In Boston

This summer, Zak was selected to play with Team Philadelphia in the Sophomore Division of the Hockey Night In Boston Tournament.  There were teams from across the country in the tournament.  The tournament took place July 15th-21st at Haverhill Valley Forum just outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

Haverhill Valley Forum

Team Philadelphia consisted of not only players from the Philadelphia area, but also 3 from Virginia, 1 from Florida, 1 from California, and 1 from Michigan.

Team Philadelphia Sophomores

Zak wore #8

Coach and his son

Coach Charlie Pens, who runs American Hockey Schools, has been taking teams to this tournament for years and has never won.  Well Zak's team changed that this year!  Not only did they win the championship, they went undefeated 6-0!!!

The smile of a champion!

Each player was rewarded with a Hockey Night in Boston "Festival Champions" jacket.