Northeast vs Keystone Festival Complete

by Anthony Flynn

Twelve semipro teams converged on Marple Sports Arena on Saturday for the first of three inter division festivals of the season.  This event would welcome in the Northeast division's six squads, who would match up against the Keystone divisions six squads.

In total 24 games were played, as each team would play four games against different opponents in the opposite division. The Northeast division unbelievably won 22 of the 24 games played, as the Champion Impact, Long Island Aces, Suffolk Sting, and Wheel Talk Flamingoes all went undefeated on the weekend. Both the Empire State Legends and Rink Rat Blazers posted 3-1 records for the event. The lone victories for the Keystone division went to the Hershey Typhoon and the Labeda Gotta Hockey teams.

The next inter-division festival takes place on February 26th at the 422 Sportsplex and will be a battle between the Keystone and Atlantic division semipro teams.

(video courtesy of Champion Impact Hockey)