Category Archives: Inline
Latest IHAAZ festival shines spotlight on Royals’ progress
January 23rd, 2019Another IHAAZ festival is in the books. And as usual, it was a success. This time it was the AZ Royals who played host. It provided a stage for the Royals to showcase their program, which has come to be known as Royals 2.0. It is essentially a new program from the 8U division all…
Tucson event kick-starts ‘really exciting’ IHAAZ festival season
December 21st, 2018The IHAAZ festival season kicked off over the Dec. 7-9 weekend, with the Jr. Wildcats playing host to the event in Tucson. A total of 26 teams from around the state participated in the event. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE “The Jr. Wildcats are great IHAAZ hosts, and they go out of their way to make…
Jr. Wildcats set to host season’s first IHAAZ festival in Tucson
November 26th, 2018Erik Dahl is looking forward to the Jr. Wildcats hosting the first IHAAZ festival of the season in Tucson in December. The festival is slated for Dec. 7-9. But preparing for a festival, as exciting and fun as it is, requires a lot of work to make sure everything is ready to go for the…
Learn2LoveRoller program a benefit to all IHAAZ players
October 23rd, 2018Through a program designed to introduce young athletes to roller hockey, the AZ Royals are hoping to rebuild their program. Learn2LoveRoller is key in making it happen. It’s set up to introduce East Valley ice hockey players to roller hockey. “The two games lend so well to each other,” past Royals coach and now IHAAZ…
IHAAZ standouts Proud, Clark reflect on summer in Italy
September 25th, 2018Tatum Proud and Izzy Clark represented IHAAZ on a big stage over the summer. The two 16-year-old inline hockey stars earned a spot on the Team USA junior women’s inline team that competed in Italy at the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) inline hockey world championship tournament. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE Proud plays for the…
IHAAZ standouts stay rolling at summertime California NARCh event
August 13th, 2018Although the IHAAZ season wrapped up in May at the state finals, that didn’t mark the end of the year for many players from the league. Several teams from the popular roller hockey league had players competing in the NARCh West Coast Nationals in California earlier this summer. The tournament took place June 21-July 1…
Another banner season concludes for IHAAZ, with changes deemed a major positive
July 13th, 2018The Inline Hockey Association of Arizona had a decidedly different look this year, and that wasn’t a bad thing. In this case, change turned out to be a good thing. The older age groups, starting at 12U and going up through the Midget level, played not only for state championships but for regular-season titles as…
IHAAZ caps ’17-18 festival season with state tournament
June 4th, 2018Another IHAAZ season is history. The state finals at the Barney Family Sports Complex in Queen Creek the first weekend in May ended with champions being crowned in each age division as well as skills competitions and all-star games being played in each age division. READ OUR MAY 2018 ISSUE “Overall, it was a really…
Prescott up next to ‘see memories made’ in IHAAZ play
April 20th, 2018Prescott is up next to host an IHAAZ festival and the president of the Prescott Storm, Nick Paris, is looking forward to the opportunity. The festival takes place April 20-22. READ OUR APRIL 2018 ISSUE “It’s an honor to host a festival in Prescott with some of the best inline youth hockey programs around,” Paris…
Arizona inline teams bidding for NCRHA national collegiate championships
April 11th, 2018The Arizona State University inline hockey program set a pair of important milestones during the 2017-18 Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League (WCRHL) season. It marked the first time the Sun Devils had won a Division I regional championship and also the first time that both the Division I and Division III teams won regional championships…