Pan Am Championships

[thebenchman]

--For Immediate Release--

PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - INLINE HOCKEY: Inline Hockey Team USA Dominates Last Two Games of Round Robin for the Gold
2005 Pan American Championships - Mar Del Plata, Argentina


April 24, 2005



The United States Inline Hockey Team will be coming home with a gold medal from the 2005 Pan American Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The team ranked first overall in round-robin. Canada took the silver medal, and Argentina won the bronze. Mexico and Colombia took fourth and fifth place, respectively.

The game between the United States and Mexico ended in a shut out. Mike Ciolli (Colorado Springs, Colo.) was the only player to score in the first half. In the second half, Jon Mosenson (Woodbury, N.Y.), Dustin Roux ( McMurray, Pa.), Ron Tracy (Blackwood, N.J.) and Mike Ciolli each scored a goal for the United States. The game ended 5-0.

Team USA played a close grand finale game against Canada. Mike Ciolli was the first to score for the United States, shooting a goal into the net 16 minutes into the first half. Canada's Andrew Tait responded to Ciolli, ending the first in a tie 1-1. In the second half, Tait rolled out another goal for Canada, taking the score to 2-1. The United States topped off the score with a deuce as Ron Tracy and Jon Mosenson each scored a goal for Team USA, ending the excitement 3-2.

Inline Hockey competition was held Wednesday, April 20 through Saturday, April 23 at the Sports Center Stadium Islas Malvinas in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.



Die hard hockey nut.

[RichardGraham]

Hi Benchman,

Thanks for your post on the American team. Here's the latest on Team Canada.

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Canada Qualifies for Pan Am Games

CHATHAM, Ontario, Canada - Canada Inline, the National Governing Body for Inline Hockey, member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and proud member of the Federation of Roller Sports (FIRS) announces today that Team Canada Menâ??s National Team that was competing at the 2005 Pan Am qualifying tournament for the 2007 Pan Am Games to be hosted in Brazil, won the silver medal on Saturday, April 23, losing to Team USA 3-2.

The silver medal guarantees Canada an entry into the 2007 Pan Am Games. Canada went 3-0 in the tournament beating Mexico, Argentina and Columbia before falling to the USA. The USA went 2-0-1 beating Mexico, Columbia and tying Argentina.

Congratulations to the team members who sacrificed much to make the long trip to compete for Canada.

Head Coach - Richard Ropchan

Assistant Coach - Bev Suitor

Goalies - Cliff Mander and Trevor Clay

Players:

Jay Allan - Captain
Terry Bick
Jerome Bourassa
Greg Kelly
Danny Larocque
Robert Leggat
Mark Lefebvre
Kent McCord
Raphael Protopapas
Andrew Tait

For more information contact the Canada Inline office:

mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

<A HREF="http://www.canadainline.com" target="_new">http://www.canadainline.com</A>

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Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central