Konixx Outcasts off to stellar start in new NARCh season By Phillip Brents
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ow that the youth ice hockey season is over, it’s time to prepare for four months of roller hockey-heavy tournaments. Quite a bit of activity has already transpired for the Konixx Outcasts in the opening three months of the new NARCh season. The Outcasts faced off the 2017 season by participating in the 140-team NARCh Winternationals Jan. 13-16 at The Rinks-Huntington Beach Inline. The Outcasts brought three teams to the Southern California event: all three returned home with top-four finishes. The Outcasts recorded a runner-up finish in the Junior Division (24U) following a double-overtime loss to top-seeded Black Ice in the finals. The overtime thriller was the 320th and last game of the four-day tournament. NARCh president Daryn Goodwin referred to it as “unreal action and incredibly exciting and suspenseful.” Goodwin called Outcast newcomer Parker Moskal the team’s “most dynamic player” in the game. Moskal assisted on the Outcasts’ first three goals and scored the game-tying goal in the final minute of regulation play to send the game into overtime. “I’ve never played in a game like that before,” Moskal admitted. “I hit the crossbar in overtime.” Matt Swanson led the Outcasts with two goals in the game, while Kevin Mooney scored once. The Outcasts captured the top seed in the Midget Division (18U), but lost in semifinals to the fourth-seeded team to place third overall. Joe Blakewell earned the high scorer award in the division with nine points.
The Midget team’s roster also included Ian Bast the Pee Wee Division. The 02 team finished 3-0, but and Clay Heinze, freshmen on Arizona State Univer- lost 5-2 to the Revision Vanquish in the Gold Division sity’s roller hockey team that competes in the West- semifinals. ern Collegiate Roller Hockey League. The Outcasts are also fielding a team in the AmerThe Outcasts Pro Division team finished 1-2-1 ican Inline Hockey League this season. in round-robin play with tie against the top-seeded The Outcasts (11-10) have already locked up a Black Ice, the monster team that semifinal playoff match-up in would go on to claim the division the Elite Division against the championship. OC Rocket Flex (12-8-1) re“We were the only team in the gardless of how the teams tournament not to lose to them finish in the final regular-sea(during round-robin play),” coach son tournament April 14-15 in Nick Boyarsky said. Irvine. The Outcasts were seeded The Pacific South Division fifth in the playoffs but topped playoffs are set May 6-7 in Irfourth-seeded Rink Rat 4-3 in a vine and the national champipreliminary playoff game. onship tournament is set for “That put us in the one versus May 19-21 in Las Vegas. four semifinal against Black Ice, The Las Vegas Aces lead where we would play them hard, the Elite Division standings but end up losing 4-2 in what with a 16-3-1 record. The Ariwas a very close and well-played zona Ghostriders bring up the game by both teams,” Boyarsky rear in the four-team division noted. with a 2-16-1-1 record. The Phoenix-based program Outcast scoring leaders sent five teams to compete in include Mooney (12 goals, 23 the Southern California NARCh Paul Linder ranks as one of the team scoring points), Shin Yamamoto (11 regional tournament March leaders for the Arizona Outcasts Elite Division goals, 15 points) and Paul 31-April 2 in Huntington Beach. team in the American Inline Hockey League. Linder (nine goals, 15 points). Three teams competed in the Bantam Division The Outcasts Minor Tier team entered the final (16U): Konixx 00, Konixx Blue and Konixx Yellow. The regular season tournament with a 13-7 record, good 00 team finished 3-0 in round-robin but lost 4-1 to the for a tie for third place in the seven-team division. Raiders Yellow in the Gold Division semifinal game. Zach Medlock led the Minor team in scoring with The Konixx 02 and Konixx 03 teams competed in 23 goals and 35 points.
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