WCRHL Regional Championships

The Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League announces the top teams to qualify for the 2005-2006 WCRHL Regional Championship Tournament. The elite eight from Division I qualify for Regionals, while the top four teams in Division II and B Division qualify to play for the best in the west.

 

In Division I play, Riverside Community College clinched first for the regular season with an 18-1-1 record, while Cal Poly San Luis Obispo finished in second with a 12-3-3 record. UC Santa Barbara finished in a strong third with a record of 11-5-2.  There will be two Pools at this year?s Regionals with #1 Riverside Community College, #4 UC Davis, #5 Modesto Junior College, and #8 UC Irvine filling out Pool A. Modesto handed RCC their first and only loss of the season this past weekend, defeating RCC 9-8.  It was also a tight race for the final playoff spot.  UC Irvine sat idle this weekend, waiting for Cal to determine UC Irvine?s fate.  Cal played well, beating UC Santa Barbara 3-2, but Cal fell just short, losing to UC Davis in the final game of the day, by a score of 7-5.  UC Irvine ended up in the 8th and final playoff spot, just one point ahead of Cal.  Pool B consists of #2 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #6 Chapman, and #7 CSU San Bernardino.  Pool B looks tough, since UC Santa Barbara has beaten Cal Poly SLO and tied RCC as well.  All four of these teams have been competitive in WCRHL Division I play for the past several seasons.

 

Division II ended their regular season with UC San Diego holding on to first place (15-1-2).  Long Beach State rounded out second (15-3-0) and University of Nevada in Reno finished third (12-5-1).  Evergreen (8-7-3) will fill the fourth and final playoff spot.  It was a close finish for the fourth spot as UC Riverside finished only two points behind Evergreen this season.  Evergreen defeated UC Riverside on February 11th, by a score of 7-3.

For the B Division, Cal Poly SLO B Gold (15-1-0) took hold of the first place standing.  Both Cal Poly SLO B Green and Cal Poly Pomona B finished with a 9-6-1 record, but Cal Poly Pomona had a 1-0-1 record against Cal Poly SLO Green in head to head competition edging them into the second place spot.  UC Santa Barbara B Gold (7-6-3) placed fourth allowing them the final spot for Regionals.

 

This year?s tournament will be held at the California Roller Hockey Center in Upland, California on March 4th and 5th, 2006. Round Robin play will begin at 8 o?clock Saturday morning and will be played for most of the day.  There will be two All Star Games on Saturday evening, Division I and Division II/B.  Following the two All Star Games will be the WCRHL Alumni & Staff Game.  Sunday morning will host semifinals for the top two teams from each pool in Division I, Championship Games for Division I and the B Division, and finally the Division I Championship Game. 

 

For the Saturday schedule, go to http://www.wcrhl.com/schedule.php?&show_date=03042006, make sure to click on Page 2 at the bottom of the screen to view the rest of Saturday's schedule.

 

For the Sunday schedule, go to http://www.wcrhl.com/schedule.php?&show_date=03052006

 

For the Tournament Webpage, where the games are broken down by Division, go to http://www.wcrhl.com/schedule.php?event_id=468