Usars usa team 2010

[Dean Portman]

Any news on who made it?

[zipyaj]

See news release:
http://usarollersports.org/news/2010...rld-team/35994

Congratulations go out to the following athletes who will participate in the 2010 FIRS Junior World Inline Hockey Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany, from June 27 to July 2, 2010.

Keith Barter, Phoenix, Arizona
John Tyler “JT” Bovee, Englewood, Colorado
Jeff Carlo, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Casey Escarcega, Escondido, California
Forrest Ford, Jr.., Mechanicsville, Virginia
Brian Gibb, San Jose, California
Jacob Hickey, San Jose, California
Daniel Inouye, Campbell, California
Christopher Lowry, Huntington Beach, California
Jordan Nixdorf, Brownstown Township, Michigan
Brett Olinger, Costa Mesa, California
Garth Penman, Littleton, Colorado
Joshua Winters, Corona, California
Jared Occhicone, Hackettstown, NewJersey (Goalie)
Carl Weedman, Cincinnati, Ohio (Goalie)

BEST!

[Dean Portman]

Guess I should've specified the men's or juniors... I was talking about the men's team tryouts that ended yesterday.

[towson9]

Mens USA Team:

Fowards:

Ryan Bond
Dustin Roux
Travis Fudge
Pete Messina
Junior Cadiz

Defense:

Greg Thompson
Jon Mosenson
Eric Keene
Chalie Sgrillo
Kelly Spain

Goalies:

Mike Urbano
Dustin Brown

Alternates:

(F) Josh Laricchia
(F) Jim Redstreake
(D) Nick Posa
(D) Taylor Kane
(G) Joe D'Aloisio

[alex]

How the hell was Laricchia only an alternate?

[DCbullets14]

Yeah thats a big mistake ... that kid is sick... Did he have a really bad tryout or something? I would have thought he was a top 4 pick easily.

[towson9]

How the hell was Laricchia only an alternate?

good question, everyone was pretty shocked and most were telling them he needs to be on the team. no one from the committee knew who he was and he didnt have an overly dominant tryout. he was noticeable as always, regardless he should of been on the team. huge mistake. im sure he'll get a regular shift out there unless he has to pay his way out there. they werent sure if the alternates had to pay or were going to be covered it was still up in the air.

[socalhockey]

Not putting Josh Laricchia on the team is definitely a big mistake. He is quite possibly the best all around player in the nation. Every team he plays for, wins. Actually, they should try to get Charlie Middleton as well. Laricchia to Middleton on the power play is deadly!

[WhoKnows]

good question, everyone was pretty shocked and most were telling them he needs to be on the team. no one from the committee knew who he was and he didnt have an overly dominant tryout. he was noticeable as always, regardless he should of been on the team. huge mistake. im sure he'll get a regular shift out there unless he has to pay his way out there. they werent sure if the alternates had to pay or were going to be covered it was still up in the air.

The committee knew who he was... I'm pretty sure he helped them win a gold medal at FIRS and the World Games last year...

[Dean Portman]

Not to stir the pot... but what a joke. How do Roux, Bond, Sgillio, and Keene beat out Laricchia, Taylor Kane, Joey Doran, and Georgie Barber for spots on your "national team"?... Seriously. Messina, Thompson, Fudge, Mosenson, Cadiz, Laricchia, Doran, Barber, Kane, Spain. Thats your 10 right there. AAU is proving what a gongshow they really are. Again. When you have two dads who are heavily affiliated with AAU, and their kids are clearly not as good as others, but still make the team over players that are without a doubt more talented, it was only a matter of time before this got brought up. I wonder how they would hang against the IIHF team? Just a little food for thought...

Oh yeah...Just out of curiousity, why weren't they paying for the SoCal Division winners to get to Disney? Was that every division that had to pay their own way?

[pghbandit11]

so dean were you at the tryouts? you said "not to stir the pot" but your obviously trying to. also who are you?

[DCbullets14]

Maybe Dean went a little overboard. Seems like hes definately a west coast guy who has not seen alot of the East Coast players on a consistant basis.

Im sure it is always difficult picking these teams. If the selection committee is mainly East Coast guys than they are more likely to pick alot of the East Coast players who they are more familiar with.

The team is solid however, there were certainly some mistakes that were made. Laricchia is a nasty player (possibly one of the top 3 ive ever played agaisnt) he should have been a lock on this team. Let see how this team does and then make our decisions.

[InlineMBA]

When you have two dads who are heavily affiliated with AAU, and their kids are clearly not as good as others, but still make the team over players that are without a doubt more talented

I guess, some things never change.

Steve Inge - ROXBURY 8

[Mlrhnorthfan]

I think that no matter what the roster is, people are going to be upset.

with only 10-12 akaters and two goalies alot of guys that can play at that level will not be selected.

Tony King was on the team last year and did not make it this year.

The roster over the last two years has seen around 50% of guys repeating.

Prior to that the team was 80% the same guys year after year for almost ten years and the team didnt even medal in Spain. Competition and turnover are good things so that guys do not get complacent.

I remember that last spring people were knocking the roster and then look what happened....the team won both the Italy games and the World games in Asia in the same summer.

Theres alot of talk about an East Coast bias but most of those guys that used to play both IIHF and FIRS and now only play IIHF are East Coast players born and raised.

The job of the committee was to select the best TEAM and not the best PLayers. USA Ice Hockey this year took heat in the fall for their selections and what happend? They beat Canada in the round robin and lost to them in OT in the finals. Choosing Joe Pavelski looked silly in November but now look where he is.

Lets wait until the games end to judge the team.

Go USA!

[towson9]

The committee knew who he was... I'm pretty sure he helped them win a gold medal at FIRS and the World Games last year...

umm you woulda thought they knew who laricchia was but trust me they didnt i was there and talked to a bunch of people involved that said they werent familiar with him.

there was a new coach (well guy running the tryouts who will probably be the coach) and 2 selection committee members along with 2 others helping out with some input. Most didnt know who he was but that were picked early made sure they knew who he was but apparently that didnt work out so well.