For the first time ever, Sno-King Amateur Hockey Association sent three teams to represent Washington at the USA Hockey Tier II National Championships the weekend of April 2 and 3 and one team claimed the title.
Teams in the 14U, 16U, and 18U age divisions competed:Junior Thunderbirds 14U; Sno-King 16U; and Sno-King 17U, which included Cameron Gross and Owen Roche of Snoqualmie.
The Sno-King Junior Thunderbirds 14U A1 hockey team captured the USA Hockey National Tier II 14U championship on April 4 in North Carolina.
The Sno-King Junior Thunderbirds won the championship game 9-0, against the Wonderland Wizards from Connecticut.
It was the team’s third shutout of the tournament.
The team includes Matthew Butson, Alonzo Colburn, Dexter Corley, Nicolas Devita, Cole Dubicki, Ben Fehr, Benjamin Fredell, Dylan Herzog, Nathan Konovalov, Rafael Osuna, Caden Pattison, Eric Prigodich, JT Rimorin, Austin Schwab, Miles Seguin, Landen Shaw and Tonghuan Yang.
Sno-King 14U A1 is coached by Lloyd Shaw and Corey Schwab, both of whom have previous professional hockey experience, playing with the Seattle Thunderbirds and then to professional careers.
The Sno-King Junior Thunderbirds 16U A1 team finished third at the USA Hockey National Tier II 16U championships.
The team includes Dawson Butt, Cameron Crispeno, Erik Garber, Tyler Green, Hunter Jenkins, Gabriel Kwiatkowski, Jacob McCary, Jake McNeil, Conall Muldoon, Sam Myers, Jason Pichette, Braden, Sanchez, Jakob Stevenson, John Studioso, Dennis Tamburo, Michael Thomas and Dawson Tritt.
The Sno-King 16U A1 team is coached by Turner Stevenson, (former Seattle Thunderbird and NHL player) and Blaine McNeill.
The Sno-King Junior Thunderbirds 17U A1 team made it to the quarterfinals undefeated.
The team includes Cameron Bowers, Mitchell Brubacher, Kalem Cutrer, Jayvon Fogelgren, Jimmy Frey, Jacob Fry, Michael Gasser, Cameron Gross, Anthony Ivanov, Devin Mann, Triston Nouque, Alexandre Quintal, Griffin Rettig, Owen Roche, Brayden Shaw, Branden Stevenson, Daniel Zenkovitch, Zachary Zielinski and Ryan Zimnisky.
The Sno-King 17U A1 team is coached by Bill Audycki.
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