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Recently, the Escondido Sports Center held a roller hockey tournament that featured more than one hundred hockey games. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the North American Roller Championship hockey finals and featured teams from all over the western half of the nation. The finals will take place soon in San Jose, California.

For the area, this event is really a big deal. In San Diego County, the tournament was the largest of its kind to ever be held. The tournament attracted a wide range of talent. There were players that are NCAA Division I hockey players, although, certainly not every player in the tournament was a top prospect. This sort of attraction was a huge success for the city and area in general.

The big winner of the Junior Men’s group was a team from Las Vegas, called the Las Vegas Tour Rebels and there were several different divisions. To take the title, en route to winning the tournament the Las Vegas Rebels had to beat the Stingrays. They were successful, winning by a score of 7-3.

In the United States and Canada, this tournament is one of 19 that are held worldwide. The teams are able to participate in the aforementioned North American Roller Championship hockey finals and can gain huge fan popularity by NHL hockey previews, by performing at a high enough level.

For many young players, this tournament also serves as a start. As they begin playing hockey at ages younger than 8 years old, children are able to take part in this tournament against others their age.