Mad Dogs overcome by The Heat

Lewis Gifford and Tyler Geery each posted four goals in the Wales

Division championship game, their combined eight goals proving to be

instrumental as The Heat downed the Mad Dogs, 10-6, to claim the

division title during a busy Championship Week of action at Coast 2

Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach.

Max Devries and Rebecca Kippel closed out The Heat’s scoring

attack with one goal apiece.

The Mad Dogs’ scoring consisted of two goals each by Joshua Fisher

and Kyle Evans, and one goal apiece by Dylan Thompkins and Kelan

Stuart.

In other division finals:

Smythe Division

Thunder 4, Sharks 2

The Thunder jumped out to a 4-0 lead through two periods of play,

then held off a late Sharks rally to claim the title.

Dylan Dongrid netted two goals, Jared Neely scored once with an

assist, Jacob Gonzales scored once, Kyle Martins picked up a pair of

assists and Brian Massrey had one assist for the Thunder.

David Marabella came up with 23 saves.

Conor Murphy and Brandon Mohl both scored, Zachery Jones scored

once and Brett Shaver had 22 saves to lead the Sharks.

PeeWee Club Division

Assassins 8, Team Dirt 2

Jared Yonekura scored twice and had one assist to pace a balanced

Assassins attack.

Matthew Kleinhans scored two goals, Joshua Hackworth and Taylor

Apostol each had a goal and assist, and Brock Dowis added an assist.

For Team Dirt, Kevin Lachman scored, Mike Burkhardt had an assist

and Ryan Turchi recorded 24 saves.

Atom Gold Division

Rink Rats 12, HB Xtreme 2

The Rink Rats rolled from the start, grabbing a 10-2 lead after

two periods and never were threatened.

John Sacco led the way with four goals and an assist. Garrett

Blackwell scored twice and had an assist, Dylan Miller had two goals

and assisted three other goals, Connor Cal Lathrope scored once and

had two assists, Colby Rios scored once with an assist, Joshua Gane

scored once and Luke Loggins had an assist to complete the attack.

Jared Neely had 16 saves in goal.

HB Xtreme’s scoring consisted of goals by Kyle Merrick and Blake

Miller and an assist by Travis Beckman.

Atom Silver Division

OC Blades Cub 7, Sharks 5

James Andrews scored the first three goals for OC Blades Cub and

ended the match with a match-best five goals.

Matthew O’Donnell scored once and had one assist, Troy Loggins

scored once, Christian Wever and Ethan Loy each had an assist and

Andrew Mendoza had 25 saves for the OC Blades Cub.

Dallas Heyden and Kyle Martins each scored twice to lead the

Sharks, Zachary Beko scored once, Zach Dickson had two assists and

Timothy Francis finished with 25 saves for the Sharks.