NAPHL Showcase San Jose: U18, U16 & U14 RoughRiders

While the focus on this blog is the Rocky Mountain RoughRiders U18 team, the RoughRiders organization also fields U16, U15 and U14 teams. The U16 and U14 teams are also in San Jose, CA at the NAPHL Showcase. The scores of all the RoughRiders games throughout the entire showcase will be updated and listed below as they come available.

All games at the San Jose event will be broadcast live over the Internet through FASTHockey.com.

The RoughRiders opened up NAPHL league play with an outstanding showcase record. The U18, U16 and U14 teams left Blaine, MN with a combined record of 11-3-1.

The #38 RoughRiders U18 team will play #36 DC Capitals, #74 Texas Tornado, #55 Boston Jr. Rangers, #50 Detroit Falcons and #49 Orange County Hockey Club.

Rocky Mountain Roughriders U18 - NAPHL Showcase - San Jose 2010
All Times Local
AWAY	HOME	DATE	TIME	Rink
DC Capitals U18	Roughriders U18	Thu, Oct 21	2:30 PM	Sharks North
Roughriders U18	Texas Tornado U18	Fri, Oct 22	1:45 PM	Sharks North
Roughriders U18	Boston Jr Rangers U18	Sat, Oct 23	7:00 AM	Sharks North
Roughriders U18	Detroit Falcons U18	Sat, Oct 23	3:15 PM	Sharks East
Orange County U18	Roughriders U18	Sun, Oct 24	1:15 PM	Sharks Center

The Team Records are listed as (Wins-Losses-Overtime Losses) and reflect each team's NAPHL record to date.

U18 RMRR (7-3-0)
U18 RoughRiders 5	U18 RoughRiders 4
DC Capitals 4	Boston Jr. Rangers 3
U18 RoughRiders 3	U18 RoughRiders 0	U18 RoughRiders 4
Texas Tornado 5	Detroit Falcons 4	Orange County 3
U16 RMRR (6-4-0)
U16 RoughRiders 3	U16 RoughRiders 0
California Titans 1	Motor City Metal Jackets 2
U16 RoughRiders 1	U16 RoughRiders 7	U16 RoughRiders 4
Las Vegas Storm 2	Detroit Falcons 5	Pittsburgh Viper Stars 2
U14 RMRR (5-4-1)
U14 RoughRiders 0	U14 RoughRiders 6
Pikes Peak Miners 2	Pikes Peak Miners 3
U14 RoughRiders 1	U14 RoughRiders 3	U14 RoughRiders 3
San Jose Jr. Sharks 7	San Jose Jr. Sharks 5	LA Selects 5

NAPHL Showcase in San Jose on FastHockey.com

Announcement from the NAPHL and FastHockey.com

 

NORTH AMERICAN PROSPECTS HOCKEY LEAGUE  
San Jose Showcase ::  October 21 - 24, 2010

 

The North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) season resumes this week, with its second event of the year taking place from Oct. 21-24 in San Jose, Calif.

All Midget Major, Midget Minor and Western Bantam Major programs will compete at the showcase, which will run from Oct. 21-24 at Sharks Ice-San Jose.

FASTHockey will stream live all four sheets of ice from the Sharks Ice center LIVE online at NAHL Web TV.
FASTHockey will also stream live all five NAPHL regular-season events, as well as the Championship Tournament Series and Top Prospects Tournament.  In addition, FASTHockey will stream every game of next month’s NAHL Future Prospects Tournament.

“FASTHockey’s track record of innovation and vision when it comes to Internet broadcasting is second to none,” said NAHL commissioner Mark Frankenfeld.  “As both the NAHL and NAPHL continue to flourish and technology continues to evolve, we’re committed to showcasing all of our student-athletes to fans, families and scouts around the world in a professional, user-friendly environment and FASTHockey’s presence helps us achieve that goal.”

“We’re excited the North American Hockey League and the North American Prospects Hockey League chose FASTHockey to provide the platform, production and promotion of all regular-season, postseason and showcase events to an audience that spans the globe,” said FASTHockey president Marc Ruskin. “We’re looking forward to serving both NAHL and NAPHL fans, families and scouts with incredible content live, on-demand, on DVD and on USB flash drives.”

Fans of the NAHL and NAPHL can access all games through either the newly launched NAHL Web TV platform, http://nahl.FASTHockey.com, or through the FASTHockey portal, http://www.FASTHockey.com.

NAPHL Season Resumes This Week in San Jose

The following news is courtesy of the NAPHL Website:

The North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) season resumes this week, with its second event of the year taking place from Oct. 21-24 in San Jose, Calif.

All Midget Major, Midget Minor and Western Bantam Major programs will compete at the showcase, which will run from Oct. 21-24 at Sharks Ice-San Jose.

“After hosting a successful Championship Tournament Series last year, we’re excited to return to San Jose,” said NAPHL director Denny Scanlon. “We’re anticipating a competitive, entertaining week of hockey.”

After the season’s first event held in Minnesota last month, the Indiana Jr. Ice holds the lead in the 18U division; Omaha AAA, Thunder AAA and the California Titans are tied atop the 16U division standings; and the Rocky Mountain Roughriders have the lead in the 14U division.

All games at the San Jose event will be broadcast live over the Internet through FASTHockey.com.

Rocky Mountain RoughRiders 2 Pikes Peak Miners 2

The Rocky Mountain RoughRiders U18 team finished a weekend of CAHA League play with a 2-2 tie against the Pikes Peak Miners. The RoughRiders out shot the Miners 31-24 but could only find the back of the net twice. The RoughRiders scored the only goal of the first period. The Miners scored twice in the second and the RoughRiders scored the only goal in the third period.

Official Gamesheet



The RoughRiders are in the dark jerseys.

Next up: NAPHL Showcase in San Jose, CA for five league games.

Rocky Mountain RoughRiders 4 Pikes Peak Miners 2

The Rocky Mountain RoughRiders got back on track with a 4-2 win over the Pikes Peak Miners in CAHA League play on Saturday. This was the third meeting of the season for these two teams with the RoughRiders holding a 2-1 series lead. The teams face off tomorrow in Colorado Springs in another CAHA League game.

The RoughRiders pulled out to a 3-0 lead in the game only to see the Miners close the gap with two second period goals. The score remained 3-2 until the RoughRiders scored a power play goal in the third period. With a 4-2 lead, the RoughRiders played strong and did not allow the Miners to get back in the game.

The RoughRiders out shot the Miners 28-14 during the game.

Official Gamesheet



The RoughRiders are wearing the white jerseys.

U18 RoughRiders Faceoff Against the Miners This Weekend

The Rocky Mountain RoughRiders U18 team plays two more games from their CAHA League schedule against the Pikes Peak Miners. The game time has been changed for the Saturday game. The game at The Ice Centre at Promenade is now scheduled for a 12:00 PM start on the Red Rink. The game on Sunday has been moved to Sertich Ice Arena in Colorado Springs is scheduled for a 3:30 PM start.

After moving up to a #23 ranking nationally, the RoughRiders dropped to #30 after losing two games last weekend to the #6 ranked Colorado Rampage.

The RoughRiders and Miners have 1-1 record against each other so far this season. The Miners beat the RoughRiders 1-0 in a non-league game, in the RoughRiders first game of the season (Game 1 Video Clip). The RoughRiders beat the Miners in Blaine, MN, 6-3 in NAPHL play (Game 2 Video Clip).

              Game 1 Clip                                                      Game 2 Clip

                   

Keep in mind the game time change for Saturday's game and the Rink change for Sunday's game.