Street Hockey USA

MARK MADDEN PRESENTS: 2013 FALL CLASSIC ROLLER TOURNAMENT!!! SEPT. 14-15 at HOT SHOTS INDOOR SPORTS ARENA, Mt. Pleasant, PA (just east of Pittsburgh) Divisions: Puck A, Puck B, Ball B. All players must be 16 or older. Cost: $450 per team. Minimum roster is six, maximum is 12. Three games guaranteed per team. Prizes will [...]

Street Hockey USA presents: September 14-15, 2013: Fall Classic at Hot Shots Indoor Arena, Mt. Pleasant, PA (just east of Pittsburgh). Divisions: Adult B & Rec (formerly D & Novice). Cost: Just $450 per team. U.S. funds only!!! Three games guaranteed per team. Prizes awarded to each member of champions and runners-up. Team trophies awarded to champions and runners-up. Outstanding player awards will be [...]

An all-time high of 48 teams (over 750 players) participated in the 18th annual Street Hockey USA National Championships at RMU Island Sports Center in Pittsburgh. Results were: Adult B Street (10 teams) Final: Stars & Snipez (Pittsburgh) 4, Team Niagara (Ontario) 2 Semifinals: Stars & Snipez 4, Empire (Murrysville, Pa.) 1 Team Niagara 5, [...]

Street Hockey USA hosted the annual Mid-West Regional tournament Feb. 9-10 at Hot Shots Indoor Sports Arena, Scottdale. Thirty-six teams and over 500 players participated. Results were: Adult Rec Street (17 teams) Final: Penn Hills 3, Top Flight (Penn Hills) 2 (OT) Semifinals: Penn Hills 2, Tough Guys (Penn Hills) 1 (shootout) Top Flight 1, [...]

By Seth Rorabaugh / Post-Gazette.com (posted 12.17.12) For Sidney Crosby, a by-product of the NHL’s lockout is an inordinate amount of free time. Construction of a new house in Sewickley has occupied a portion of that time as well as other activities, such as attending concerts at Consol Energy Center. Dek hockey can be added [...]

Forty-eight teams and 432 players participated in the annual Penguins Power Play Street Hockey tournament, hosted Nov. 9-11 by DekStar Dekhockey, Ohio Township. Team Pittsburgh’s facility in Brighton Heights served as an auxiliary site Nov. 10. Play was 4-on-4: Wide-open with plenty of scoring chances! The results were: Youth 7-9 (6 teams): Championship game: Team [...]

If you own a street/roller hockey rink, or run a municipal street/roller hockey program, your primary focus should be KIDS: Clinics for kids, leagues for kids, programs for kids, anything and everything for KIDS. From preschool to high school: GET ‘EM PLAYING. To some, this isn’t as obvious as it should be. Several rinks/programs I [...]

Street Hockey USA’s Fall Classic took place Sept. 29-30 at Hot Shots Indoor Sports Arena, Scottdale, Pa. Thirty-two teams and over 500 players took part. Championship-game results were: D street (8 teams): Carnivores (Oakmont. Pa.) 5, Beat It (Murrysville, Pa.) 3 Outstanding players: Shawn O’Connor, Carnivores; Jim Daugherty, Beat It Rec street (14 teams): Cranberry [...]

Tournament street and roller hockey can be very competitive. Many teams play, few win. But accomplishment goes beyond winning. Comportment means a lot. Great teams have won lots of championships while acting like a bunch of hooligans. They likely romanticized themselves as noble, stick-wielding gladiators. But they were really just jerks, and that’s what they’re [...]

I have hosted street and roller hockey tournaments since 1980. The longer I do it, the simpler it gets. Very few factors go into administering a successful tournament. It mostly comes down to two factors: OFFICIATING and SCHEDULING. The referees and timekeepers represent the tournament. They deal with coaches and players FAR MORE than the [...]