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2010-01-25 --- The Hawaii teams started fairly well so far! The results look as follows: Islanders (10U) ---
Won their first game, 5 to 4, versus AKS 2000. Lost their 2nd game, 3 to 4, to Thousand Oaks Bruins. On Sunday
01/17, lost to Revision Mustangs 2 to 4. Won their semi-final match versus AKS 2000 6 to 0. Lost the final match
in the silver division to WC Warriors 2 to 3. Silver Medal!!!!! Great job kids!!!!!! Makauole
(12U) --- Won one game and lost 2. They are seeded 7th for the playoffs. They won their
first playoff game 3 to 1 against the Puckhogs who are seeded 8th. Our 12U team lost 2 to 3 versus SV Quakes. Nice
run guys! Team Hawaii (14U) --- Won 3 and lost 2. Lost in the playoffs to the 9th seed (Chico Firebirds) 2 to 1. Good job guys and
girls! Team Hawaii (16U) --- Lost their first game 0 to 1 to the Delta River
Rats. Sunday 01/17, lost to West Covina High Rollers 2 to 4. Lost to West Covina High Rollers in playoffs 0 to
1. Ragga Muffins (Girls) --- Won the Gold medal in their division. Super! Cheeehuu!! (Men's Silver) ---
Won 2 games and lost 1, 2 to 5, against the Trailer Park Boys. In their first playoff game and seeded #7, they won and
beat Simpleeridonculous (seeded #3) 4 to 3. Sunday 01/17, lost to Adrenalin (seeded 1st) 0 to 4 in the semifinals. There
is always another tournament in the future! Cheeehuu!! (Womens) --- Won their first game
6 to 3 versus the Bullets! Sunday 01/17, lost to Dry Ice 0 to 6, and lost 8 to 0 versus Mission Momentum. Won
their semi-final match versus Lady Pama Cyclones 3 to 1 in the Silver Division. Way to go girls!!!!!! Got the
silver medal in their final game. Awesome results!!!!! Simpleeridonculous (Mixed Junior) --- Lost their first game 2 to 9 against AKS 90's. Won their second
game 3 to 2 versus 949 Anarchy. Sunday 01/17, lost to SV Quakes Black o to 2. Lost to NorCalRiot in first leg
of playoffs 3 to 4 in 2 overtime periods. Simpleeridonculous (Mixed Men's Silver) --- Won their first 3 games (9 to 1 vs Demolition Hockey, 5 to 1 vs Blazers, & 3 to 0 versus
Dimsum.) Lost to Cheeehuu! in first round of playoffs 3 to 4. Good results Hawaii!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| December 5, 2009 --- The OIHL parents rocked the rink at the '09 Fall season Skills Competition day |
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| 2009 Mililani Tournament Scoreboard. |
AUGUST 3, 2009 --- Team
Kauai came out of the Mililani Tournament undefeated! With only one tie (versus Ruthless Zoo) and 3 wins in the
first round, they swept the playoffs and beat Ruthless Zoo 9 to 6 in the Championship game. It is noteworthy to add
that Ruthless Zoo (also undefeated in the first round with 2 W's and 2 T's) had
to beat Kelly's Heroes and Yardsale on a very hot Sunday in order to get to the Championship game. Congratulations to
Team Kauai and Ruthless Zoo for showing us sportsmanship, endurance, skills, in this great final game, without forgetting
the great two goalies of the tournament final, Alohi Costa and Kilo Akama
Also, let's do it again next year and not worry about the heat!
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| Lucas (Top snipper) and Sean Jones (Top goalie) at the Mililani Tournament Skills Competition. |
AUGUST 1, 2009 --- Another fun day at the
Mililani Tournament. Yardsale and Mililani won 2 games, Team Kauai won 1 and tied 1, Kelly's Heroes won 1, Ruthless
Zoo tied 2, Hawaii Kai won 1 and lost 1, Honolulu Sharks tied 1 and lost 1, Young Guns lost 2, and finally Maui lost 3. So
far we have Yardsale with 6 points, Team Kauai with 5 points, Kelly's heroes, Ruthless Zoo and Mililani with 4 points, Honolulu
Sharks with 3 points, Hawaii Kai with 2 points, and Young Guns and Maui with o points. For the first time at this tournament, a Skills Competition was held. Todd
Masada (Young Guns) beat Shane Shimanuki (Team Kauai) in the speed competition. Lucas from Maui beat Rachi Furukawa (Yardsale) in the snipper competition.
Finally Sean Jones (Yardsale) edged Kilo Akama (Ruhtless Zoo)
for best goalie. Congratulations to Todd, Lucas and Sean for their efforts and success. Four more games to go
and the top six teams will battle it out in the playoffs starting at 11:45 tomorrow.
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| JR DeGroote of the semi-pro Phoenix Dragons wins U21 tourney! |
July
20, 2009 --- JR DeGroote did well with his team, the Phoenix Dragons, at the AAU Junior
Olympics U21 Division. His team had won 3 and lost 2 games, and got the gold in the playoffs. JR had 5 goals and
5 assists. Way to go JR!
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| Cheeehuuu women's team at Narch 2009/Silver medal in Gold Div. |
July19,
2009 --- The Cheeehuuu
women's team did not disappoint in the playoffs! They beat Team Misconduct from Japan in their first playoff
game 3 to1. In the Gold Division semifinal game, they beat the Lady Cyclones from California to earn a spot in the Gold
Division championship game. With a 2 to 0 loss to team Jalisco from Mexico, our Hawaii ladies got
the Silver Medal in the women's Gold Division. Congratulations! The men's
team are playing their last regular game at 8:45pm est versus team Slingshots from Michigan. Good luck guys!
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| JR DeGroote and his AAU U21 Junior Olympics team. |
July 10, 2009 --- JR DeGroote from
Kona was selected to play in the 2009 AAU Junior Olympics in Philadelphia, at the Sportsplex in Feasterville, PA. Six teams were playing in the tournament
from July 5 to July 9. JR played 5 games, scored 1
goal and had 1 assist. It must have been a tough tournament. His team, USA Team Blue, won 2 games and lost 3. Three teams were USA Select teams, the other three were international
teams. The top scorer in points, was Nick Asterito
from the #1 team, scored 13 goals and had 11 assists. Do not worry JR! Starting in 2010, Hawaii players will rank among the best!
July 10, 2009 --- The NARCH Finals tournament in Mississauga has started.
Two teams made of Hawaii and Mainland players have entered the tournament. A men's team and a women's team: Cheeehooo
and Cheeehooo. The men's team will have a familiar band of brothers from Hawaii: Jon and Kimo Chun, Todd and Dane Masada. Kiyomi Chun will head a group of talented local girls. First game in the Gold/Platinum division
for the women's team will take place on Friday July 17 at 1:30pm (est.) The men's squad also start on Friday July 17
in the Gold division. Good luck girls and boys! 
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