Excerpts from National Championships Event Program

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Below are excerpts from 2 articles that will be in this year's program, written by NCRHA Coast to Coast co-founders Ian Prescott and Kevin Smith. Enjoy!

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All Roads Lead to Roller 

by Kevin Smith

There’s a saying around the hockey community that all roads lead to men’s league. It’s a way to keep everyone humble. After spending a few years as a player, being involved with NCRHA Coast 2 Coast and even half a season as a coach, I’m convinced there’s a better saying out there and it has nothing to do with keeping people humble. 

All roads lead to roller. 

Here’s a quick story. My sophomore year of college I was walking down the busiest part of our campus, where bike lanes and walkways converge into chaos. There was a kid riding his longboard wearing a Revision Hockey shirt and he was skating right into the path I was about to walk through. I had never seen this kid so I decided to try to stop him. “Yo! Dude! You play roller hockey?” 

Right as he was passing me, he stopped abruptly and hopped off of his board. “Wait, what?! How did you know? Do you play?” I told him the shirt kind of gave it away. After talking to him for a minute or two, I found out that the kid wearing a roller hockey company’s shirt didn’t even know our school had a roller hockey team. He ended up trying out and the rest is history. 

There are over 1500 student athletes that are part of 100 or so college roller hockey programs across the country. I figured there were more stories to tell that were a heck of a bit more interesting than mine. Here are a few we were able to hunt down. 

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NCRHA C2C Presents: What to Watch for Division 1 (2016 Nationals Edition)

by Ian Prescott

Early October marks the first puck drop of each season for the NCRHA. The brisk winds of Fall bring with it the hopes and dreams of over 1,500 student-athletes and over 80 different institutions in 4 divisions vying for a chance at a national championship. Months later, we’ve shaved the competition to the 57 teams who have descended upon Cedar Rapids, Iowa this Spring. But with so much going on throughout the week, let’s focus on the NCRHA’s premier division and its players.

Division I Teams To Watch:

• Favorites: Neumann University Knights (PA), Lindenwood University (MO)
• Contenders: UNLV (NV), Arizona State University (AZ), Michigan State University (MI), Farmingdale St. College (NY)
• Flying Under the Radar: Florida Gulf Coast University (FL) , Slippery Rock University (PA)

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