North Royalton Bears

The North Royalton Bears Hockey team kicked off the 2013/2014 season this past weekend playing in the SMS Sports Shootout at Gilmour Academy. The Bears performed well throughout the weekend winning two of the four games played. The Bears opened up with a lopsided loss against Team Cleveland U18 Pre/Post squad on Friday evening and dropped their 2nd game of the tournament to the Jr. Jacks U18 Pre/Post team by a score of 3-1. The Bears defeated the Riverside Beavers by a score of 3-0 in their final game of the tournaments opening round, senior netminder Marc Silver stopped all 20 shots he faced for the shutout. The Bears picked up their 2nd win of the tournament/season in the tournaments consolation game playing and defeating Riverside again, this time by a score of 10-4. North Royalton found their scoring touch in their final game of the tournament as seniors Aaron Schmitt and Brandon Walsh each picked up hat tricks along with 3 assists while Michael Dzoba picked up a goal and 5 helpers.